Electoral wardE05011635
Forest Row ward, Wealden
Forest Row is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,135 residents in 1,742 households — 636 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency; for county elections it is in the Forest Row & Groombridge division.
Residents, 20214,135council ward average 3,906
Households1,7422.37 residents per household
Density636/ km²about 6.50 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+24.8%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 17.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.4% · 182
5–95.0% · 208
10–158.4% · 347
16–194.8% · 198
20–243.9% · 162
25–347.2% · 297
35–4918.1% · 749
50–6423.3% · 963
65–7413.7% · 566
75–848.5% · 352
85+2.6% · 109
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.0% · 174
1 car or van42.2% · 735
2 cars or vans33.4% · 582
3 or more14.4% · 251
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright44.6% · 777
With mortgage27.6% · 481
Social rented9.4% · 163
Private rented18.3% · 319
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house42.6% · 742
Semi-detached house29.7% · 518
Terraced house11.0% · 191
Purpose-built flat11.3% · 197
Converted house2.4% · 42
Other conversion0.7% · 12
Above shop / office1.8% · 31
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 9
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011635- Council
- Wealden District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Forest Row & Groombridge
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 22 of 41
Parishes in the ward
Forest Row
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBuxted29.0% aged 65+ · 79.8% owned3,892DDanehill & Fletching25.0% aged 65+ · 80.7% owned3,886MMaresfield31.4% 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.