Electoral wardE05011657
Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill ward, Wealden
Polegate South & Willingdon Watermill is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,450 residents in 1,615 households — 2,358 people per km², the 23rd 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, 20213,450council ward average 3,906
Households1,6152.14 residents per household
Density2,358/ km²about 1.46 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+33.6%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 13.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.7% · 128
5–94.3% · 147
10–155.5% · 189
16–193.4% · 119
20–243.4% · 119
25–347.7% · 264
35–4914.7% · 508
50–6423.7% · 817
65–7415.3% · 529
75–8411.7% · 404
85+6.6% · 226
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van17.8% · 288
1 car or van46.4% · 749
2 cars or vans26.6% · 429
3 or more9.2% · 149
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright50.9% · 822
With mortgage27.4% · 442
Shared ownership0.4% · 6
Social rented11.6% · 187
Private rented9.7% · 157
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house30.7% · 495
Semi-detached house48.8% · 788
Terraced house10.3% · 167
Purpose-built flat9.0% · 145
Converted house1.0% · 16
Above shop / office0.2% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011657- Council
- Wealden District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Polegate & Watermill
- Constituency
- Lewes
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 41
Parishes in the ward
PolegateWillingdon and Jevington
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 North28.9% aged 65+ · 70.3% owned3,867SSouth 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.