Hailsham South & West

Wealden · South East · population 5,807 · 4 LSOAs

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

54Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,138 of 6,856 in England
  • #728 of 1,119 in South East
  • #20 of 21 in Wealden
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,790
Median age (est.)47
Density1,578per km²
No qualifications21%
Degree or above23%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 26%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 16%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 10%Other: 19%
One person 30%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 10%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 15% · Professional 13% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades15%
Professional13%
Caring & leisure13%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional11%
Elementary11%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 5%

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

Hailsham South & West sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,138 of 6,856 in England, and #20 of 21 in Wealden. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (90) but weak on Education (32). Typical homes here sold for about £318,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 91 sales), 16% below the wider Wealden median of £379,975. Typical household take-home income is around £38,804 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 53 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 45 · #3,796
Employment 42 · #3,940
Education 32 · #4,653
Health 63 · #2,541
Crime 64 · #2,480
Housing & access 53 · #3,247
Living environment 90 · #656

House prices ?

£318,000median (12m) · +4.3% yr · n=91
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£318,00091+4.3%+15.6%
Detached£393,75032-7.4%+19.3%
Semi-detached£300,00033+1.1%+17.6%
Terraced£280,00017+1.8%+14.3%
Flat£192,0009-2.8%
This area£318,000
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)£38,804±£5,462 · #3,770 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,801
Price-to-income ?8.2×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 ?

65Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

53 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 310 offences
Wealden42
South East71
England83

Rank #2,366 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences131
Theft72
Burglary11
Vehicle crime14
Criminal damage & arson34
Public order & weapons28
Drugs13
Robbery1
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 105 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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