Electoral wardE05011618
North Battle, Netherfield & Whatlington ward, Rother
North Battle, Netherfield & Whatlington is one of 21 electoral wards of Rother District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,603 residents in 1,975 households — 186 people per km², the 13th 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 division.
Residents, 20214,603council ward average 4,434
Households1,9752.33 residents per household
Density186/ km²about 24.75 km² · Rother 183
Aged 65+28.1%Rother: 32.4% · under 16: 18.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 187
5–95.9% · 273
10–158.0% · 368
16–194.9% · 224
20–244.1% · 191
25–347.1% · 329
35–4915.3% · 706
50–6422.4% · 1,031
65–7414.3% · 657
75–849.5% · 437
85+4.4% · 202
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.2% · 281
1 car or van40.1% · 792
2 cars or vans30.0% · 592
3 or more15.7% · 310
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rother overall: 72.7% owned, 10.2% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright48.4% · 955
With mortgage25.1% · 495
Shared ownership0.4% · 7
Social rented10.7% · 212
Private rented15.5% · 305
Type of home
Detached house45.9% · 907
Semi-detached house22.6% · 446
Terraced house14.0% · 277
Purpose-built flat13.1% · 258
Converted house1.5% · 29
Other conversion0.7% · 13
Above shop / office1.9% · 37
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011618- Council
- Rother District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Battle & Crowhurst
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 21
Parishes in the ward
BattleWhatlington
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% owned2,198BBurwash & the Weald28.3% aged 65+ · 78.7% owned4,559CCatsfield & Crowhurst28.3% aged 65+ · 76.0% owned2,498HHurst Green & Ticehurst25.3% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned5,305NNorthern 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.