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Hastings Borough Council

Local authority area: Hastings

Hastings is a district council in East Sussex, in the South East England region of England. It covers 29.7 km² and had 90,622 residents in 2022 — about 3,049 people per km². The authority dates from 1835.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Hastings, 2012–2022.

Residents, 202290,622+0.4% since 2012

Land area29.7km²11.5 sq mi

Density3,049/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#338of 382 UK councils · #284 in England

Population estimates4 data points

90.3K91.5K92.9K90.6K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1835
Created
Hastings became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in East Sussex

All councils in South East

Wealden163,012 Eastbourne102,247 Lewes100,677 Rother94,162

Elections

16 electoral wards

Census 2021: 90,995 residents in 40,454 households across the wards; 20.3% aged 65+, 56.6% of homes owned, 29.2% of households without a car.

1Central St Leonards3,988 households · 18.0% aged 65+6,939 2Castle3,577 households · 15.4% aged 65+6,877 3Gensing3,209 households · 15.9% aged 65+6,740 4Wishing Tree2,493 households · 19.6% aged 65+5,903 5Hollington2,216 households · 14.1% aged 65+5,795 6Silverhill2,461 households · 22.1% aged 65+5,781

All wards of Hastings

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CHastings Borough CouncilCouncil office · Hastings TN34 3UY · hours listed THastings Town HallTown hall · Hastings TN34 1NG

Westminster

Constituencies

Hastings and Rye · 16 wards

Source: Wikidata Q21886138 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.