Electoral wardE05011607
Bexhill Old Town & Worsham ward, Rother
Bexhill Old Town & Worsham is one of 21 electoral wards of Rother District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,178 residents in 1,895 households — 2,329 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bexhill and Battle constituency; for county elections it is in the Bexhill East division.
Residents, 20214,178council ward average 4,434
Households1,8952.2 residents per household
Density2,329/ km²about 1.79 km² · Rother 183
Aged 65+30.1%Rother: 32.4% · under 16: 15.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 175
5–95.0% · 207
10–156.2% · 258
16–193.4% · 142
20–244.1% · 172
25–3411.8% · 492
35–4915.1% · 630
50–6420.2% · 843
65–7413.9% · 582
75–8410.7% · 448
85+5.5% · 229
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.4% · 348
1 car or van45.3% · 858
2 cars or vans27.6% · 523
3 or more8.8% · 167
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rother overall: 72.7% owned, 10.2% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright42.8% · 810
With mortgage30.0% · 567
Shared ownership1.9% · 35
Social rented9.7% · 184
Private rented15.5% · 294
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house32.4% · 614
Semi-detached house28.9% · 547
Terraced house11.3% · 214
Purpose-built flat22.2% · 421
Converted house4.4% · 83
Other conversion0.7% · 13
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011607- Council
- Rother District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Bexhill East
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 5 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 Kewhurst44.1% aged 65+ · 83.1% owned4,735BBexhill 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.