Heathfield

Wealden · South East · population 8,283 · 5 LSOAs

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

85Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,054 of 6,856 in England
  • #311 of 1,119 in South East
  • #3 of 21 in Wealden
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,082
Median age (est.)48
Density1,144per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above30%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 7%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 31%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 15% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors15%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional14%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative10%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

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 49% · No religion 43% · Muslim 0%

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

Heathfield is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,054 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 21 in Wealden. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (90) and lowest on Housing & access (45). Typical homes here sold for about £330,000 over the past year, down 0% across five years (from 142 sales), 13% below the wider Wealden median of £379,975. Typical household take-home income is around £40,522 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 33 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 70 · #2,075
Employment 74 · #1,767
Education 66 · #2,363
Health 90 · #677
Crime 88 · #786
Housing & access 45 · #3,796
Living environment 88 · #834

House prices ?

£330,000median (12m) · -5.4% yr · n=142
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£330,000142-5.4%-0.2%
Detached£486,50054+8.1%-0.6%
Semi-detached£332,50034-0.4%+2.3%
Terraced£290,00021-3.3%-1.7%
Flat£160,00033-7.8%-3.3%
This area£330,000
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)£40,522±£5,680 · #3,268 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,661
Price-to-income ?8.1×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 ?

83Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

33 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 274 offences
Wealden42
South East71
England83

Rank #656 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences133
Theft34
Burglary16
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson32
Public order & weapons35
Drugs4
Robbery1
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 93 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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