Wards

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Hastings' 16 wards

Every street on the record

Ashdown
23 of its 109 streets on the record
71 entries
Baird
14 of its 65 streets on the record
54 entries
Braybrooke
12 of its 55 streets on the record
25 entries
Castle
48 of its 100 streets on the record
382 entries
Central St Leonards
31 of its 69 streets on the record
105 entries
Conquest
12 of its 93 streets on the record
43 entries
Gensing
25 of its 67 streets on the record
73 entries
Hollington
17 of its 93 streets on the record
54 entries
Maze Hill
20 of its 80 streets on the record
54 entries
Old Hastings
24 of its 98 streets on the record
121 entries
Ore
22 of its 56 streets on the record
72 entries
Silverhill
16 of its 63 streets on the record
57 entries
St Helens
8 of its 64 streets on the record
23 entries
Tressell
9 of its 43 streets on the record
21 entries
West St Leonards
16 of its 74 streets on the record
103 entries
Wishing Tree
12 of its 62 streets on the record
47 entries

Hastings' population

An estimated 90,855 people lived in Hastings in mid-2025, the Office for National Statistics' latest estimate. Its estimate for mid-2015 was 91,795. The 2021 census counted 90,995.

In mid-2025: 17% aged 0 to 15, 62% aged 16 to 64, 21% aged 65 and over (England: 18%, 63%, 19%).

Hastings, estimated population each mid-year
Mid-year	People	0 to 15	16 to 64	65 and over
2025	90,855	15,348	56,063	19,444
2024	91,017	15,722	55,999	19,296
2023	91,091	16,041	56,096	18,954
2022	90,672	16,101	55,770	18,801
2021	90,974	16,261	56,216	18,497
2020	91,130	16,545	56,075	18,510
2019	91,570	16,691	56,566	18,313
2018	91,963	16,818	57,247	17,898
2017	92,016	16,920	57,499	17,597
2016	92,347	17,104	57,719	17,524
2015	91,795	16,954	57,634	17,207

Estimates are rolled forward from the 2021 census with births, deaths and migration; ONS revises past years when it has better data. Source: Mid-year population estimates, Office for National Statistics, via Nomis (Open Government Licence v3.0), read 2026-10-12.

The sixteen wards side by side

Each dot is a ward and the dashed line is Hastings as a whole. Tap a dot for its ward; the table under the figure has every value. If this browser knows your ward, its dots are lit.

Aged under 15% of people, Census 2021Hastings 16.8%

Aged 65 and over% of people, Census 2021Hastings 20.2%

Owner-occupied homes% of households, Census 2021Hastings 57.1%

Privately rented homes% of households, Census 2021Hastings 28.6%

Socially rented homes% of households, Census 2021Hastings 14.3%

Claiming unemployment benefits% of residents aged 16 to 64Hastings 5.0%

Every ward's figures as a table

	Aged under 15	Aged 65 and over	Owner-occupied homes	Privately rented homes	Socially rented homes	Claiming unemployment benefits
Ashdown	17.5%	19.7%	76.3%	15.4%	8.4%	3.2%
Baird	21.3%	19.5%	56.9%	13.1%	30.0%	5.4%
Braybrooke	15.1%	21.1%	61.7%	33.5%	4.8%	4.9%
Castle	13.3%	15.3%	40.3%	51.0%	8.6%	7.4%
Central St Leonards	13.4%	18.0%	33.0%	52.7%	14.2%	7.0%
Conquest	16.1%	24.3%	78.5%	19.2%	2.3%	2.6%
Gensing	15.4%	15.9%	46.0%	47.1%	6.8%	7.2%
Hollington	22.8%	14.1%	46.2%	16.0%	37.8%	4.4%
Maze Hill	13.1%	28.9%	66.4%	24.5%	9.2%	3.7%
Old Hastings	12.7%	24.5%	67.5%	25.3%	7.1%	3.8%
Ore	20.7%	19.6%	60.5%	23.8%	15.6%	5.2%
Silverhill	16.8%	22.2%	67.7%	22.2%	10.1%	2.9%
St Helens	12.7%	34.4%	78.5%	12.4%	9.1%	2.5%
Tressell	22.1%	12.3%	48.3%	25.3%	26.4%	6.9%
West St Leonards	17.5%	19.2%	70.3%	21.8%	8.0%	3.6%
Wishing Tree	19.2%	19.6%	50.4%	14.1%	35.6%	4.8%
Hastings	16.8%	20.2%	57.1%	28.6%	14.3%	5.0%

The wards in figures

Each ward's figures beside the borough's, from national statistics, in alphabetical order. The wards differ in size, so compare shares rather than counts. Download the table (CSV); each ward's page explains its figures.

