Electoral wardE05011644
Hailsham West ward, Wealden
Hailsham West is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,232 residents in 1,858 households — 4,274 people per km², the 9th 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, 20214,232council ward average 3,906
Households1,8582.28 residents per household
Density4,274/ km²about 0.99 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+26.8%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 238
5–96.1% · 258
10–157.1% · 299
16–193.5% · 150
20–245.0% · 213
25–3410.8% · 459
35–4916.2% · 684
50–6418.9% · 799
65–7412.8% · 540
75–849.6% · 408
85+4.4% · 185
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van18.6% · 345
1 car or van41.5% · 771
2 cars or vans27.8% · 516
3 or more12.1% · 225
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright40.9% · 760
With mortgage27.1% · 503
Shared ownership1.1% · 20
Social rented19.0% · 353
Private rented11.9% · 222
Type of home
Detached house34.8% · 646
Semi-detached house30.2% · 561
Terraced house14.7% · 274
Purpose-built flat18.8% · 349
Converted house1.1% · 20
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011644- 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
- 2 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.