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Electoral wardE05014713

Burgess Hill Meeds & Hammonds ward, Mid Sussex

Burgess Hill Meeds & Hammonds is one of 27 electoral wards of Mid Sussex District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,610 residents in 2,966 households — 3,147 people per km², the 10th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Sussex constituency; for county elections it is in the Burgess Hill East and Burgess Hill North and Hassocks & Burgess Hill South divisions.

Residents, 20216,610council ward average 5,651
Households2,9662.23 residents per household
Density3,147/ km²about 2.10 km² · Mid Sussex 457
Aged 65+20.3%Mid Sussex: 20.7% · under 16: 16.7%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 346
5–95.3% · 351
10–156.2% · 409
16–193.9% · 256
20–244.8% · 319
25–3412.8% · 845
35–4920.7% · 1,370
50–6420.7% · 1,371
65–749.8% · 647
75–847.0% · 461
85+3.6% · 235

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van23.4% · 694
1 car or van41.8% · 1,238
2 cars or vans26.0% · 769
3 or more8.8% · 262
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright36.4% · 1,080
With mortgage31.9% · 945
Shared ownership0.4% · 13
Social rented9.9% · 294
Private rented21.4% · 635

Type of home

Detached house19.6% · 581
Semi-detached house36.3% · 1,079
Terraced house11.9% · 353
Purpose-built flat26.4% · 784
Converted house2.1% · 61
Other conversion0.4% · 13
Above shop / office3.2% · 96
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014713
County division
Burgess Hill East, Burgess Hill North, Hassocks & Burgess Hill South
Constituency
Mid Sussex
Region
South East
Density rank in council
7 of 27

Parishes in the ward

Burgess Hill

Other wards in the same constituency

AArdingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill21.1% aged 65+ · 68.1% owned6,857BBurgess Hill Dunstall14.2% aged 65+ · 77.5% owned5,160BBurgess Hill Franklands27.3% aged 65+ · 83.1% owned5,110BBurgess Hill Leylands24.3% aged 65+ · 73.9% owned4,721BBurgess Hill St Andrews15.8% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned6,437BBurgess Hill Victoria16.0% aged 65+ · 69.3% owned4,452CCuckfield, Bolney & Ansty21.6% aged 65+ · 71.6% owned4,226DDownland Villages18.2% aged 65+ · 67.5% owned3,332HHassocks24.2% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned8,499HHaywards Heath Ashenground15.4% aged 65+ · 64.9% owned7,370HHaywards Heath Bentswood & Heath17.8% aged 65+ · 56.0% owned8,571HHaywards Heath Franklands17.2% aged 65+ · 66.9% owned5,766HHaywards Heath Lucastes & Bolnore18.3% aged 65+ · 69.1% owned7,325HHaywards Heath North21.1% aged 65+ · 66.6% owned1,736

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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.