Electoral wardE05011616
Eastern Rother ward, Rother
Eastern Rother is one of 21 electoral wards of Rother District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,751 residents in 2,181 households — 66 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hastings and Rye constituency; for county elections it is in the Northern Rother and Rye & Eastern Rother divisions.
Residents, 20214,751council ward average 4,434
Households2,1812.18 residents per household
Density66/ km²about 71.44 km² · Rother 183
Aged 65+33.3%Rother: 32.4% · under 16: 13.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.2% · 151
5–94.1% · 196
10–155.7% · 273
16–193.4% · 162
20–243.8% · 181
25–347.2% · 344
35–4914.4% · 684
50–6424.8% · 1,178
65–7417.9% · 851
75–8410.8% · 514
85+4.6% · 217
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.4% · 292
1 car or van41.2% · 900
2 cars or vans30.7% · 670
3 or more14.7% · 320
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rother overall: 72.7% owned, 10.2% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright49.8% · 1,087
With mortgage20.7% · 451
Shared ownership1.2% · 27
Social rented12.2% · 266
Private rented16.0% · 350
Type of home
Detached house49.1% · 1,072
Semi-detached house25.3% · 553
Terraced house14.7% · 320
Purpose-built flat6.6% · 144
Converted house1.1% · 25
Other conversion0.7% · 16
Above shop / office0.9% · 19
Caravan, mobile1.5% · 33
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011616- Council
- Rother District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Northern Rother, Rye & Eastern Rother
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 19 of 21
Parishes in the ward
CamberEast GuldefordIckleshamIdenPeasmarshPlaydenRye Foreign
Other wards in the same constituency
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.