Electoral wardE05011639
Hailsham Central ward, Wealden
Hailsham Central is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,545 residents in 1,626 households — 2,205 people per km², the 22nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sussex Weald constituency; for county elections it is in the Hailsham Market division.
Residents, 20213,545council ward average 3,906
Households1,6262.18 residents per household
Density2,205/ km²about 1.61 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+29.9%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 15.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 152
5–94.6% · 162
10–156.5% · 230
16–193.2% · 112
20–244.6% · 163
25–3411.7% · 413
35–4915.2% · 538
50–6420.2% · 715
65–7412.8% · 452
75–8411.1% · 392
85+6.0% · 214
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.9% · 340
1 car or van41.3% · 671
2 cars or vans27.3% · 443
3 or more10.5% · 171
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright40.8% · 664
With mortgage28.4% · 462
Shared ownership1.1% · 18
Social rented8.7% · 141
Private rented20.9% · 340
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house32.1% · 522
Semi-detached house31.3% · 509
Terraced house15.7% · 255
Purpose-built flat14.7% · 239
Converted house1.9% · 31
Other conversion1.4% · 22
Above shop / office2.8% · 46
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011639- Council
- Wealden District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Hailsham Market
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 10 of 41
Parishes in the ward
Hailsham
Council offices in this ward
CWealden District CouncilCouncil office · BN27 2AXCEast Sussex Building ControlCouncil office · BN27 2AXTHailsham Town CouncilTown council · BN27 1AG
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% owned6,941HHadlow Down & Rotherfield27.5% aged 65+ · 82.9% owned3,257HHailsham 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.