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Mayfield & Five Ashes · Wealden

Mayfield & Five Ashes: your neighbourhood

Mayfield & Five Ashes electoral ward · May 2026 boundaries. Every figure carries its own date.

What stands out here?

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent: 42.6% here, compared with 32.6% across Wealden (10 percentage points higher).

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications: 11.5% here, compared with 14.9% across Wealden (3.4 percentage points lower).

Formal qualifications are only one part of someone's skills. Training decisions also need current vacancies, employment and residents' experience.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages: 10.9% here, compared with 13.3% across Wealden (2.4 percentage points lower).

These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.

21 March 2021 · ward and council use the same source, measure and date.

Why this comparison is valid

The difference is in percentage points. The wider figure is the published council total, not the average of its wards. Differences describe groups, not every resident.

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The ward in numbers

People aged 65 or over

28.3%

21 March 2021 · Mayfield & Five Ashes

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

1,035 out of 3,654.

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People reporting bad or very bad health

3.3%

21 March 2021 · Mayfield & Five Ashes

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents; self-reported, not age-standardised

121 out of 3,654.

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People counted in the census

3,654

21 March 2021 · Mayfield & Five Ashes

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All usual residents

3,654 out of 3,654.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

42.6%

21 March 2021 · Mayfield & Five Ashes

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

1,286 out of 3,017.

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Households facing at least one measured disadvantage

43.7%

21 March 2021 · Mayfield & Five Ashes

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

675 out of 1,544.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

10.9%

21 March 2021 · Mayfield & Five Ashes

The census checks education, employment, health and housing. This is not a measure of income or poverty.

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

168 out of 1,544.

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Residents aged 16+ outside the labour market

44.3%

21 March 2021 · Mayfield & Five Ashes

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,328 out of 3,001.

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Residents aged 16+ in work

53.2%

21 March 2021 · Mayfield & Five Ashes

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

1,598 out of 3,001.

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Residents aged 16+ not working because of long-term illness or disability

1.8%

21 March 2021 · Mayfield & Five Ashes

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

55 out of 3,001.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

11.5%

21 March 2021 · Mayfield & Five Ashes

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

Residents aged 16 and over

347 out of 3,017.

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Homes rented privately

14%

21 March 2021 · Mayfield & Five Ashes

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

223 out of 1,545.

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Residents aged 16+ retired

31.1%

21 March 2021 · Mayfield & Five Ashes

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21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

933 out of 3,001.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

8%

21 March 2021 · Mayfield & Five Ashes

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Published Census 2021 count; percentage uses the matching population denominator

All households

121 out of 1,545.

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Residents aged 16+ unemployed

2.5%

21 March 2021 · Mayfield & Five Ashes

Show the workings

21 March 2021, residents aged 16 and over. Includes full-time students in the corresponding work/unemployment categories. Not a current labour-market estimate or the usual 16–64 employment rate. Census took place during the coronavirus pandemic; furlough and lockdown affected answers. Ward counts sum complete official output-area best-fit membership; privacy adjustment can make totals differ slightly. Unemployed residents as a share of all residents aged 16+; this is not the unemployment rate among economically active people.

All usual residents aged 16 and over

75 out of 3,001.

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Crime and safety

Police-recorded locations for Mayfield & Five Ashes ward. Locations are approximate; these are not all crimes or a measure of personal risk.

Mapped crime over time

September 2024 to August 2026

Mayfield & Five Ashes ward · mapped crimes

Reviewed figures: September 2024 to August 2026. This reviewed record covers fewer than 30 years, so the chart opens on all of it.

Shown on this chart: 6 mapped crimes in September 2024; 6 mapped crimes in August 2026. These are recorded counts; check the coverage notes before comparing periods.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Monthly crime and anti-social behaviour
Recorded locations by month · Mayfield & Five Ashes
MonthMapped crimeAnti-social behaviour
September 202463
October 2024100
November 202490
December 202450
January 202561
February 2025101
March 2025210
April 202552
May 202570
June 202561
July 202560
August 202561
September 202581
October 202582
November 202561
December 2025114
January 202633
February 202676
March 2026233
April 2026104
May 2026145
June 2026112
July 202654
August 202662
Crime categories in the latest complete year

A complete, consecutive 12-month period without an unresolved reporting break is needed before these totals can be shown.

What these numbers include

Approximate published locations, not every crime or personal risk.

Anti-social behaviour is separate. Transport police and unusable locations excluded.

An empty ward count means no mapped rows in the complete required force files; it does not prove that no crime occurred.

These are retrieved mapped records, not a guarantee of complete crime reporting. Approximate locations and unmapped incidents limit comparisons.

Publication history: Sussex Police: Crime data not provided for January 2026. The force will provide a data refresh as soon as possible. No explicit later refresh identified in the checked changelog.

Previous crime-publication gaps are not explicitly resolved in the checked changelog for 2026-01. Published rows are retained, but completeness and year-on-year changes are not established.

Missing ward-months invalidate totals and changes. Busy centres attract visitors, so residential population is not a measure of the number of people exposed.

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Projects and proposed responses

A nearby project is not proof of a benefit to the whole ward. Only source-supported ward links are attached here.

No project boundary has been verified against this ward. See projects and their stated locations →

Proposed responses across Wealden →