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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
226
Population
605
Males
37%
Females
63%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
70
England❚BN6 8TW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
30
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
21
C2 Skilled manual workers
13
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
6

Age Groups

Population
605
Under 16
8%
16 - 64
27%
65 or over
65%
Under 4
3%
5 - 15
5%
16 - 29
6%
30 - 44
6%
45 - 59
9%
60 - 74
20%
75 or over
51%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
557
Single
101
Married
257
Separated
8
Divorced
47
Widowed
144

Health

Population
605
Very good
172
Good
189
Fair
185
Bad
47
Very bad
47

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
557
England❚BN6 8TW❚
Degree or above
32
2+ A Levels or equivalent
9
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
83
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
46
Apprenticeship
190
Other qualifications
58
No qualifications
139

Ethnicity

Population
605
White British
546
White Irish
26
White Other
28
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Black African
1
Asian Indian
2
Asian Chinese
1

Country of Birth

Population
605
England
505
Nortern Ireland
5
Scotland
12
Wales
8
Ireland
20
France
1
Germany
5
Italy
2
Poland
2
South Africa
6
China
1
India
4
Sri Lanka
1
USA
4
North America - Other
6
South America
2
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
5
Australia
2

Religion

Population
605
Christian
450
Buddhist
2
Jewish
3
Other
1
No religion
99
Not stated
50

Industry

Population
128
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
9
Mining
1
Manufacturing
11
Construction
5
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
17
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
8
Financial and insurance
11
Real estate
3
Professional, scientific and technical
17
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
5
Education
5
Human health and social work
15

Economic Activity

Population
251
England❚BN6 8TW❚
Full-Time employee
52
Part-Time employee
22
Self employed
51
Unemployed
7
Retired
81
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
15
Student
11
Unemployed 16 - 24
3
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
3

Housing Tenure

All categoies
226
Owned outright
144
Owned with mortgage
33
Rented - council
15
Rented - other social
11
Rented - private landlord
20
Living rent free
3

Housing Types

All categoies
339
Occupied
226
Unoccupied
113
Detached
61
Semi detached
18
Terraced
23
Flat - purpose built
232
Flat - converted
1
Flat - in commerical building
2
Caravan
2

Household Size

All categoies
226
One person
90
Two people
97
Three people
14
Four people
16
Five people
8
Seven people
1

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