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Meads

Middle area

South west Eastbourne. 6,841 people in 13 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Meads’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£360,000
2,476th highest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
6,747
3,875th lowest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
78.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.8%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Meads compares

Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.

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Median sale price13 middle areas, Eastbourne · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Eastbourne13 areas from £195,000 to £382,500. The middle area is £285,000. Meads is £360,000.
£360,0002nd highest
Population13 middle areas, Eastbourne · 2021
Population: every middle area in Eastbourne13 areas from 6,747 to 8,995. The middle area is 7,751. Meads is 6,747.
6,747lowest
Gigabit broadband coverage13 middle areas, Eastbourne · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Eastbourne13 areas from 77.9% to 99.4%. The middle area is 97.0%. Meads is 78.6%.
78.6%2nd lowest
Claimant rate13 middle areas, Eastbourne · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Eastbourne13 areas from 2.8% to 9.8%. The middle area is 4.0%. Meads is 2.8%.
2.8%lowest

Figures for the whole of Eastbourne

These figures are published for the whole of Eastbourne, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Eastbourne and not Meads alone. See Eastbourne

Average house price
£254,636
Down 1.6% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£37,236
133rd lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
6.8×
148th most affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
23.9
92nd most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Meads in brief

The median price paid for a home in Meads was £360,000 in 2025.

Meads had 6,747 usual residents at the census.

In Meads, 78.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Meads, 2.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.