Electoral wardE05011634
Danehill & Fletching ward, Wealden
Danehill & Fletching is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,886 residents in 1,586 households — 58 people per km², the 15th 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, 20213,886council ward average 3,906
Households1,5862.45 residents per household
Density58/ km²about 67.47 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+25.0%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 143
5–95.2% · 202
10–157.3% · 284
16–194.6% · 177
20–243.8% · 147
25–346.3% · 245
35–4917.4% · 676
50–6426.8% · 1,043
65–7413.2% · 514
75–848.7% · 340
85+3.0% · 116
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van4.7% · 75
1 car or van26.0% · 413
2 cars or vans42.2% · 669
3 or more27.0% · 429
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright45.5% · 722
With mortgage35.2% · 559
Shared ownership0.6% · 9
Social rented5.5% · 88
Private rented13.2% · 209
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house57.7% · 915
Semi-detached house26.2% · 416
Terraced house8.1% · 128
Purpose-built flat3.5% · 55
Converted house1.6% · 26
Other conversion1.1% · 17
Above shop / office0.4% · 7
Caravan, mobile1.4% · 22
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011634- 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
- 37 of 41
Parishes in the ward
DanehillFletchingForest RowIsfield
Other wards in the same constituency
BBuxted29.0% aged 65+ · 79.8% owned3,892FForest 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.