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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
119
Population
252
Males
49%
Females
51%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
62
England❚BN6 8TG❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
32
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
22
C2 Skilled manual workers
6
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
2

Age Groups

Population
252
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
51%
65 or over
30%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
13%
16 - 29
6%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
24%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
19%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
205
Single
32
Married
132
Separated
2
Divorced
17
Widowed
22

Health

Population
252
Very good
133
Good
74
Fair
33
Bad
6
Very bad
17

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
205
England❚BN6 8TG❚
Degree or above
19
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
23
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
18
Apprenticeship
111
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
22

Ethnicity

Population
252
White British
241
White Irish
4
White Other
3
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Other
1
Asian Other
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
252
England
223
Nortern Ireland
3
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Ireland
4
Poland
1
South Africa
4
Middle East
1
India
1
USA
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
2

Religion

Population
252
Christian
175
Muslim
1
No religion
60
Not stated
16

Industry

Population
102
Manufacturing
3
Construction
4
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
6
Transport and storage
5
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
10
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
5
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
4
Education
18
Human health and social work
11

Economic Activity

Population
158
England❚BN6 8TG❚
Full-Time employee
55
Part-Time employee
17
Self employed
29
Unemployed
5
Retired
29
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
3
Student
5
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
3
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
119
Owned outright
74
Owned with mortgage
36
Rented - council
2
Rented - private landlord
6
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
126
Occupied
119
Unoccupied
7
Detached
62
Semi detached
39
Terraced
20
Flat - purpose built
4
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
119
One person
47
Two people
41
Three people
8
Four people
17
Five people
5
Six people
1

Nearby postcodes

BN6 8SS BN6 8TB BN6 8TA BN6 8SX BN6 8UH BN6 8UG BN6 8TE

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