Our borough

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

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 four theatres and music venues in Hastings:

• White Rock
• St Mary in the Castle
• 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