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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
134
Population
363
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
78
England❚BN6 8UB❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
44
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
24
C2 Skilled manual workers
5
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
5

Age Groups

Population
363
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
52%
65 or over
29%
Under 4
4%
5 - 15
15%
16 - 29
10%
30 - 44
13%
45 - 59
21%
60 - 74
23%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
293
Single
48
Married
218
Civil partnership
2
Separated
8
Divorced
4
Widowed
13

Health

Population
363
Very good
214
Good
105
Fair
33
Bad
8
Very bad
4

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
293
England❚BN6 8UB❚
Degree or above
26
2+ A Levels or equivalent
4
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
46
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
24
Apprenticeship
160
Other qualifications
10
No qualifications
23

Ethnicity

Population
363
White British
344
White Irish
1
White Other
4
Mixed Asian
5
Mixed Other
7
Asian Chinese
1
Black Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
363
England
327
Scotland
6
Wales
6
Ireland
2
Germany
1
Kenya
3
Zimbabwe
1
Hong Kong
1
India
3
USA
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
3
Australia
1

Religion

Population
363
Christian
226
Hindu
1
Jewish
11
Other
3
No religion
83
Not stated
39

Industry

Population
157
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
1
Manufacturing
4
Construction
15
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
20
Transport and storage
7
Accommodation and food
7
Information and communication
9
Financial and insurance
10
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
29
Administrative and support
3
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
18
Human health and social work
16

Economic Activity

Population
246
England❚BN6 8UB❚
Full-Time employee
60
Part-Time employee
38
Self employed
50
Unemployed
2
Retired
61
Looking after home/family
8
Long-term sick/disabled
2
Student
23
Unemployed 50 - 74
1
Unemployed - Long term
2

Housing Tenure

All categoies
134
Owned outright
76
Owned with mortgage
47
Rented - council
1
Rented - other social
1
Rented - private landlord
7
Rented - other private
1
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
138
Occupied
134
Unoccupied
4
Detached
127
Semi detached
9
Terraced
2

Household Size

All categoies
134
One person
17
Two people
64
Three people
13
Four people
25
Five people
12
Six people
2
Seven people
1

Nearby postcodes

BN6 8FB BN6 8TY BN6 8UE BN6 8UN

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