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Hailsham North West ward, Wealden

Hailsham North West is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,738 residents in 1,588 households — 4,745 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sussex Weald constituency; for county elections it is in the Hailsham New Town division.

Residents, 20213,738council ward average 3,906
Households1,5882.35 residents per household
Density4,745/ km²about 0.79 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+23.0%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 18.6%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.6% · 209
5–96.7% · 251
10–156.3% · 236
16–193.6% · 135
20–244.3% · 162
25–3412.3% · 458
35–4918.1% · 676
50–6420.1% · 752
65–7412.4% · 464
75–848.0% · 300
85+2.5% · 95

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van10.5% · 167
1 car or van39.7% · 631
2 cars or vans35.2% · 559
3 or more14.5% · 231
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.

Owned outright43.9% · 696
With mortgage34.6% · 549
Shared ownership1.8% · 29
Social rented8.6% · 136
Private rented11.2% · 177

Type of home

Detached house30.3% · 481
Semi-detached house40.6% · 645
Terraced house21.0% · 333
Purpose-built flat5.0% · 79
Converted house0.2% · 3
Other conversion0.2% · 3
Above shop / office0.1% · 2
Caravan, mobile2.6% · 42
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.