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Electoral wardE05014709

Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South ward, Mid Sussex

Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South is one of 27 electoral wards of Mid Sussex District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 2,762 residents in 1,125 households — 600 people per km², the 26th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency; for county elections it is in the East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood division.

Residents, 20212,762council ward average 5,651
Households1,1252.46 residents per household
Density600/ km²about 4.60 km² · Mid Sussex 457
Aged 65+23.3%Mid Sussex: 20.7% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.0% · 111
5–95.5% · 152
10–159.1% · 251
16–193.4% · 95
20–244.3% · 120
25–349.5% · 263
35–4917.3% · 478
50–6423.4% · 645
65–7412.3% · 338
75–848.2% · 225
85+2.9% · 81

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van6.8% · 77
1 car or van38.9% · 438
2 cars or vans38.0% · 428
3 or more16.3% · 183
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Mid Sussex overall: 72.7% owned, 10.7% social rented, 15.3% private rented.

Owned outright44.7% · 503
With mortgage36.6% · 412
Shared ownership0.5% · 6
Social rented6.7% · 75
Private rented11.4% · 128
Lives rent free0.1% · 1

Type of home

Detached house34.8% · 391
Semi-detached house31.3% · 352
Terraced house23.3% · 262
Purpose-built flat6.0% · 68
Converted house1.8% · 20
Other conversion2.3% · 26
Above shop / office0.4% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014709
County division
East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood
Region
South East
Density rank in council
17 of 27

Parishes in the ward

Ashurst WoodEast Grinstead

Other wards in the same constituency

AArdingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill21.1% aged 65+ · 68.1% owned6,857CCopthorne & Worth22.7% aged 65+ · 83.2% owned5,011CCrawley Down26.2% aged 65+ · 83.9% owned6,334EEast Grinstead Ashplats17.1% aged 65+ · 69.1% owned5,978EEast Grinstead Baldwins20.7% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned3,289EEast Grinstead Herontye27.0% aged 65+ · 81.3% owned4,335EEast Grinstead Imberhorne24.0% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned6,537EEast Grinstead Town18.4% aged 65+ · 57.6% owned6,690HHandcross & Pease Pottage12.5% aged 65+ · 64.1% owned3,087LLindfield Rural & High Weald23.4% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned7,507

All 27 wards of Mid Sussex

Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 2 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.