Electoral wardE05011637
Frant & Wadhurst ward, Wealden
Frant & Wadhurst is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,941 residents in 2,948 households — 98 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sussex Weald constituency; for county elections it is in the Wealden North East division.
Residents, 20216,941council ward average 3,906
Households2,9482.35 residents per household
Density98/ km²about 70.54 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+25.6%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 16.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.1% · 283
5–95.0% · 350
10–157.4% · 511
16–194.2% · 291
20–243.7% · 259
25–348.3% · 573
35–4917.4% · 1,210
50–6424.3% · 1,686
65–7412.8% · 886
75–849.5% · 658
85+3.4% · 234
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.7% · 228
1 car or van35.7% · 1,052
2 cars or vans38.0% · 1,120
3 or more18.6% · 548
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright44.7% · 1,316
With mortgage32.6% · 961
Shared ownership0.7% · 20
Social rented8.6% · 252
Private rented13.4% · 395
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house45.5% · 1,342
Semi-detached house28.9% · 853
Terraced house13.5% · 399
Purpose-built flat7.5% · 221
Converted house2.3% · 67
Other conversion1.1% · 31
Above shop / office0.9% · 28
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 7
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011637- Council
- Wealden District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Wealden North East
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 34 of 41
Parishes in the ward
FrantMayfield and Five AshesWadhurst
Other wards in the same constituency
CChiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron28.0% aged 65+ · 79.4% owned3,310CCrowborough Central29.9% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned4,125CCrowborough Jarvis Brook18.7% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned4,305CCrowborough North27.4% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned3,284CCrowborough South East19.1% aged 65+ · 81.9% owned3,804CCrowborough South West24.4% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned3,235CCrowborough St Johns38.6% aged 65+ · 87.6% owned2,935FFramfield & Cross-in-Hand28.7% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned3,243HHadlow Down & Rotherfield27.5% aged 65+ · 82.9% owned3,257HHailsham Central29.9% aged 65+ · 69.2% owned3,545HHailsham East19.7% aged 65+ · 51.4% owned4,785HHailsham North22.8% aged 65+ · 86.7% owned2,914HHailsham North West23.0% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned3,738HHailsham South30.5% aged 65+ · 81.5% owned3,327
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.