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Electoral wardE05014725

Handcross & Pease Pottage ward, Mid Sussex

Handcross & Pease Pottage is one of 27 electoral wards of Mid Sussex District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,087 residents in 1,292 households — 206 people per km², the 25th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency; for county elections it is in the Worth Forest division.

Residents, 20213,087council ward average 5,651
Households1,2922.39 residents per household
Density206/ km²about 15.00 km² · Mid Sussex 457
Aged 65+12.5%Mid Sussex: 20.7% · under 16: 21.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.3% · 195
5–96.8% · 209
10–157.9% · 243
16–193.5% · 107
20–244.4% · 135
25–3415.7% · 485
35–4923.4% · 722
50–6419.6% · 606
65–747.0% · 215
75–844.2% · 129
85+1.3% · 41

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.5% · 97
1 car or van39.7% · 512
2 cars or vans37.9% · 489
3 or more14.9% · 192
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright24.6% · 317
With mortgage39.5% · 510
Shared ownership3.3% · 43
Social rented15.8% · 204
Private rented16.8% · 217

Type of home

Detached house26.2% · 339
Semi-detached house36.1% · 467
Terraced house18.3% · 236
Purpose-built flat16.2% · 209
Converted house1.3% · 17
Other conversion0.5% · 6
Above shop / office1.1% · 14
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 4
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014725
County division
Worth Forest
Region
South East
Density rank in council
22 of 27

Parishes in the ward

Slaugham

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% owned6,537EEast Grinstead Town18.4% aged 65+ · 57.6% owned6,690LLindfield 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.