Housing in RH16 3EZ
What the homes in RH16 3EZ are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Haywards Heath East
- Council
- Mid Sussex
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,392 (2024)
RH16 3EZHaywards Heath
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (36.4%). Flats make up 24.3%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
69.2% of households in the RH16 3EZ area own their home, above the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 14.3% of households, well below the England figure of 20.5%. 34.9% own outright and 34.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned69.2%61.3%
- Shared ownership2%1%
- Private rented14.3%20.5%
- Social rented14.5%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.4 people living in it. 23.9% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple with dependent children (23.6%). 29.5% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Mid Sussex
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Mid Sussex (August 2026, +3.4% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around RH16 3EZ (Haywards Heath East) (about 1,392 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.