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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
116
Population
280
Males
48%
Females
52%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
71
England❚BN6 8UL❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
22
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
17
C2 Skilled manual workers
17
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
15

Age Groups

Population
280
Under 16
17%
16 - 64
61%
65 or over
22%
Under 4
6%
5 - 15
11%
16 - 29
12%
30 - 44
19%
45 - 59
18%
60 - 74
21%
75 or over
13%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
233
Single
57
Married
126
Separated
4
Divorced
24
Widowed
22

Health

Population
280
Very good
137
Good
102
Fair
32
Bad
7
Very bad
24

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
233
England❚BN6 8UL❚
Degree or above
27
2+ A Levels or equivalent
7
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
21
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
31
Apprenticeship
82
Other qualifications
6
No qualifications
59

Ethnicity

Population
280
White British
265
White Other
3
Mixed Black Caribbean
1
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
5
Other
2

Country of Birth

Population
280
England
260
Scotland
6
Wales
4
Middle East
1
Pakistan
1
North America - Other
1
Carribean
1
Antarctica and Oceanea
1

Religion

Population
280
Christian
172
Buddhist
2
Other
2
No religion
87
Not stated
17

Industry

Population
128
Agriculture, forestry ,fishing
2
Manufacturing
10
Construction
11
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
21
Transport and storage
6
Accommodation and food
3
Information and communication
2
Financial and insurance
12
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
9
Administrative and support
7
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
7
Education
19
Human health and social work
6

Economic Activity

Population
196
England❚BN6 8UL❚
Full-Time employee
61
Part-Time employee
30
Self employed
33
Unemployed
4
Retired
31
Looking after home/family
13
Long-term sick/disabled
10
Student
10
Unemployed 16 - 24
1
Unemployed 50 - 74
2
Unemployed - Long term
1

Housing Tenure

All categoies
116
Owned outright
46
Owned with mortgage
28
Shared ownership
1
Rented - council
38
Rented - private landlord
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
116
Occupied
116
Detached
38
Semi detached
38
Terraced
27
Flat - purpose built
12
Flat - converted
1

Household Size

All categoies
116
One person
25
Two people
52
Three people
13
Four people
19
Five people
6
Six people
1

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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