Uckfield Town & North

Wealden · South East · population 8,507 · 6 LSOAs

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

76Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,657 of 6,856 in England
  • #435 of 1,119 in South East
  • #9 of 21 in Wealden
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,506
Median age (est.)46
Density1,982per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above28%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 27%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 11%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 30%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Associate professional 14% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades14%
Managers & directors13%
Caring & leisure11%
Administrative11%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 43% · 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

Uckfield Town & North is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,657 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 21 in Wealden. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (95) and lowest on Education (52). Typical homes here sold for about £340,500 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 126 sales), 10% below the wider Wealden median of £379,975. Typical household take-home income is around £42,812 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 51 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 61 · #2,678
Employment 64 · #2,480
Education 52 · #3,302
Health 72 · #1,883
Crime 82 · #1,253
Housing & access 62 · #2,637
Living environment 95 · #348

House prices ?

£340,500median (12m) · +3.2% yr · n=126
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£340,500126+3.2%+15.4%
Detached£542,50030+7.4%+27.6%
Semi-detached£365,00039+9.8%+20.7%
Terraced£315,00039+6.4%+16.2%
Flat£155,00018-13.9%-10.1%
This area£340,500
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)£42,812±£6,002 · #2,634 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,058
Price-to-income ?8.0×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

76Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

51 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 432 offences
Wealden42
South East71
England83

Rank #2,187 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences212
Theft74
Burglary15
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson36
Public order & weapons64
Drugs10
Robbery0
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 147 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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