Electoral wardE05011606
Bexhill Kewhurst ward, Rother
Bexhill Kewhurst is one of 21 electoral wards of Rother District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,735 residents in 2,306 households — 2,849 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bexhill and Battle constituency; for county elections it is in the Bexhill North and Bexhill West divisions.
Residents, 20214,735council ward average 4,434
Households2,3062.05 residents per household
Density2,849/ km²about 1.66 km² · Rother 183
Aged 65+44.1%Rother: 32.4% · under 16: 11.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.7% · 127
5–93.4% · 159
10–155.0% · 239
16–192.8% · 133
20–243.1% · 149
25–347.4% · 349
35–4911.5% · 545
50–6419.9% · 944
65–7420.2% · 957
75–8416.8% · 794
85+7.2% · 339
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.5% · 357
1 car or van48.6% · 1,121
2 cars or vans26.1% · 601
3 or more9.8% · 227
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rother overall: 72.7% owned, 10.2% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright62.4% · 1,438
With mortgage20.7% · 478
Shared ownership0.2% · 5
Social rented5.3% · 123
Private rented11.3% · 261
Type of home
Detached house53.9% · 1,243
Semi-detached house16.8% · 387
Terraced house8.2% · 190
Purpose-built flat17.3% · 398
Converted house2.1% · 49
Other conversion1.0% · 23
Above shop / office0.7% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011606- Council
- Rother District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Bexhill North, Bexhill West
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 21
Parishes in the ward
Bexhill-on-Sea
Other wards in the same constituency
BBexhill Central26.2% aged 65+ · 48.9% owned5,607BBexhill Collington52.2% aged 65+ · 86.1% owned4,179BBexhill 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.