Electoral wardE05011661
Uckfield New Town ward, Wealden
Uckfield New Town is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,747 residents in 2,570 households — 2,317 people per km², the 4th 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 and Uckfield South with Framfield divisions.
Residents, 20215,747council ward average 3,906
Households2,5702.24 residents per household
Density2,317/ km²about 2.48 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+24.0%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 16.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.2% · 241
5–95.3% · 304
10–156.7% · 388
16–194.0% · 231
20–244.6% · 263
25–349.9% · 569
35–4918.4% · 1,060
50–6422.8% · 1,313
65–7412.6% · 723
75–848.7% · 501
85+2.7% · 157
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.3% · 368
1 car or van40.0% · 1,027
2 cars or vans33.3% · 856
3 or more12.4% · 319
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright42.3% · 1,086
With mortgage33.2% · 854
Shared ownership0.6% · 16
Social rented10.1% · 259
Private rented13.8% · 354
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house38.4% · 987
Semi-detached house27.0% · 694
Terraced house17.4% · 446
Purpose-built flat12.5% · 320
Converted house3.1% · 79
Other conversion1.1% · 28
Above shop / office0.5% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011661- Council
- Wealden District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Uckfield North, Uckfield South with Framfield
- Constituency
- East Grinstead and Uckfield
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 9 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 East21.1% aged 65+ · 72.1% owned3,225UUckfield 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.