Electoral wardE05011643
Hailsham South ward, Wealden
Hailsham South is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,327 residents in 1,440 households — 1,439 people per km², the 24th 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, 20213,327council ward average 3,906
Households1,4402.31 residents per household
Density1,439/ km²about 2.31 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+30.5%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 12.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.8% · 126
5–93.4% · 113
10–155.4% · 180
16–193.8% · 125
20–244.3% · 143
25–3411.2% · 371
35–4914.4% · 480
50–6423.3% · 775
65–7413.2% · 439
75–8411.4% · 379
85+5.9% · 196
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.1% · 189
1 car or van38.1% · 548
2 cars or vans34.1% · 491
3 or more14.7% · 212
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright47.9% · 689
With mortgage33.6% · 483
Shared ownership1.7% · 24
Social rented4.6% · 66
Private rented12.2% · 176
Type of home
Detached house41.0% · 591
Semi-detached house41.4% · 596
Terraced house12.2% · 175
Purpose-built flat3.4% · 49
Converted house1.5% · 22
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.3% · 4
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011643- Council
- Wealden District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Hailsham New Town
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 41
Parishes in the ward
Hartfield
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 East19.7% aged 65+ · 51.4% owned4,785HHailsham North22.8% aged 65+ · 86.7% owned2,914HHailsham North West23.0% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned3,738
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.