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Administrative Areas

Ward
Ditchling & Westmeston
Local Authority
Lewes
County
East Sussex
Constituency
Lewes
Region
South East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
National Park
South Downs National Park
Households
133
Population
343
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
100
England❚BN6 8RU❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
40
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
41
C2 Skilled manual workers
12
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
7

Age Groups

Population
343
Under 16
20%
16 - 64
65%
65 or over
15%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
11%
30 - 44
18%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
6%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
275
Single
69
Married
163
Civil partnership
2
Separated
9
Divorced
16
Widowed
16

Health

Population
343
Very good
216
Good
105
Fair
16
Bad
4
Very bad
16

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
275
England❚BN6 8RU❚
Degree or above
31
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
40
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
30
Apprenticeship
129
Other qualifications
15
No qualifications
27

Ethnicity

Population
343
White British
330
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Asian Bangladeshi
2
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
343
England
312
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
3
Wales
5
France
3
Italy
1
Poland
2
Hong Kong
1
Bangladesh
1
North America - Other
3
Antarctica and Oceanea
4
Australia
2

Religion

Population
343
Christian
209
Buddhist
2
Other
4
No religion
98
Not stated
30

Industry

Population
194
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
5
Manufacturing
9
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
32
Transport and storage
15
Accommodation and food
2
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
7
Professional, scientific and technical
32
Administrative and support
9
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
8
Education
20
Human health and social work
21

Economic Activity

Population
255
England❚BN6 8RU❚
Full-Time employee
82
Part-Time employee
45
Self employed
62
Unemployed
5
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
12
Student
16
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
4

Housing Tenure

All categoies
133
Owned outright
56
Owned with mortgage
38
Rented - council
3
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
33
Rented - other private
2

Housing Types

All categoies
138
Occupied
133
Unoccupied
5
Detached
79
Semi detached
30
Terraced
18
Flat - purpose built
7
Flat - converted
1
Caravan
3

Household Size

All categoies
133
One person
23
Two people
57
Three people
20
Four people
22
Five people
8
Six people
3

Nearby postcodes

BN6 8RT

Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019