Electoral wardE05011210
Old Hastings ward, Hastings
Old Hastings is one of 16 electoral wards of Hastings Borough Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,273 residents in 2,434 households — 3,406 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hastings and Rye constituency; for county elections it is in the Old Hastings & Tressell division.
Residents, 20215,273council ward average 5,687
Households2,4342.17 residents per household
Density3,406/ km²about 1.55 km² · Hastings 3,052
Aged 65+24.6%Hastings: 20.3% · under 16: 13.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.5% · 186
5–94.5% · 238
10–155.8% · 308
16–193.8% · 201
20–244.4% · 231
25–3410.1% · 531
35–4917.6% · 929
50–6425.7% · 1,355
65–7413.4% · 708
75–847.7% · 408
85+3.4% · 179
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van27.2% · 661
1 car or van46.2% · 1,123
2 cars or vans20.3% · 494
3 or more6.4% · 155
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Hastings overall: 56.6% owned, 14.3% social rented, 28.6% private rented.
Owned outright41.1% · 1,000
With mortgage26.2% · 638
Shared ownership0.2% · 4
Social rented7.1% · 173
Private rented25.3% · 616
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house11.1% · 271
Semi-detached house23.9% · 582
Terraced house36.9% · 898
Purpose-built flat13.2% · 321
Converted house9.4% · 230
Other conversion2.2% · 54
Above shop / office3.2% · 78
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011210- Council
- Hastings Borough Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Old Hastings & Tressell
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 9 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% owned5,082GGensing15.9% aged 65+ · 45.4% owned6,740HHollington14.1% aged 65+ · 45.7% owned5,795MMaze Hill28.9% aged 65+ · 66.0% owned5,453OOre19.7% 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.