Electoral wardE05011626
Buxted ward, Wealden
Buxted is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,892 residents in 1,565 households — 184 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency; for county elections it is in the Maresfield & Buxted division.
Residents, 20213,892council ward average 3,906
Households1,5652.49 residents per household
Density184/ km²about 21.21 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+29.0%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 17.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 149
5–95.3% · 206
10–158.1% · 316
16–193.4% · 133
20–243.1% · 120
25–347.4% · 289
35–4916.1% · 628
50–6423.7% · 922
65–7415.7% · 612
75–849.1% · 354
85+4.2% · 165
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.0% · 110
1 car or van31.0% · 485
2 cars or vans40.1% · 628
3 or more22.0% · 344
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright44.8% · 701
With mortgage35.1% · 549
Shared ownership1.9% · 29
Social rented7.8% · 122
Private rented10.5% · 164
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house56.8% · 889
Semi-detached house23.2% · 363
Terraced house8.8% · 138
Purpose-built flat7.5% · 118
Converted house1.2% · 19
Other conversion1.5% · 24
Above shop / office0.4% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011626- Council
- Wealden District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Maresfield & Buxted
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 27 of 41
Parishes in the ward
Buxted
Other wards in the same constituency
DDanehill & Fletching25.0% aged 65+ · 80.7% owned3,886FForest Row24.8% aged 65+ · 72.3% owned4,135MMaresfield31.4% aged 65+ · 81.6% owned3,659UUckfield East21.1% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned3,225UUckfield New Town24.0% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned5,747UUckfield North20.0% aged 65+ · 64.5% owned3,131UUckfield Ridgewood & Little Horsted17.6% aged 65+ · 76.1% owned3,152
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.