According to the 2021 Census, more than one in three households in East Sussex (34.8%) had at least one member identifying as disabled under the Equality Act.
East Sussex had a higher proportion of households with disabled members than the English national average of 32.0%. The county also registered the second-highest proportion of households with at least one disabled member in the South East region, after the Isle of Wight (38.1%).
For more details read the briefings on unpaid care and health and disability in East Sussex