Electoral wardE05011653
Mayfield & Five Ashes ward, Wealden
Mayfield & Five Ashes is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,654 residents in 1,545 households — 100 people per km², the 21st 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, 20213,654council ward average 3,906
Households1,5452.37 residents per household
Density100/ km²about 36.47 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+28.3%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 17.5%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.4% · 123
5–95.4% · 199
10–158.7% · 317
16–194.5% · 165
20–243.2% · 116
25–346.8% · 249
35–4916.0% · 584
50–6423.7% · 866
65–7414.8% · 542
75–849.7% · 356
85+3.7% · 137
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.4% · 115
1 car or van34.7% · 536
2 cars or vans36.2% · 560
3 or more21.6% · 334
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright46.7% · 722
With mortgage30.5% · 471
Shared ownership0.5% · 8
Social rented7.8% · 121
Private rented14.4% · 223
Type of home
Detached house53.7% · 830
Semi-detached house23.0% · 355
Terraced house12.2% · 188
Purpose-built flat6.1% · 95
Converted house2.2% · 34
Other conversion1.6% · 25
Above shop / office0.8% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011653- Council
- Wealden District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Heathfield & Mayfield
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 33 of 41
Parishes in the ward
Mayfield and Five Ashes
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.