Electoral wardE05011640
Hailsham East ward, Wealden
Hailsham East is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,785 residents in 2,032 households — 485 people per km², the 7th 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, 20214,785council ward average 3,906
Households2,0322.35 residents per household
Density485/ km²about 9.87 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+19.7%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 21.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 313
5–97.0% · 336
10–158.1% · 387
16–194.2% · 201
20–244.9% · 235
25–3414.2% · 679
35–4916.6% · 792
50–6418.8% · 901
65–7410.8% · 515
75–846.2% · 296
85+2.7% · 130
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.6% · 439
1 car or van45.5% · 924
2 cars or vans25.1% · 510
3 or more7.8% · 159
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright27.9% · 567
With mortgage23.5% · 477
Shared ownership2.8% · 56
Social rented34.1% · 693
Private rented11.6% · 235
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house14.7% · 299
Semi-detached house28.7% · 583
Terraced house35.7% · 727
Purpose-built flat13.7% · 279
Converted house0.8% · 16
Other conversion0.0% · 1
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile6.2% · 127
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011640- Council
- Wealden District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Hailsham Market
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 23 of 41
Parishes in the ward
Hailsham
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 Central29.9% aged 65+ · 69.2% owned3,545HHailsham 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.