Logo of PostcodeInfo website

Administrative Areas

Ward
Ditchling & Westmeston
Local Authority
Lewes
County
East Sussex
Constituency
Lewes
Region
South East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Rural village
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 8XN❚
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 8XN❚
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 8XN❚
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