Electoral wardE05011646
Heathfield North ward, Wealden
Heathfield North is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,915 residents in 1,859 households — 783 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sussex Weald constituency; for county elections it is in the Heathfield & Mayfield division.
Residents, 20213,915council ward average 3,906
Households1,8592.11 residents per household
Density783/ km²about 5.00 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+27.5%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 15.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 185
5–95.0% · 196
10–156.0% · 236
16–193.4% · 133
20–244.7% · 184
25–3411.0% · 430
35–4916.8% · 657
50–6420.8% · 816
65–7413.8% · 541
75–849.9% · 386
85+3.9% · 151
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.1% · 262
1 car or van43.9% · 816
2 cars or vans29.7% · 552
3 or more12.3% · 229
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright39.3% · 731
With mortgage28.6% · 532
Shared ownership1.4% · 26
Social rented11.6% · 216
Private rented19.0% · 353
Type of home
Detached house35.7% · 664
Semi-detached house24.8% · 461
Terraced house9.1% · 170
Purpose-built flat26.1% · 485
Converted house2.0% · 37
Other conversion0.3% · 6
Above shop / office1.7% · 32
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011646- Council
- Wealden District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Heathfield & Mayfield
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 21 of 41
Parishes in the ward
Heathfield and Waldron
Council offices in this ward
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.