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Rother District Council
Local authority area: Rother
Rother is a district council in East Sussex, in the South East England region of England. It covers 509.4 km² and had 94,162 residents in 2022 — about 185 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Bexhill-on-Sea.
Town hall in the administrative centreBexhill Town Hall, Bexhill-on-Sea
Photo: Alexis Markwick · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
People
Population
Estimates recorded for Rother, 2012–2022.
Residents, 202294,162+3.4% since 2012
Land area509.4km²196.7 sq mi
Density185/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#328of 382 UK councils · #277 in England
Population estimates4 data points
91.1K92.9K95.7K94.2K
2012201520182022
History
How the council came to be
- 1974Created
Rother became a local authority area.
Same county
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Elections
21 electoral wards
Census 2021: 93,108 residents in 42,102 households across the wards; 32.4% aged 65+, 72.7% of homes owned, 16.0% of households without a car.
1Bexhill Sidley2,548 households · 20.9% aged 65+6,1182Bexhill Central2,935 households · 26.2% aged 65+5,6073Sedlescombe & Westfield2,250 households · 31.0% aged 65+5,3264Hurst Green & Ticehurst2,238 households · 25.3% aged 65+5,3055Bexhill Pebsham & St Michaels2,244 households · 30.1% aged 65+5,1136Northern Rother2,228 households · 33.2% aged 65+5,008
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Council offices
Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.
Westminster
Constituencies
Source: Wikidata Q1811605 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.