Electoral wardE05011648
Hellingly ward, Wealden
Hellingly is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,011 residents in 1,958 households — 180 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sussex Weald constituency; for county elections it is in the Arlington, East Hoathly & Hellingly division.
Residents, 20215,011council ward average 3,906
Households1,9582.56 residents per household
Density180/ km²about 27.92 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+18.3%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 21.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.3% · 366
5–97.2% · 359
10–157.1% · 358
16–193.8% · 189
20–245.2% · 258
25–3416.1% · 806
35–4916.6% · 830
50–6418.5% · 927
65–7410.1% · 506
75–845.9% · 294
85+2.3% · 116
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.0% · 117
1 car or van33.6% · 658
2 cars or vans41.6% · 814
3 or more18.8% · 369
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright33.6% · 657
With mortgage38.8% · 759
Shared ownership4.6% · 91
Social rented13.5% · 264
Private rented9.6% · 187
Type of home
Detached house42.8% · 838
Semi-detached house33.5% · 656
Terraced house12.0% · 234
Purpose-built flat8.1% · 159
Converted house0.9% · 18
Other conversion0.4% · 8
Above shop / office0.4% · 8
Caravan, mobile1.9% · 37
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011648- Council
- Wealden District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Arlington, East Hoathly & Hellingly
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 28 of 41
Parishes in the ward
HailshamHellinglyHerstmonceux
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.