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East Grinstead Herontye ward, Mid Sussex

East Grinstead Herontye is one of 27 electoral wards of Mid Sussex District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,335 residents in 1,839 households — 1,737 people per km², the 21st 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, 20214,335council ward average 5,651
Households1,8392.36 residents per household
Density1,737/ km²about 2.50 km² · Mid Sussex 457
Aged 65+27.0%Mid Sussex: 20.7% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.6% · 200
5–95.3% · 229
10–157.4% · 321
16–194.2% · 180
20–243.8% · 165
25–348.4% · 364
35–4919.5% · 847
50–6419.8% · 859
65–7413.1% · 566
75–848.8% · 381
85+5.2% · 225

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van14.2% · 262
1 car or van40.6% · 747
2 cars or vans34.0% · 626
3 or more11.2% · 207
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright46.1% · 848
With mortgage35.3% · 649
Shared ownership0.6% · 11
Social rented6.1% · 112
Private rented12.0% · 221

Type of home

Detached house39.5% · 726
Semi-detached house24.2% · 444
Terraced house16.2% · 297
Purpose-built flat17.0% · 313
Converted house2.2% · 40
Other conversion0.5% · 10
Above shop / office0.3% · 6
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.