Electoral wardE05011660
Uckfield East ward, Wealden
Uckfield East is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,225 residents in 1,396 households — 2,433 people per km², the 33rd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency; for county elections it is in the Uckfield North division.
Residents, 20213,225council ward average 3,906
Households1,3962.31 residents per household
Density2,433/ km²about 1.33 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+21.1%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 17.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 147
5–95.2% · 168
10–157.7% · 247
16–194.6% · 149
20–245.1% · 165
25–3411.3% · 363
35–4918.2% · 586
50–6422.3% · 719
65–7410.8% · 349
75–846.9% · 224
85+3.4% · 109
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van12.8% · 178
1 car or van40.4% · 564
2 cars or vans33.8% · 472
3 or more13.0% · 182
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright40.2% · 561
With mortgage31.9% · 445
Shared ownership0.8% · 11
Social rented4.7% · 65
Private rented22.4% · 312
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house22.7% · 317
Semi-detached house37.8% · 527
Terraced house22.6% · 316
Purpose-built flat10.7% · 150
Converted house1.1% · 16
Other conversion0.7% · 10
Above shop / office4.2% · 58
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011660- Council
- Wealden District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Uckfield North
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 41
Parishes in the ward
Uckfield
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% owned4,135MMaresfield31.4% aged 65+ · 81.6% owned3,659UUckfield 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.