Electoral wardE05011638
Hadlow Down & Rotherfield ward, Wealden
Hadlow Down & Rotherfield is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,257 residents in 1,377 households — 79 people per km², the 30th 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, 20213,257council ward average 3,906
Households1,3772.37 residents per household
Density79/ km²about 41.18 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+27.5%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 15.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 120
5–95.0% · 162
10–156.4% · 208
16–193.7% · 121
20–243.6% · 116
25–347.2% · 233
35–4915.8% · 513
50–6427.3% · 889
65–7414.0% · 457
75–8410.1% · 329
85+3.3% · 108
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.6% · 91
1 car or van30.1% · 415
2 cars or vans38.2% · 527
3 or more25.0% · 345
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright49.1% · 676
With mortgage33.8% · 465
Shared ownership0.5% · 7
Social rented6.8% · 93
Private rented9.7% · 133
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house58.0% · 798
Semi-detached house26.7% · 367
Terraced house9.7% · 133
Purpose-built flat3.6% · 50
Converted house0.7% · 10
Other conversion0.5% · 7
Above shop / office0.5% · 7
Caravan, mobile0.4% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011638- 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
- 35 of 41
Parishes in the ward
Hadlow DownRotherfield
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% owned3,243FFrant & Wadhurst25.6% aged 65+ · 77.3% owned6,941HHailsham 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.