Electoral wardE05011215
West St Leonards ward, Hastings
West St Leonards is one of 16 electoral wards of Hastings Borough Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 4,929 residents in 2,000 households — 1,494 people per km², the 15th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hastings and Rye constituency; for county elections it is in the Maze Hill & West St. Leonards division.
Residents, 20214,929council ward average 5,687
Households2,0002.46 residents per household
Density1,494/ km²about 3.30 km² · Hastings 3,052
Aged 65+19.1%Hastings: 20.3% · under 16: 18.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.2% · 255
5–95.9% · 293
10–157.8% · 387
16–194.5% · 220
20–244.5% · 224
25–3412.1% · 595
35–4919.3% · 952
50–6421.6% · 1,064
65–7410.7% · 526
75–845.9% · 293
85+2.6% · 126
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.3% · 285
1 car or van45.3% · 905
2 cars or vans29.4% · 587
3 or more11.1% · 221
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Hastings overall: 56.6% owned, 14.3% social rented, 28.6% private rented.
Owned outright34.8% · 695
With mortgage34.1% · 682
Shared ownership1.4% · 27
Social rented8.0% · 159
Private rented21.8% · 435
Type of home
Detached house18.1% · 361
Semi-detached house42.6% · 851
Terraced house21.3% · 425
Purpose-built flat11.0% · 220
Converted house5.3% · 106
Other conversion1.3% · 25
Above shop / office0.5% · 10
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011215- Council
- Hastings Borough Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Maze Hill & West St. Leonards
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 15 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% owned4,790TTressell12.4% aged 65+ · 48.3% owned5,298
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.