Electoral wardE05011665
Withyham ward, Wealden
Withyham is one of 41 electoral wards of Wealden District Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 2,956 residents in 1,199 households — 55 people per km², the 38th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Sussex Weald constituency; for county elections it is in the Forest Row & Groombridge division.
Residents, 20212,956council ward average 3,906
Households1,1992.47 residents per household
Density55/ km²about 53.84 km² · Wealden 192
Aged 65+22.6%Wealden: 26.5% · under 16: 17.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.0% · 119
5–95.5% · 162
10–158.1% · 238
16–194.4% · 131
20–243.8% · 111
25–347.5% · 222
35–4918.6% · 551
50–6425.5% · 754
65–7412.6% · 373
75–847.5% · 221
85+2.5% · 74
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van4.6% · 55
1 car or van30.4% · 365
2 cars or vans41.0% · 492
3 or more23.9% · 287
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wealden overall: 77.0% owned, 8.4% social rented, 13.5% private rented.
Owned outright42.6% · 510
With mortgage36.5% · 436
Shared ownership0.5% · 6
Social rented5.7% · 68
Private rented14.7% · 176
Type of home
Detached house51.0% · 612
Semi-detached house34.2% · 411
Terraced house9.5% · 114
Purpose-built flat3.1% · 37
Converted house0.8% · 9
Other conversion1.0% · 12
Above shop / office0.2% · 2
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011665- Council
- Wealden District Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Forest Row & Groombridge
- Constituency
- Sussex Weald
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 39 of 41
Parishes in the ward
FrantRotherfieldWithyham
Other wards in the same constituency
CChiddingly, East Hoathly & Waldron28.0% aged 65+ · 79.4% owned3,310CCrowborough Central29.9% aged 65+ · 72.2% owned4,125CCrowborough Jarvis Brook18.7% aged 65+ · 71.4% owned4,305CCrowborough North27.4% aged 65+ · 81.2% owned3,284CCrowborough South East19.1% aged 65+ · 81.9% owned3,804CCrowborough South West24.4% aged 65+ · 75.4% owned3,235CCrowborough St Johns38.6% aged 65+ · 87.6% owned2,935FFramfield & Cross-in-Hand28.7% aged 65+ · 83.3% owned3,243FFrant & Wadhurst25.6% aged 65+ · 77.3% owned6,941HHadlow Down & Rotherfield27.5% aged 65+ · 82.9% owned3,257HHailsham Central29.9% aged 65+ · 69.2% owned3,545HHailsham East19.7% aged 65+ · 51.4% owned4,785HHailsham North22.8% aged 65+ · 86.7% owned2,914HHailsham North West23.0% aged 65+ · 78.4% owned3,738
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.