Ward	People, Census 2021	People, mid-2024 estimate	Under 15	65 and over	Owner-occupied	Social rented	Private rented	Neighbourhoods in England's most deprived 10%	Claimants, September 2026	Claimants, share aged 16 to 64
Ashdown	5,547	5,653	17.5%	19.7%	76.3%	8.4%	15.4%	0 of 2	110	3.2%
Baird	5,494	5,653	21.3%	19.5%	56.9%	30.0%	13.1%	1 of 3	180	5.4%
Braybrooke	5,436	5,308	15.1%	21.1%	61.7%	4.8%	33.5%	0 of 3	160	4.9%
Castle	6,877	6,861	13.3%	15.3%	40.3%	8.6%	51.0%	3 of 4	355	7.4%
Central St Leonards	6,939	7,053	13.4%	18.0%	33.0%	14.2%	52.7%	4 of 4	335	7.0%
Conquest	5,082	5,110	16.1%	24.3%	78.5%	2.3%	19.2%	0 of 3	75	2.6%
Gensing	6,740	6,656	15.4%	15.9%	46.0%	6.8%	47.1%	3 of 4	325	7.2%
Hollington	5,795	5,736	22.8%	14.1%	46.2%	37.8%	16.0%	3 of 4	160	4.4%
Maze Hill	5,453	5,703	13.1%	28.9%	66.4%	9.2%	24.5%	0 of 3	120	3.7%
Old Hastings	5,273	5,100	12.7%	24.5%	67.5%	7.1%	25.3%	0 of 4	115	3.8%
Ore	5,658	5,689	20.7%	19.6%	60.5%	15.6%	23.8%	1 of 3	170	5.2%
Silverhill	5,781	5,768	16.8%	22.2%	67.7%	10.1%	22.2%	0 of 4	100	2.9%
St Helens	4,790	4,720	12.7%	34.4%	78.5%	9.1%	12.4%	0 of 3	60	2.5%
Tressell	5,298	5,318	22.1%	12.3%	48.3%	26.4%	25.3%	1 of 3	235	6.9%
West St Leonards	4,929	5,016	17.5%	19.2%	70.3%	8.0%	21.8%	0 of 3	110	3.6%
Wishing Tree	5,903	5,875	19.2%	19.6%	50.4%	35.6%	14.1%	2 of 3	165	4.8%
Hastings	90,995	91,219	16.8%	20.2%	57.1%	14.3%	28.6%	18 of 53	2,785	5.0%

Ages and housing are from Census 2021. Sources: Census 2021 (ONS tables TS001, TS007 and TS054, via Nomis); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG; a neighbourhood is placed in the ward holding most of its postcodes); mid-year population estimates (ONS, via Nomis); the claimant count (ONS and DWP, via Nomis; ward counts rounded to 5). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Each Census table is adjusted on its own for confidentiality, so totals can differ by a few people. ONS's ward estimates are for mid-2024 and add up to 91,219, the borough's figure when they were published; ONS has since revised the borough's mid-2024 estimate to 91,017.

The wards side by side

What the ward pages show, in one table, in alphabetical order. The wards differ in size and in how many people live and work in them, so a bigger number is not a worse or better ward, and the table doesn't rank them. Each ward’s page has the detail.

Ward	Residents, 2021	Held	Decided	Granted	Refused	Reported	Closed	Median days to close	Stops	Routes	Premises rated
	People	Planning applications				Street reports			Buses		Food
Ashdown	5,547	22	17	12	3	7	3	2	39	15	14
Baird	5,494	19	15	13	1	9	2	17	43	8	12
Braybrooke	5,436	11	5	2	3	19	15	2	22	12	9
Castle	6,877	59	47	39	6	20	8	3	44	24	184
Central St Leonards	6,939	39	20	14	3	20	13	6	23	16	110
Conquest	5,082	15	11	8	1	5	2	3	21	16	12
Gensing	6,740	31	24	20	3	2	1	36	19	13	42
Hollington	5,795	10	6	3	2	14	2	32	37	11	15
Maze Hill	5,453	26	20	16	3	7	5	6	24	3	20
Old Hastings	5,273	30	24	23	1	19	9	5	17	11	136
Ore	5,658	22	12	4	5	6	3	2	40	14	28
Silverhill	5,781	19	13	7	6	2	1	28	24	16	31
St Helens	4,790	13	8	6	0	1	1	under 1	39	10	6
Tressell	5,298	6	5	4	1	6	2	15	17	11	11
West St Leonards	4,929	26	19	17	1	8	2	under 1	38	12	34
Wishing Tree	5,903	17	11	6	4	6	4	4	26	12	16

Where each column comes from

Planning applications are those our record holds since 21 April 2026, placed by the street their address names; one on a street we can’t place is in no ward. Granted and refused are the council’s own words on its decided list.

Street reports are FixMyStreet reports sent to the borough or county council since 3 August 2026, placed by the point the reporter marked. “Closed” is FixMyStreet’s status, set by the council or the reporter, not proof of a fix; the median leaves out reports still open.

Bus stops and routes are from the timetables operators publish, by where each stop stands; a route calling in two wards counts in both.

Food premises are those the Food Standards Agency rates, placed by its own map point.

Residents are the 2021 census count for the ward’s current boundary (ONS, Nomis).

When you type a postcode, your browser looks it up in a copy of the ONS Postcode Directory that this site publishes (ward names checked against postcodes.io when the copy is made) (contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right; Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right; source: Office for National Statistics, Open Government Licence v3.0), so the postcode isn't sent to us. A street can span two wards, and where it does we record both. "Entries" counts what the archive holds about that ward's streets, so a ward with fewer entries means less has been published about it that we can see, not that less is happening there.