Electoral wardE05011213
Silverhill ward, Hastings
Silverhill is one of 16 electoral wards of Hastings Borough Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,781 residents in 2,461 households — 4,109 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hastings and Rye constituency; for county elections it is in the St. Helens & Silverhill division.
Residents, 20215,781council ward average 5,687
Households2,4612.35 residents per household
Density4,109/ km²about 1.41 km² · Hastings 3,052
Aged 65+22.1%Hastings: 20.3% · under 16: 17.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.4% · 312
5–95.3% · 307
10–157.2% · 414
16–193.6% · 208
20–244.3% · 251
25–3411.6% · 671
35–4919.0% · 1,101
50–6421.4% · 1,239
65–7412.2% · 705
75–847.1% · 412
85+2.8% · 160
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van25.0% · 614
1 car or van41.9% · 1,029
2 cars or vans24.3% · 597
3 or more8.9% · 218
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Hastings overall: 56.6% owned, 14.3% social rented, 28.6% private rented.
Owned outright38.1% · 938
With mortgage29.4% · 723
Shared ownership0.2% · 4
Social rented10.1% · 248
Private rented22.2% · 546
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house18.0% · 442
Semi-detached house34.5% · 849
Terraced house23.4% · 576
Purpose-built flat13.6% · 334
Converted house8.3% · 204
Other conversion0.7% · 17
Above shop / office1.5% · 36
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011213- Council
- Hastings Borough Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- St. Helens & Silverhill
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 7 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% owned5,453OOld Hastings24.6% aged 65+ · 67.3% owned5,273OOre19.7% aged 65+ · 60.1% owned5,658SSt 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.