Electoral wardE05011611
Bexhill St Marks ward, Rother
Bexhill St Marks is one of 21 electoral wards of Rother District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,967 residents in 2,284 households — 395 people per km², the 7th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bexhill and Battle constituency; for county elections it is in the Bexhill West division.
Residents, 20214,967council ward average 4,434
Households2,2842.17 residents per household
Density395/ km²about 12.57 km² · Rother 183
Aged 65+44.2%Rother: 32.4% · under 16: 11.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.3% · 164
5–93.6% · 180
10–154.3% · 214
16–192.5% · 122
20–243.2% · 157
25–346.5% · 325
35–4911.8% · 584
50–6420.7% · 1,029
65–7420.8% · 1,033
75–8415.2% · 757
85+8.1% · 404
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van11.0% · 251
1 car or van43.9% · 1,003
2 cars or vans32.3% · 737
3 or more12.8% · 293
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rother overall: 72.7% owned, 10.2% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright63.4% · 1,449
With mortgage23.1% · 528
Shared ownership1.7% · 38
Social rented2.4% · 55
Private rented9.4% · 214
Type of home
Detached house69.6% · 1,590
Semi-detached house13.2% · 301
Terraced house4.4% · 100
Purpose-built flat9.9% · 225
Converted house1.4% · 31
Other conversion0.4% · 10
Above shop / office0.7% · 15
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 12
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011611- Council
- Rother District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Bexhill West
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 10 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 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 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.