Electoral wardE05011612
Bexhill St Stephens ward, Rother
Bexhill St Stephens is one of 21 electoral wards of Rother District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,776 residents in 2,097 households — 2,975 people per km², the 10th 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 and Bexhill North divisions.
Residents, 20214,776council ward average 4,434
Households2,0972.28 residents per household
Density2,975/ km²about 1.61 km² · Rother 183
Aged 65+28.9%Rother: 32.4% · under 16: 15.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 196
5–94.8% · 230
10–156.0% · 288
16–193.9% · 185
20–244.7% · 224
25–349.5% · 456
35–4915.6% · 746
50–6422.4% · 1,069
65–7414.7% · 700
75–8410.0% · 476
85+4.3% · 205
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van15.2% · 318
1 car or van42.8% · 898
2 cars or vans30.2% · 634
3 or more11.8% · 247
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rother overall: 72.7% owned, 10.2% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright49.2% · 1,030
With mortgage28.9% · 606
Shared ownership0.4% · 9
Social rented7.6% · 159
Private rented13.8% · 290
Type of home
Detached house44.3% · 928
Semi-detached house35.4% · 743
Terraced house11.1% · 233
Purpose-built flat6.2% · 131
Converted house2.5% · 52
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.2% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011612- Council
- Rother District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Bexhill East, Bexhill North
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 3 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 Marks44.2% aged 65+ · 86.6% owned4,967BBrede & 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.