Electoral wardE05011203
Braybrooke ward, Hastings
Braybrooke is one of 16 electoral wards of Hastings Borough Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,436 residents in 2,492 households — 4,602 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hastings and Rye constituency; for county elections it is in the Braybrooke & Castle division.
Residents, 20215,436council ward average 5,687
Households2,4922.18 residents per household
Density4,602/ km²about 1.18 km² · Hastings 3,052
Aged 65+21.1%Hastings: 20.3% · under 16: 16.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 253
5–94.8% · 260
10–156.7% · 362
16–194.2% · 228
20–244.5% · 244
25–3412.3% · 669
35–4919.1% · 1,038
50–6422.8% · 1,238
65–7412.7% · 689
75–846.0% · 328
85+2.4% · 129
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.5% · 761
1 car or van43.3% · 1,080
2 cars or vans20.2% · 504
3 or more5.9% · 147
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Hastings overall: 56.6% owned, 14.3% social rented, 28.6% private rented.
Owned outright35.5% · 885
With mortgage26.0% · 648
Shared ownership0.2% · 5
Social rented4.8% · 120
Private rented33.5% · 834
Type of home
Detached house18.6% · 463
Semi-detached house17.0% · 424
Terraced house20.5% · 511
Purpose-built flat17.1% · 425
Converted house25.5% · 635
Other conversion0.8% · 21
Above shop / office0.4% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011203- Council
- Hastings Borough Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Braybrooke & Castle
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 5 of 16
Other wards in the same constituency
AAshdown19.8% aged 65+ · 75.9% owned5,547BBaird19.6% aged 65+ · 55.3% owned5,494CCastle15.4% 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.