Electoral wardE05011624
Southern Rother ward, Rother
Southern Rother is one of 21 electoral wards of Rother District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,123 residents in 1,882 households — 136 people per km², the 17th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hastings and Rye constituency; for county elections it is in the Brede Valley & Marsham and Rye & Eastern Rother divisions.
Residents, 20214,123council ward average 4,434
Households1,8822.19 residents per household
Density136/ km²about 30.27 km² · Rother 183
Aged 65+39.7%Rother: 32.4% · under 16: 10.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–42.3% · 94
5–93.1% · 127
10–155.0% · 207
16–194.3% · 179
20–243.4% · 139
25–346.3% · 260
35–4910.8% · 444
50–6425.1% · 1,037
65–7421.0% · 868
75–8413.8% · 568
85+4.9% · 201
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.8% · 203
1 car or van40.2% · 758
2 cars or vans33.7% · 635
3 or more15.3% · 289
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Rother overall: 72.7% owned, 10.2% social rented, 16.2% private rented.
Owned outright59.6% · 1,122
With mortgage22.4% · 421
Shared ownership0.3% · 6
Social rented9.7% · 182
Private rented8.1% · 152
Type of home
Detached house69.0% · 1,298
Semi-detached house16.8% · 316
Terraced house7.2% · 136
Purpose-built flat5.4% · 101
Converted house1.0% · 19
Other conversion0.1% · 1
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011624- Council
- Rother District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Brede Valley & Marsham, Rye & Eastern Rother
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 21
Parishes in the ward
FairlightGuestlingIckleshamPett
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.