Electoral wardE05011202
Baird ward, Hastings
Baird is one of 16 electoral wards of Hastings Borough Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,494 residents in 2,203 households — 2,907 people per km², the 9th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hastings and Rye constituency; for county elections it is in the Baird & Ore division.
Residents, 20215,494council ward average 5,687
Households2,2032.49 residents per household
Density2,907/ km²about 1.89 km² · Hastings 3,052
Aged 65+19.6%Hastings: 20.3% · under 16: 22.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.3% · 348
5–97.3% · 400
10–159.0% · 494
16–194.1% · 223
20–245.0% · 277
25–3412.7% · 696
35–4916.2% · 890
50–6419.8% · 1,089
65–7410.2% · 561
75–846.6% · 363
85+2.7% · 150
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.8% · 568
1 car or van43.9% · 968
2 cars or vans23.4% · 516
3 or more6.9% · 151
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Hastings overall: 56.6% owned, 14.3% social rented, 28.6% private rented.
Owned outright30.8% · 679
With mortgage24.5% · 539
Shared ownership1.6% · 35
Social rented30.0% · 661
Private rented13.1% · 289
Type of home
Detached house23.2% · 510
Semi-detached house34.4% · 757
Terraced house27.3% · 602
Purpose-built flat13.3% · 293
Converted house1.3% · 29
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.4% · 8
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011202- Council
- Hastings Borough Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Baird & Ore
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 11 of 16
Other wards in the same constituency
AAshdown19.8% aged 65+ · 75.9% owned5,547BBraybrooke21.1% aged 65+ · 61.5% owned5,436CCastle15.4% aged 65+ · 39.9% owned6,877CCentral St Leonards18.0% aged 65+ · 32.8% owned6,939CConquest24.4% aged 65+ · 77.8% owned5,082GGensing15.9% aged 65+ · 45.4% owned6,740HHollington14.1% aged 65+ · 45.7% owned5,795MMaze Hill28.9% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned5,453OOld Hastings24.6% aged 65+ · 67.3% owned5,273OOre19.7% aged 65+ · 60.1% owned5,658SSilverhill22.1% aged 65+ · 67.5% owned5,781SSt Helens34.4% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned4,790TTressell12.4% aged 65+ · 48.3% owned5,298WWest St Leonards19.1% aged 65+ · 68.9% owned4,929
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.