Electoral wardE05011656
Polegate North ward, Wealden
Polegate North is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,867 residents in 1,812 households — 796 people per km², the 16th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lewes constituency; for county elections it is in the Polegate & Watermill division.
Residents, 20213,867council ward average 3,906
Households1,8122.13 residents per household
Density796/ km²about 4.86 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+28.9%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 15.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.8% · 186
5–95.0% · 193
10–155.6% · 217
16–193.1% · 120
20–244.0% · 153
25–3411.4% · 440
35–4917.8% · 689
50–6419.4% · 751
65–7413.6% · 525
75–849.8% · 379
85+5.5% · 214
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.8% · 377
1 car or van45.4% · 823
2 cars or vans24.2% · 439
3 or more9.5% · 173
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright41.6% · 754
With mortgage28.7% · 520
Shared ownership2.0% · 37
Social rented5.0% · 91
Private rented22.5% · 408
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house11.5% · 208
Semi-detached house50.9% · 923
Terraced house12.6% · 228
Purpose-built flat19.3% · 349
Converted house2.8% · 51
Other conversion0.4% · 8
Above shop / office2.2% · 39
Caravan, mobile0.3% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011656- Council
- Wealden District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Polegate & Watermill
- Constituency
- Lewes
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 20 of 41
Parishes in the ward
Polegate
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AArlington35.2% aged 65+ · 82.8% owned2,966LLower Willingdon33.7% aged 65+ · 88.3% owned3,314PPolegate Central17.6% aged 65+ · 77.1% owned5,107PPolegate 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.