Electoral wardE05011621
Rye & Winchelsea ward, Rother
Rye & Winchelsea is one of 21 electoral wards of Rother District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,948 residents in 2,388 households — 554 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hastings and Rye constituency; for county elections it is in the Rye & Eastern Rother division.
Residents, 20214,948council ward average 4,434
Households2,3882.07 residents per household
Density554/ km²about 8.93 km² · Rother 183
Aged 65+30.6%Rother: 32.4% · under 16: 14.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 198
5–94.8% · 236
10–155.8% · 287
16–193.6% · 176
20–244.0% · 199
25–348.8% · 437
35–4915.1% · 748
50–6423.3% · 1,153
65–7415.1% · 747
75–8411.5% · 571
85+3.9% · 195
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.3% · 508
1 car or van48.4% · 1,156
2 cars or vans23.2% · 555
3 or more7.1% · 169
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rother overall: 72.7% owned, 10.2% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright43.6% · 1,041
With mortgage19.1% · 455
Shared ownership1.1% · 26
Social rented18.0% · 429
Private rented18.2% · 434
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house16.8% · 402
Semi-detached house34.7% · 828
Terraced house28.3% · 676
Purpose-built flat14.8% · 354
Converted house2.4% · 58
Other conversion0.9% · 22
Above shop / office1.9% · 45
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011621- Council
- Rother District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Rye & Eastern Rother
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 21
Parishes in the ward
IckleshamRye
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.