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Electoral wardE05014720

East Grinstead Ashplats ward, Mid Sussex

East Grinstead Ashplats is one of 27 electoral wards of Mid Sussex District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,978 residents in 2,439 households — 1,792 people per km², the 14th 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 Meridian and East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood divisions.

Residents, 20215,978council ward average 5,651
Households2,4392.45 residents per household
Density1,792/ km²about 3.34 km² · Mid Sussex 457
Aged 65+17.1%Mid Sussex: 20.7% · under 16: 20.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.5% · 328
5–96.7% · 402
10–158.3% · 493
16–194.3% · 255
20–244.5% · 266
25–3411.5% · 684
35–4920.5% · 1,223
50–6421.8% · 1,300
65–749.2% · 549
75–846.2% · 368
85+1.8% · 105

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van11.0% · 269
1 car or van41.4% · 1,010
2 cars or vans35.2% · 858
3 or more12.4% · 303
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright33.6% · 821
With mortgage35.5% · 867
Shared ownership1.6% · 38
Social rented15.9% · 388
Private rented13.5% · 329

Type of home

Detached house30.2% · 736
Semi-detached house25.2% · 614
Terraced house29.9% · 729
Purpose-built flat13.0% · 316
Converted house1.3% · 32
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 10
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014720
County division
East Grinstead Meridian, East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood
Region
South East
Density rank in council
13 of 27

Parishes in the ward

East Grinstead

Other wards in the same constituency

AArdingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill21.1% aged 65+ · 68.1% owned6,857AAshurst Wood & East Grinstead South23.3% aged 65+ · 81.3% owned2,762CCopthorne & Worth22.7% aged 65+ · 83.2% owned5,011CCrawley Down26.2% aged 65+ · 83.9% owned6,334EEast 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 3 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.