Hastings: local statistics
Hastings is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 90,855 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Hastings, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
A typical home in Hastings cost £238,757 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, down 4.9% on July 2025. It ranks as the 2nd lowest in the South East (regional average £380,878). The July peak was £271,231 in 2022, and prices are 34% above July 2016. The average price is 6.9 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Hastings. That ratio is 61st of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest ratio.
A girl born in Hastings in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 81.6 years and a boy 76.6 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by -0.1 years for women and -1.2 for men. It is the lowest for women of the 64 council areas in the South East.
The ONS estimates that 90,855 people lived in Hastings in mid-2025, down 0.2% on a year earlier. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is -1.0%; the South East grew by 8.1% over the same years. That is the 3rd slowest growth in the South East. The series peaked at 92,347 in mid-2016.
5.0% of Hastings residents aged 16 to 64 (2,790 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026 (the South East: 3.1%). A year earlier the rate was 4.7%. Over the last five years it peaked at 7.3% in August 2021 and was lowest at 4.6% in September 2025.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Hastings was £698.10 in April 2025 (£34,714 a year). That is 14.4% below the figure for the South East and the 61st highest of 64 in the South East. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £670.10, £28.00 lower. In 2015 the residents' median was £446.00, so it has risen 57% before inflation.
The police recorded 110.5 crimes per 1,000 residents in Hastings in the year to March 2026 (10,035 offences in all), the 4th highest rate of 55 in the South East. A year earlier it was 102.6. The highest rate in the series was 110.5, in the year to March 2026. Fraud is not included.
A Band D home in Hastings pays an average of £2,676.58 in council tax in 2026-27, up £122.44 on 2025-26. It is the 5th highest of 64 in the South East. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,732.86, so it has risen 54%.
The ONS counted 3,490 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Hastings in March 2026, 7% more than in 2016. There are 38 per 1,000 residents, the 56th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 61.7% of Hastings residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 9.1 points either way, against 78.9% across the South East. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 61.7% to 80.6%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 91,795 |
| 2016 | 92,347 |
| 2017 | 92,016 |
| 2018 | 91,963 |
| 2019 | 91,570 |
| 2020 | 91,130 |
| 2021 | 90,974 |
| 2022 | 90,672 |
| 2023 | 91,091 |
| 2024 | 91,017 |
| 2025 | 90,855 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £177,944 |
| July 2017 | £198,990 |
| July 2018 | £206,671 |
| July 2019 | £207,860 |
| July 2020 | £208,185 |
| July 2021 | £241,221 |
| July 2022 | £271,231 |
| July 2023 | £262,404 |
| July 2024 | £254,386 |
| July 2025 | £251,063 |
| July 2026 | £238,757 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £446.00 a week |
| 2016 | £444.10 a week |
| 2017 | £467.60 a week |
| 2018 | £490.60 a week |
| 2019 | £498.90 a week |
| 2020 | £481.50 a week |
| 2021 | £543.10 a week |
| 2022 | £532.20 a week |
| 2023 | £659.90 a week |
| 2024 | £667.80 a week |
| 2025 | £698.10 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,732.86 |
| 2017-18 | £1,807 |
| 2018-19 | £1,907.83 |
| 2019-20 | £1,983.86 |
| 2020-21 | £2,058.24 |
| 2021-22 | £2,132.55 |
| 2022-23 | £2,219.29 |
| 2023-24 | £2,328.17 |
| 2024-25 | £2,437.47 |
| 2025-26 | £2,554.14 |
| 2026-27 | £2,676.58 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 86.0 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 96.7 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 100.1 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 102.1 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 109.1 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 93.5 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 105.2 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 109.9 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 104.9 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 102.6 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 110.5 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 69.4% |
| 2016/17 | 66.5% |
| 2017/18 | 63.3% |
| 2018/19 | 72.0% |
| 2019/20 | 80.6% |
| 2020/21 | 72.4% |
| 2021/22 | 75.6% |
| 2022/23 | 73.7% |
| 2023/24 | 68.7% |
| 2024/25 | 77.8% |
| 2025/26 | 61.7% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 81.7 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 82.1 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 81.8 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 81.7 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 81.4 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 81.5 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 81.5 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 81.0 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 80.9 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 81.0 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 81.6 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 3,275 |
| 2017 | 3,325 |
| 2018 | 3,340 |
| 2019 | 3,345 |
| 2020 | 3,405 |
| 2021 | 3,380 |
| 2022 | 3,440 |
| 2023 | 3,490 |
| 2024 | 3,445 |
| 2025 | 3,440 |
| 2026 | 3,490 |
Questions about Hastings
What is the average house price in Hastings?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £238,757.
What is life expectancy in Hastings?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 76.6 years for men and 81.6 for women.
What is the population of Hastings?
The ONS estimates 90,855 people lived in Hastings in mid-2025.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Hastings?
2,790 in August 2026 (5.0% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the average salary in Hastings?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Hastings was £698.10 a week in April 2025 (£34,714 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the crime rate in Hastings?
110.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
How much is Band D council tax in Hastings?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,676.58 for 2026-27.
Who has power over Hastings
Every body that makes decisions for Hastings, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Hastings council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Hastings in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Hastings and Rye: Helena Dollimore (Labour (Co-op)) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South East
- UK figures: UK average house price · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK population
- Other council areas in the South East: Epsom and Ewell · Mole Valley · Rother · Runnymede · Surrey Heath · Tandridge
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