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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
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 8SF❚
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 8SF❚
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 8SF❚
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 8SQ BN6 8SE BN6 8SG

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