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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 town and fringe
National Park
South Downs National Park
Households
124
Population
242
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
77
England❚BN6 8SY❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
36
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
28
C2 Skilled manual workers
8
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
242
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
55%
65 or over
26%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
14%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
20%
45 - 59
17%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
12%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
195
Single
50
Married
99
Civil partnership
3
Separated
6
Divorced
19
Widowed
18

Health

Population
242
Very good
137
Good
78
Fair
20
Bad
6
Very bad
19

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
195
England❚BN6 8SY❚
Degree or above
21
2+ A Levels or equivalent
3
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
25
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
22
Apprenticeship
104
Other qualifications
4
No qualifications
16

Ethnicity

Population
242
White British
232
White Irish
1
White Other
5
Mixed Asian
1
Asian Indian
2
Black Caribbean
1

Country of Birth

Population
242
England
210
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
12
France
1
Germany
2
Spain
1
South Africa
2
Zimbabwe
2
India
2
Sri Lanka
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
2
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
242
Christian
144
Other
2
No religion
74
Not stated
22

Industry

Population
118
Manufacturing
4
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
15
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
9
Information and communication
4
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
14
Administrative and support
2
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
12
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
167
England❚BN6 8SY❚
Full-Time employee
48
Part-Time employee
19
Self employed
49
Unemployed
2
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
8

Housing Tenure

All categoies
124
Owned outright
53
Owned with mortgage
41
Shared ownership
1
Rented - private landlord
23
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
4

Housing Types

All categoies
135
Occupied
124
Unoccupied
11
Detached
40
Semi detached
30
Terraced
44
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
10
Flat - in commerical building
7

Household Size

All categoies
124
One person
56
Two people
37
Three people
16
Four people
11
Five people
4

Nearby postcodes

BN6 8UX BN6 8UT BN6 8UU BN6 8TR BN6 8UY BN6 8UZ BN6 8UL BN6 8TU BN6 8UA BN6 8UP BN6 8UR

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