Electoral wardE05011664
Upper Willingdon ward, Wealden
Upper Willingdon is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 3,266 residents in 1,514 households — 1,572 people per km², the 29th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Lewes constituency; for county elections it is in the Willingdon & South Downs division.
Residents, 20213,266council ward average 3,906
Households1,5142.16 residents per household
Density1,572/ km²about 2.08 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+36.7%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 12.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.9% · 129
5–93.8% · 123
10–155.2% · 171
16–193.1% · 102
20–243.6% · 118
25–347.7% · 251
35–4913.3% · 434
50–6422.6% · 740
65–7416.3% · 533
75–8415.1% · 493
85+5.3% · 174
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.5% · 204
1 car or van44.3% · 671
2 cars or vans30.4% · 460
3 or more11.8% · 179
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright60.4% · 915
With mortgage27.5% · 417
Shared ownership0.5% · 7
Social rented0.9% · 14
Private rented10.6% · 160
Lives rent free0.1% · 1
Type of home
Detached house52.1% · 789
Semi-detached house28.6% · 433
Terraced house11.4% · 172
Purpose-built flat5.1% · 77
Converted house1.6% · 24
Other conversion0.6% · 9
Above shop / office0.7% · 10
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011664- Council
- Wealden District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Willingdon & South Downs
- Constituency
- Lewes
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 41
Parishes in the ward
Willingdon 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% owned3,867PPolegate South & Willingdon Watermill33.6% aged 65+ · 78.3% owned3,450SSouth Downs43.1% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned2,976SStone Cross17.8% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned3,687
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.