Electoral wardE05011651
Lower Willingdon ward, Wealden
Lower Willingdon is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,314 residents in 1,506 households — 381 people per km², the 25th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lewes constituency; for county elections it is in the Willingdon & South Downs division.
Residents, 20213,314council ward average 3,906
Households1,5062.2 residents per household
Density381/ km²about 8.70 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+33.7%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 12.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.9% · 128
5–93.3% · 109
10–155.5% · 183
16–193.7% · 121
20–244.2% · 140
25–346.8% · 226
35–4915.1% · 500
50–6423.9% · 791
65–7416.9% · 561
75–8411.5% · 382
85+5.2% · 173
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.3% · 200
1 car or van38.5% · 580
2 cars or vans33.3% · 502
3 or more14.9% · 224
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright55.2% · 831
With mortgage33.1% · 498
Shared ownership0.3% · 4
Social rented1.0% · 15
Private rented10.4% · 157
Type of home
Detached house42.8% · 643
Semi-detached house47.7% · 718
Terraced house3.2% · 48
Purpose-built flat5.4% · 81
Converted house0.3% · 4
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.4% · 6
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011651- Council
- Wealden District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Willingdon & South Downs
- Constituency
- Lewes
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 25 of 41
Parishes in the ward
Willingdon and Jevington
Other wards in the same constituency
AArlington35.2% aged 65+ · 82.8% owned2,966PPolegate Central17.6% aged 65+ · 77.1% owned5,107PPolegate North28.9% aged 65+ · 70.3% owned3,867PPolegate South & Willingdon Watermill33.6% aged 65+ · 78.3% owned3,450SSouth Downs43.1% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned2,976SStone Cross17.8% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned3,687UUpper Willingdon36.7% aged 65+ · 88.0% owned3,266
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.