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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
142
Population
339
Males
51%
Females
49%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
79
England❚BN6 8TH❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
41
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
30
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
339
Under 16
21%
16 - 64
51%
65 or over
28%
Under 4
5%
5 - 15
16%
16 - 29
7%
30 - 44
14%
45 - 59
20%
60 - 74
25%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
268
Single
38
Married
177
Civil partnership
2
Separated
4
Divorced
22
Widowed
25

Health

Population
339
Very good
190
Good
115
Fair
24
Bad
9
Very bad
22

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
268
England❚BN6 8TH❚
Degree or above
18
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
30
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
21
Apprenticeship
156
Other qualifications
8
No qualifications
28

Ethnicity

Population
339
White British
318
White Irish
5
White Other
9
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Mixed Asian
2
Asian Chinese
1
Asian Other
1
Arab
1

Country of Birth

Population
339
England
299
Scotland
11
Wales
6
Ireland
3
Germany
2
Italy
1
Middle East
1
China
1
Hong Kong
1
India
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1
Australia
1

Religion

Population
339
Christian
205
Buddhist
1
Jewish
1
Other
1
No religion
89
Not stated
42

Industry

Population
137
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
3
Manufacturing
6
Construction
12
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
12
Transport and storage
3
Accommodation and food
5
Information and communication
5
Financial and insurance
7
Real estate
8
Professional, scientific and technical
19
Administrative and support
8
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
6
Education
17
Human health and social work
20

Economic Activity

Population
225
England❚BN6 8TH❚
Full-Time employee
52
Part-Time employee
31
Self employed
52
Unemployed
6
Retired
52
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
6
Student
9
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
142
Owned outright
74
Owned with mortgage
52
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
9
Rented - other private
3
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
145
Occupied
142
Unoccupied
3
Detached
107
Semi detached
26
Terraced
8
Flat - purpose built
2
Flat - converted
2

Household Size

All categoies
142
One person
35
Two people
57
Three people
19
Four people
22
Five people
9

Nearby postcodes

BN6 8SR

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