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Electoral wardE05014726

Hassocks ward, Mid Sussex

Hassocks is one of 27 electoral wards of Mid Sussex District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,499 residents in 3,579 households — 781 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Sussex constituency; for county elections it is in the Hassocks & Burgess Hill South division.

Residents, 20218,499council ward average 5,651
Households3,5792.37 residents per household
Density781/ km²about 10.88 km² · Mid Sussex 457
Aged 65+24.2%Mid Sussex: 20.7% · under 16: 19.8%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.1% · 436
5–96.7% · 569
10–157.9% · 674
16–193.8% · 327
20–243.5% · 294
25–348.0% · 678
35–4920.6% · 1,749
50–6420.1% · 1,711
65–7410.9% · 924
75–848.8% · 744
85+4.6% · 389

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.5% · 484
1 car or van43.0% · 1,541
2 cars or vans32.4% · 1,160
3 or more11.0% · 395
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright45.0% · 1,611
With mortgage34.7% · 1,242
Shared ownership0.8% · 29
Social rented8.7% · 312
Private rented10.7% · 384

Type of home

Detached house41.2% · 1,477
Semi-detached house35.0% · 1,256
Terraced house9.1% · 327
Purpose-built flat11.2% · 401
Converted house1.6% · 56
Other conversion0.4% · 16
Above shop / office1.2% · 44
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 7
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014726
County division
Hassocks & Burgess Hill South
Constituency
Mid Sussex
Region
South East
Density rank in council
16 of 27

Parishes in the ward

Hassocks

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 Meeds & Hammonds20.3% aged 65+ · 68.3% owned6,610BBurgess 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% owned3,332HHaywards 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.