Electoral wardE05011619
Northern Rother ward, Rother
Northern Rother is one of 21 electoral wards of Rother District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,008 residents in 2,228 households — 74 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Bexhill and Battle constituency; for county elections it is in the Northern Rother division.
Residents, 20215,008council ward average 4,434
Households2,2282.25 residents per household
Density74/ km²about 67.40 km² · Rother 183
Aged 65+33.2%Rother: 32.4% · under 16: 14.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 203
5–94.3% · 214
10–156.0% · 302
16–193.2% · 158
20–243.6% · 179
25–347.5% · 376
35–4913.0% · 651
50–6425.3% · 1,265
65–7417.6% · 884
75–8411.7% · 588
85+3.8% · 189
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.2% · 182
1 car or van36.9% · 822
2 cars or vans36.0% · 802
3 or more18.9% · 422
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rother overall: 72.7% owned, 10.2% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright50.8% · 1,132
With mortgage25.3% · 563
Shared ownership1.2% · 26
Social rented11.4% · 254
Private rented11.3% · 252
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house55.0% · 1,226
Semi-detached house26.8% · 599
Terraced house12.4% · 276
Purpose-built flat2.4% · 53
Converted house0.5% · 11
Other conversion0.9% · 20
Above shop / office0.4% · 10
Caravan, mobile1.6% · 36
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011619- Council
- Rother District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Northern Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 18 of 21
Parishes in the ward
BeckleyBodiamEwhurstNorthiam
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% owned5,305NNorth Battle, Netherfield & Whatlington28.1% aged 65+ · 73.5% owned4,603
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.