Electoral wardE05011206
Conquest ward, Hastings
Conquest is one of 16 electoral wards of Hastings Borough Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,082 residents in 2,167 households — 3,089 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hastings and Rye constituency; for county elections it is in the Ashdown & Conquest division.
Residents, 20215,082council ward average 5,687
Households2,1672.35 residents per household
Density3,089/ km²about 1.65 km² · Hastings 3,052
Aged 65+24.4%Hastings: 20.3% · under 16: 17.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.9% · 248
5–95.2% · 265
10–156.9% · 349
16–193.2% · 162
20–244.1% · 208
25–3411.4% · 579
35–4919.0% · 965
50–6421.0% · 1,066
65–7412.9% · 655
75–848.3% · 424
85+3.2% · 161
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van13.8% · 298
1 car or van43.7% · 947
2 cars or vans30.6% · 663
3 or more12.0% · 259
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Hastings overall: 56.6% owned, 14.3% social rented, 28.6% private rented.
Owned outright46.2% · 1,001
With mortgage31.6% · 684
Shared ownership0.7% · 16
Social rented2.3% · 49
Private rented19.2% · 417
Type of home
Detached house55.9% · 1,211
Semi-detached house20.0% · 433
Terraced house14.2% · 307
Purpose-built flat7.6% · 165
Converted house1.5% · 33
Other conversion0.4% · 9
Above shop / office0.4% · 8
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011206- Council
- Hastings Borough Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Ashdown & Conquest
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 10 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% owned6,877CCentral St Leonards18.0% aged 65+ · 32.8% owned6,939GGensing15.9% 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.