Electoral wardE05011647
Heathfield South ward, Wealden
Heathfield South is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,166 residents in 1,743 households — 1,588 people per km², the 10th 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, 20214,166council ward average 3,906
Households1,7432.39 residents per household
Density1,588/ km²about 2.62 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+22.7%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 17.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 216
5–95.4% · 225
10–156.7% · 281
16–194.4% · 182
20–243.8% · 160
25–3410.9% · 453
35–4917.0% · 706
50–6423.9% · 993
65–7411.8% · 493
75–847.9% · 329
85+3.0% · 125
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.0% · 122
1 car or van35.3% · 615
2 cars or vans39.8% · 694
3 or more17.9% · 313
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright44.4% · 774
With mortgage38.1% · 665
Shared ownership0.7% · 12
Social rented1.8% · 31
Private rented15.0% · 262
Type of home
Detached house42.9% · 749
Semi-detached house32.9% · 574
Terraced house17.5% · 305
Purpose-built flat4.3% · 75
Converted house0.7% · 13
Other conversion0.7% · 13
Above shop / office0.7% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011647- Council
- Wealden District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Heathfield & Mayfield
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 13 of 41
Parishes in the ward
Heathfield and Waldron
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.