Electoral wardE05011212
St Helens ward, Hastings
St Helens is one of 16 electoral wards of Hastings Borough Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,790 residents in 2,115 households — 2,270 people per km², the 16th 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, 20214,790council ward average 5,687
Households2,1152.26 residents per household
Density2,270/ km²about 2.11 km² · Hastings 3,052
Aged 65+34.4%Hastings: 20.3% · under 16: 13.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.4% · 164
5–94.9% · 236
10–155.3% · 255
16–194.0% · 190
20–243.6% · 172
25–347.9% · 378
35–4914.2% · 681
50–6422.3% · 1,067
65–7416.9% · 812
75–8412.4% · 595
85+5.1% · 242
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.3% · 409
1 car or van42.1% · 890
2 cars or vans27.8% · 587
3 or more10.8% · 229
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Hastings overall: 56.6% owned, 14.3% social rented, 28.6% private rented.
Owned outright49.3% · 1,042
With mortgage28.9% · 610
Shared ownership0.3% · 7
Social rented9.1% · 193
Private rented12.4% · 262
Type of home
Detached house46.0% · 972
Semi-detached house30.7% · 649
Terraced house4.5% · 96
Purpose-built flat13.8% · 292
Converted house4.6% · 98
Other conversion0.2% · 4
Above shop / office0.2% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011212- 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
- 13 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% owned5,658SSilverhill22.1% aged 65+ · 67.5% owned5,781TTressell12.4% 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.