Mayfield & Wadhurst

Wealden · South East · population 8,094 · 5 LSOAs

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

82Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,232 of 6,856 in England
  • #353 of 1,119 in South East
  • #7 of 21 in Wealden
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,104
Median age (est.)51
Density108per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above44%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 31%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 8%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 7%Other: 19%
One person 28%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 7%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 25% · Professional 22% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors25%
Professional22%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 37% · Buddhist 0%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Mayfield & Wadhurst is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,232 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 21 in Wealden. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (97) but weak on Housing & access (13). Typical homes here sold for about £510,000 over the past year, down 9% across five years (from 94 sales), 34% above the wider Wealden median of £379,975. Typical household take-home income is around £47,140 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 27 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 88 · #848
Employment 88 · #841
Education 88 · #786
Health 96 · #286
Crime 97 · #176
Housing & access 13 · #5,955
Living environment 41 · #4,043

House prices ?

£510,000median (12m) · +2.0% yr · n=94
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£510,00094+2.0%-8.9%
Detached£880,00031+2.3%+10.2%
Semi-detached£530,00029+9.8%+10.4%
Terraced£380,00019-5.0%+18.5%
Flat£297,50015-17.4%+2.6%
This area£510,000
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)£47,140±£6,691 · #1,608 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,800
Price-to-income ?10.8×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 ?

33Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

27 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 216 offences
Wealden42
South East71
England83

Rank #237 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences96
Theft35
Burglary11
Vehicle crime7
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons27
Drugs5
Robbery0
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 76 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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