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Electoral wardE05014728

Haywards Heath Bentswood & Heath ward, Mid Sussex

Haywards Heath Bentswood & Heath is one of 27 electoral wards of Mid Sussex District Council, in West Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,571 residents in 3,806 households — 4,584 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Mid Sussex constituency; for county elections it is in the Haywards Heath East and Haywards Heath Town divisions.

Residents, 20218,571council ward average 5,651
Households3,8062.25 residents per household
Density4,584/ km²about 1.87 km² · Mid Sussex 457
Aged 65+17.8%Mid Sussex: 20.7% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.7% · 487
5–95.8% · 499
10–157.1% · 608
16–193.8% · 325
20–245.0% · 426
25–3414.9% · 1,277
35–4922.9% · 1,961
50–6417.1% · 1,465
65–748.3% · 711
75–845.8% · 500
85+3.6% · 311

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van23.1% · 880
1 car or van49.3% · 1,877
2 cars or vans21.7% · 826
3 or more6.0% · 228
Census 2021

Housing tenure

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

Owned outright27.2% · 1,035
With mortgage28.9% · 1,100
Shared ownership1.2% · 45
Social rented16.8% · 641
Private rented26.0% · 989
Lives rent free0.0% · 1

Type of home

Detached house11.3% · 431
Semi-detached house33.2% · 1,262
Terraced house12.6% · 478
Purpose-built flat35.2% · 1,338
Converted house3.0% · 115
Other conversion2.3% · 88
Above shop / office2.2% · 84
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 5
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05014728
County division
Haywards Heath East, Haywards Heath Town
Constituency
Mid Sussex
Region
South East
Density rank in council
2 of 27

Parishes in the ward

Haywards 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 Ashenground15.4% aged 65+ · 64.9% owned7,370HHaywards 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.