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Electoral wardE05014727

Haywards Heath Ashenground ward, Mid Sussex

Haywards Heath Ashenground is one of 27 electoral wards of Mid Sussex District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,370 residents in 3,079 households — 587 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Sussex constituency; for county elections it is in the Cuckfield & Lucastes and Haywards Heath Town divisions.

Residents, 20217,370council ward average 5,651
Households3,0792.39 residents per household
Density587/ km²about 12.55 km² · Mid Sussex 457
Aged 65+15.4%Mid Sussex: 20.7% · under 16: 20.0%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–46.5% · 481
5–96.2% · 460
10–157.2% · 528
16–193.8% · 283
20–244.9% · 364
25–3413.7% · 1,007
35–4923.0% · 1,693
50–6419.2% · 1,415
65–748.7% · 640
75–844.7% · 348
85+2.0% · 144

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van13.0% · 400
1 car or van46.4% · 1,429
2 cars or vans29.7% · 915
3 or more10.9% · 337
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright28.9% · 888
With mortgage36.0% · 1,107
Shared ownership2.2% · 67
Social rented12.2% · 375
Private rented20.8% · 639

Type of home

Detached house21.6% · 664
Semi-detached house39.4% · 1,215
Terraced house16.3% · 502
Purpose-built flat17.6% · 541
Converted house3.7% · 114
Other conversion0.5% · 14
Above shop / office1.0% · 30
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014727
County division
Cuckfield & Lucastes, Haywards Heath Town
Constituency
Mid Sussex
Region
South East
Density rank in council
18 of 27

Parishes in the ward

Ansty and StaplefieldHaywards Heath

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% owned3,332HHassocks24.2% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned8,499HHaywards 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 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.