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Electoral wardE05011205

Central St Leonards ward, Hastings

Central St Leonards is one of 16 electoral wards of Hastings Borough Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,939 residents in 3,988 households — 9,080 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hastings and Rye constituency; for county elections it is in the Central St. Leonards & Gensing division.

Residents, 20216,939council ward average 5,687
Households3,9881.74 residents per household
Density9,080/ km²about 0.76 km² · Hastings 3,052
Aged 65+18.0%Hastings: 20.3% · under 16: 13.9%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–45.2% · 362
5–94.4% · 302
10–154.4% · 303
16–193.1% · 213
20–244.7% · 325
25–3414.9% · 1,032
35–4922.2% · 1,539
50–6423.3% · 1,615
65–7410.7% · 742
75–845.5% · 385
85+1.7% · 121

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van50.8% · 2,025
1 car or van39.6% · 1,577
2 cars or vans7.9% · 315
3 or more1.7% · 69
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; Hastings overall: 56.6% owned, 14.3% social rented, 28.6% private rented.

Owned outright19.1% · 762
With mortgage13.7% · 545
Shared ownership0.2% · 8
Social rented14.2% · 566
Private rented52.7% · 2,102
Lives rent free0.1% · 3

Type of home

Detached house2.2% · 88
Semi-detached house4.3% · 172
Terraced house8.7% · 347
Purpose-built flat42.0% · 1,676
Converted house36.3% · 1,449
Other conversion3.4% · 136
Above shop / office2.8% · 112
Caravan, mobile0.2% · 9
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05011205
County division
Central St. Leonards & Gensing
Constituency
Hastings and Rye
Region
South East
Density rank in council
1 of 16

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% owned5,436CCastle15.4% aged 65+ · 39.9% owned6,877CConquest24.4% 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

All 16 wards of Hastings

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.