Electoral wardE05011614
Burwash & the Weald ward, Rother
Burwash & the Weald is one of 21 electoral wards of Rother District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,559 residents in 1,861 households — 58 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bexhill and Battle constituency; for county elections it is in the Battle & Crowhurst and Rother North West divisions.
Residents, 20214,559council ward average 4,434
Households1,8612.45 residents per household
Density58/ km²about 78.60 km² · Rother 183
Aged 65+28.3%Rother: 32.4% · under 16: 14.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.6% · 166
5–94.4% · 201
10–156.6% · 301
16–194.1% · 185
20–244.0% · 183
25–348.0% · 365
35–4914.6% · 667
50–6426.3% · 1,200
65–7415.8% · 719
75–849.0% · 412
85+3.5% · 161
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.3% · 117
1 car or van32.4% · 604
2 cars or vans38.1% · 710
3 or more23.2% · 433
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rother overall: 72.7% owned, 10.2% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright46.1% · 859
With mortgage32.6% · 607
Shared ownership0.8% · 15
Social rented7.0% · 130
Private rented13.5% · 252
Type of home
Detached house48.8% · 906
Semi-detached house31.2% · 579
Terraced house13.2% · 246
Purpose-built flat2.6% · 48
Converted house1.5% · 27
Other conversion1.4% · 26
Above shop / office0.5% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.9% · 17
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011614- Council
- Rother District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Battle & Crowhurst, Rother North West
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 21
Parishes in the ward
BrightlingBurwashEtchinghamMountfield
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% owned4,967BBexhill St Stephens28.9% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned4,776BBrede & Udimore36.9% aged 65+ · 80.4% owned2,198CCatsfield & 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.