Electoral wardE05011214
Tressell ward, Hastings
Tressell is one of 16 electoral wards of Hastings Borough Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,298 residents in 2,214 households — 7,763 people per km², the 12th 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, 20215,298council ward average 5,687
Households2,2142.39 residents per household
Density7,763/ km²about 0.68 km² · Hastings 3,052
Aged 65+12.4%Hastings: 20.3% · under 16: 23.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.2% · 381
5–97.7% · 410
10–158.8% · 468
16–195.1% · 271
20–245.3% · 279
25–3414.1% · 748
35–4919.3% · 1,022
50–6420.1% · 1,064
65–747.6% · 402
75–843.5% · 185
85+1.3% · 68
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van33.6% · 744
1 car or van43.4% · 960
2 cars or vans18.9% · 419
3 or more4.1% · 91
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Hastings overall: 56.6% owned, 14.3% social rented, 28.6% private rented.
Owned outright23.2% · 514
With mortgage25.0% · 554
Shared ownership0.0% · 1
Social rented26.4% · 583
Private rented25.3% · 559
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house6.1% · 135
Semi-detached house19.7% · 437
Terraced house46.7% · 1,033
Purpose-built flat20.3% · 449
Converted house5.6% · 125
Other conversion1.0% · 23
Above shop / office0.5% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011214- 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
- 2 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% owned5,781SSt Helens34.4% aged 65+ · 78.1% owned4,790WWest 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.