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Electoral wardE05014724

East Grinstead Town ward, Mid Sussex

East Grinstead Town is one of 27 electoral wards of Mid Sussex District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,690 residents in 3,128 households — 563 people per km², the 9th 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, 20216,690council ward average 5,651
Households3,1282.14 residents per household
Density563/ km²about 11.88 km² · Mid Sussex 457
Aged 65+18.4%Mid Sussex: 20.7% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 349
5–95.1% · 344
10–156.2% · 413
16–192.9% · 195
20–244.6% · 306
25–3416.8% · 1,125
35–4921.9% · 1,462
50–6418.8% · 1,259
65–749.4% · 627
75–846.4% · 427
85+2.6% · 176

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van20.4% · 638
1 car or van47.1% · 1,471
2 cars or vans24.6% · 769
3 or more7.9% · 247
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright28.1% · 879
With mortgage29.5% · 923
Shared ownership1.3% · 40
Social rented11.2% · 349
Private rented30.0% · 937

Type of home

Detached house24.9% · 779
Semi-detached house14.3% · 447
Terraced house10.5% · 327
Purpose-built flat34.3% · 1,072
Converted house8.0% · 249
Other conversion3.7% · 117
Above shop / office4.1% · 129
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 7
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014724
County division
East Grinstead Meridian, East Grinstead South & Ashurst Wood
Region
South East
Density rank in council
20 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 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% owned6,537HHandcross & 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.