Electoral wardE05011207
Gensing ward, Hastings
Gensing is one of 16 electoral wards of Hastings Borough Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 6,740 residents in 3,209 households — 6,624 people per km², the 3rd 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, 20216,740council ward average 5,687
Households3,2092.1 residents per household
Density6,624/ km²about 1.02 km² · Hastings 3,052
Aged 65+15.9%Hastings: 20.3% · under 16: 16.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 344
5–95.4% · 362
10–155.9% · 396
16–193.7% · 250
20–244.9% · 332
25–3414.5% · 976
35–4920.9% · 1,408
50–6423.7% · 1,595
65–749.7% · 655
75–844.6% · 308
85+1.6% · 111
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van35.9% · 1,151
1 car or van47.1% · 1,513
2 cars or vans13.7% · 440
3 or more3.3% · 105
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Hastings overall: 56.6% owned, 14.3% social rented, 28.6% private rented.
Owned outright22.7% · 729
With mortgage22.7% · 728
Shared ownership0.6% · 20
Social rented6.8% · 218
Private rented47.1% · 1,511
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house6.5% · 208
Semi-detached house9.4% · 301
Terraced house18.2% · 584
Purpose-built flat27.5% · 884
Converted house35.3% · 1,135
Other conversion1.7% · 53
Above shop / office1.4% · 45
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011207- Council
- Hastings Borough Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Central St. Leonards & Gensing
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 4 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% owned6,939CConquest24.4% aged 65+ · 77.8% owned5,082HHollington14.1% 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.