Electoral wardE05011216
Wishing Tree ward, Hastings
Wishing Tree is one of 16 electoral wards of Hastings Borough Council, in East Sussex (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 5,903 residents in 2,493 households — 4,261 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Hastings and Rye constituency; for county elections it is in the Hollington & Wishing Tree division.
Residents, 20215,903council ward average 5,687
Households2,4932.37 residents per household
Density4,261/ km²about 1.39 km² · Hastings 3,052
Aged 65+19.6%Hastings: 20.3% · under 16: 20.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.5% · 325
5–97.2% · 424
10–157.6% · 450
16–194.4% · 262
20–245.8% · 344
25–3411.8% · 698
35–4917.4% · 1,027
50–6420.6% · 1,219
65–7411.4% · 675
75–846.3% · 372
85+1.8% · 109
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van30.4% · 759
1 car or van39.6% · 988
2 cars or vans22.1% · 552
3 or more7.9% · 196
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Hastings overall: 56.6% owned, 14.3% social rented, 28.6% private rented.
Owned outright23.7% · 590
With mortgage25.6% · 637
Shared ownership1.1% · 28
Social rented35.6% · 886
Private rented14.1% · 350
Type of home
Detached house15.0% · 375
Semi-detached house33.5% · 834
Terraced house23.0% · 573
Purpose-built flat27.2% · 679
Converted house0.7% · 17
Other conversion0.1% · 2
Above shop / office0.5% · 13
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05011216- Council
- Hastings Borough Council
- County council
- East Sussex County Council
- County division
- Hollington & Wishing Tree
- Constituency
- Hastings and Rye
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 6 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.