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    2017 - 92,813

    2018 - 92,855

    Number of residents in the borough. This is the population estimate produced by the Office for National Statistics which is updated each year (mid-year population estimates)

    2018

    Source: ESiF - ONS mid-year population estimates, ESiF ID No. 157

    2019 - 92,939

    2020 - 92,984

    Source: ESiF - ONS Projections released March 2020, ESiF ID No. 217

    2016 - 1,142

    2017 - 1,340

    The number of households on the local authority housing register, also known as the waiting list, as at 1st April each year

    2017

    Source: ESiF - MHCLG data, availability delay due to switch from P1E to H-CLIC housing returns, ESiF ID No. 30

    2015 - 41,868

    2016 - 42,367

    The number of households based on the Office for National Statistics' bi-annual Household Projections 2016 ESiF - ONS Household estimates (published bi-annually), ESiF ID No. 221

    2018 - 42,721

    Source: ESiF - Household estimates by type, ID No. 740

    Homelessness households accepted

    2016/17 - 230

    2017/18 - 260

    The number of additional households who have been accepted by the local authority as homeless and in priority need for accommodation (from April - March). MHCLG changes in reporting requirements from P1E to H-CLIC returns mean data after 2017/18 is not available yet.

    2017/18

    ESiF Source: MHCLG data, availability delay due to switch from P1E to H-CLIC housing returns, ESiF ID No. 31

    • British and Northern Irish:89.3
    • Irish 0.8
    • Gypsy or Irish Traveller 0.2
    • Other White 3.5
    • White and Black Caribbean 0.7
    • White and Black African 0.3
    • White and Asian 0.6
    • Other Mixed 0.5
    • Indian 0.5
    • Pakistani 0.1
    • Bangladeshi 0.3
    • Chinese 0.4
    • Other Asian 1
    • African 0.7
    • Caribbean 0.3
    • Other Black 0.1
    • Arab 0.2
    • Any other ethnic group 0.4

    2011 Source: ESiF - census

    14.5% of residents live in social housing

    28.8% in private rented sector

    55.2% in owner-occupied accommodation

    Information from 2011 census

    Source: ESiF - 2011 census household tenure, ESiF ID No. 991

    16 out of 53 neighbourhoods in the most deprived 10% nationally

    Information from the English Indices of Deprivation 2019 - (numbers of Lower level Super Output Areas)

    2019

    Source: English IoD 2019

    2017/18 - 270

    2018/19 - 270

    2019/20 - 270 

    Source: HBC statement of accounts

    2018 - £364

    2019 - £407

    Median weekly earnings of employees working in the borough (all employees - full & part time).

    This information is from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) survey, which is sent to a sample based on a one per cent extract of employee jobs from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) Pay As You Earn (PAYE) records.

    2019 Source: ESiF - Median earnings (workplace - based), ESiF ID No. 209

    2020 - £362
    Source: ESiF - Median earnings (workplace - based), ESiF ID No. 209

    2016 - 42.4

    2017 - 42.6

    From Office for National Statistics mid-year population estimates requested by East Sussex County Council

    2017

    Source: ESiF - Median age requested from ONS by ESCC - ESiF ID No. 1029

    2016/17 - 96.8 / 1,000 population

    2017/18 - 99.4 / 1,000 population

    Home Office Police Recorded Crime - all recorded offences

    2017/18

    Source: ESiF - Recorded crime by key offences (all offences), Home Office Police Recorded Crime, ESiF ID No. 302

    2018/19 - 102.4
    Source - as above

    • English (English or Welsh if in Wales) 95.8
    • French 0.2
    • Portuguese 0.1
    • Spanish 0.1
    • Other EU European language 1.6
    • Other non EU European language 0.4
    • Arabic 0.1
    • West/Central Asian language 0.3
    • South Asian language 0.6
    • East Asian language 0.5
    • African language 0.2
    • Other language 0
    2011 ESiF - 2011 census, ESiF ID No. 953

     

    2018 - 2,735

    2019 - 2,765

    Business enterprises (all businesses), ONS)/Inter Departmental Business Register

    2019

    Source: ESiF - Business enterprises by size of business (all businesses), ONS)/Inter Departmental Business Register, ESiF ID No. 582

    2020 - 2,830
    Source: Business enterprises by size of business, 2004-2020 - districts, ESiF ID No. 582

    2018 - 48% of pupils achieved 9-4 in English and Maths in Hastings

    2019 - 51% of pupils achieved 9-4 in English and Maths in Hastings

    (Provisional data supplied by East Sussex County Council)

    2019

    Source: Provisional Hastings results, ESCC

    2015 - 2017 - 3.17 million

     2016 - 2018 - 3.73 million

    Day and overnight visitors 2016-2018

    Source: VisitBritain combined day and overnight survey

    2017-19 - 3.084 million
    Source: VisitBritain combined day and overnight survey 2017-19

    2014 - 2016

    • Male - 76.8
    • Female - 82.0

     

    2015 - 2017

    • Male - 76.6
    • Female - 81.9

    Office for National Statistics, Life expectancy at birth statistics 2015-17

    Source: ESiF - Life expectancy at birth by gender (ONS), ESiF ID No. 282

    2016 - 2018

    Male - 77.1
    Female - 81.6

    2017/19 

    Male - 78.0 
    Female - 81.8

    Source: ESiF - Life expectancy at birth by gender, 1991-2019 - districts, ESiF ID No. 282

    2016/17 - 329 kg / head of population

    2017/18 - 326 kg / head of population

    Source: East Sussex County Council 2017/18 ESiF - Household waste collected (ESCC), ESiF ID No. 427

    2018/19 - 327 kg / head of population

    Source: as above

    October 2018 - 4.4%

    October 2019 - 4.6%

    Office for National Statistics / NOMIS October 2019

    Source: ESiF - ONS/NOMIS, ESiF ID No. 1011

    October 2020 - 8.8%

    Source: Claimant Count including JSA and Universal Credit, 2018-2020 - wards ESiF ID No. 1011

    8 miles

    690 hectares maintained

    2 libraries

    There are three National Portfolio Organisations in Hastings. They are:

    • Hastings Contemporary
    • Project Art Works
    • Home Live Art

    There are three theatres and music venues in Hastings:

    • White Rock
    • Stables Theatre
    • Opus Theatre

    And there are seven museums:

    • Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
    • Hastings Fisherman's Museum
    • Shipwreck Museum
    • The True Crime Museum
    • Hastings History House
    • Flower Makers Museum
    • Burtons' St Leonards Society Museum
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