Electoral wardE05011604
Bexhill Central ward, Rother
Bexhill Central is one of 21 electoral wards of Rother District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,607 residents in 2,935 households — 6,262 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bexhill and Battle constituency; for county elections it is in the Bexhill South division.
Residents, 20215,607council ward average 4,434
Households2,9351.91 residents per household
Density6,262/ km²about 0.90 km² · Rother 183
Aged 65+26.2%Rother: 32.4% · under 16: 14.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 270
5–94.5% · 250
10–155.6% · 312
16–193.7% · 207
20–245.3% · 297
25–3412.4% · 698
35–4916.0% · 898
50–6421.5% · 1,206
65–7413.5% · 759
75–848.7% · 488
85+4.0% · 224
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van35.5% · 1,043
1 car or van46.1% · 1,352
2 cars or vans14.6% · 429
3 or more3.7% · 110
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rother overall: 72.7% owned, 10.2% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright31.3% · 919
With mortgage17.6% · 516
Shared ownership1.0% · 29
Social rented8.6% · 253
Private rented41.5% · 1,218
Type of home
Detached house6.5% · 190
Semi-detached house5.1% · 149
Terraced house12.0% · 351
Purpose-built flat37.8% · 1,111
Converted house29.5% · 867
Other conversion2.8% · 82
Above shop / office6.1% · 179
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011604- Council
- Rother District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Bexhill South
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Bexhill-on-Sea
Other wards in the same constituency
BBexhill Collington52.2% aged 65+ · 86.1% owned4,179BBexhill Kewhurst44.1% aged 65+ · 83.1% owned4,735BBexhill Old Town & Worsham30.1% aged 65+ · 72.8% owned4,178BBexhill Pebsham & St Michaels30.1% aged 65+ · 74.1% owned5,113BBexhill Sackville41.9% aged 65+ · 67.6% owned4,898BBexhill Sidley20.9% aged 65+ · 50.6% owned6,118BBexhill St Marks44.2% aged 65+ · 86.6% owned4,967BBexhill St Stephens28.9% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned4,776BBrede & Udimore36.9% aged 65+ · 80.4% owned2,198BBurwash & the Weald28.3% aged 65+ · 78.7% owned4,559CCatsfield & Crowhurst28.3% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned2,498HHurst Green & Ticehurst25.3% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned5,305NNorth Battle, Netherfield & Whatlington28.1% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned4,603NNorthern Rother33.2% aged 65+ · 76.1% owned5,008
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.