Electoral wardE05011652
Maresfield ward, Wealden
Maresfield is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,659 residents in 1,521 households — 139 people per km², the 20th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency; for county elections it is in the Maresfield & Buxted division.
Residents, 20213,659council ward average 3,906
Households1,5212.41 residents per household
Density139/ km²about 26.29 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+31.4%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 13.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.2% · 118
5–94.5% · 165
10–156.0% · 218
16–193.3% · 121
20–243.5% · 129
25–348.1% · 297
35–4914.1% · 515
50–6425.9% · 947
65–7416.3% · 597
75–8410.9% · 399
85+4.2% · 153
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van6.2% · 94
1 car or van29.8% · 452
2 cars or vans39.6% · 601
3 or more24.5% · 372
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright51.3% · 778
With mortgage30.3% · 460
Shared ownership0.9% · 14
Social rented9.3% · 141
Private rented8.2% · 124
Type of home
Detached house61.9% · 940
Semi-detached house25.6% · 389
Terraced house7.0% · 106
Purpose-built flat2.6% · 39
Converted house1.4% · 21
Other conversion0.3% · 4
Above shop / office0.6% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.7% · 11
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011652- Council
- Wealden District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Maresfield & Buxted
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 29 of 41
Parishes in the ward
Maresfield
Other wards in the same constituency
BBuxted29.0% aged 65+ · 79.8% owned3,892DDanehill & Fletching25.0% aged 65+ · 80.7% owned3,886FForest Row24.8% aged 65+ · 72.3% owned4,135UUckfield East21.1% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned3,225UUckfield New Town24.0% aged 65+ · 75.5% owned5,747UUckfield North20.0% aged 65+ · 64.5% owned3,131UUckfield Ridgewood & Little Horsted17.6% aged 65+ · 76.1% owned3,152
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.