Electoral wardE05011204
Castle ward, Hastings
Castle is one of 16 electoral wards of Hastings Borough Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,877 residents in 3,577 households — 6,962 people per km², the 2nd 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, 20216,877council ward average 5,687
Households3,5771.92 residents per household
Density6,962/ km²about 0.99 km² · Hastings 3,052
Aged 65+15.4%Hastings: 20.3% · under 16: 14.2%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.7% · 326
5–93.9% · 269
10–155.6% · 382
16–194.1% · 285
20–246.7% · 460
25–3416.1% · 1,106
35–4921.5% · 1,477
50–6422.0% · 1,513
65–749.4% · 648
75–844.1% · 282
85+1.9% · 130
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van46.8% · 1,675
1 car or van40.3% · 1,443
2 cars or vans10.8% · 388
3 or more2.0% · 71
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Hastings overall: 56.6% owned, 14.3% social rented, 28.6% private rented.
Owned outright23.2% · 829
With mortgage16.7% · 599
Shared ownership0.4% · 14
Social rented8.6% · 308
Private rented51.0% · 1,826
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house3.0% · 108
Semi-detached house5.4% · 195
Terraced house27.3% · 978
Purpose-built flat28.9% · 1,034
Converted house28.7% · 1,027
Other conversion3.5% · 125
Above shop / office3.1% · 111
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011204- 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
- 3 of 16
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AAshdown19.8% aged 65+ · 75.9% owned5,547BBaird19.6% aged 65+ · 55.3% owned5,494BBraybrooke21.1% aged 65+ · 61.5% owned5,436CCentral 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.