Social housing in Hastings
14.3% of households in Hastings are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Hastings?
Hastings ranks 198th of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 40,446 households, 5,767 are social homes (14.3%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Hastings compare with the UK average?
At -3.2 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Hastings sits below the national level.
Hastings at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Hastings.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Hastings has 26 schools — 26 state-funded. That includes 18 primary and 3 secondary schools. Of the 12 with a published Ofsted grade, 58% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 29 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Hastings, offering about 1,230 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Hastings sits in decile 3 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 49% of its 53 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £3,418 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
Explore Hastings
See Hastings through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).