Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly

Wealden · South East · population 6,784 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

63Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,521 of 6,856 in England
  • #617 of 1,119 in South East
  • #17 of 21 in Wealden
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,698
Median age (est.)52
Density78per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above37%
No car or van5%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 18%45–64 32%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 8%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 7%Other: 21%
One person 23%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 7%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 22% · Professional 18% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors22%
Professional18%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary6%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 42% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,521 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 21 in Wealden. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (90) but weak on Housing & access (11). Typical homes here sold for about £533,750 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+1%) (from 80 sales), 40% above the wider Wealden median of £379,975. Typical household take-home income is around £44,269 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 38 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 78 · #1,499
Employment 71 · #1,986
Education 60 · #2,774
Health 90 · #718
Crime 83 · #1,191
Housing & access 11 · #6,072
Living environment 23 · #5,297

House prices ?

£533,750median (12m) · -8.8% yr · n=80
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£533,75080-8.8%+0.7%
Detached£625,00049-16.7%-5.7%
Semi-detached£400,00019-5.9%+8.1%
Terraced£334,25010-3.8%+13.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£533,750
Wealden£379,975
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£44,269±£6,244 · #2,252 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,103
Price-to-income ?12.1×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

23Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

38 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 257 offences
Wealden42
South East71
England83

Rank #1,072 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences127
Theft37
Burglary24
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson20
Public order & weapons27
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 88 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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