Hollington

Hastings · South East · population 8,079 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

2Area Score / 100 ?
  • #6,716 of 6,856 in England
  • #1,112 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 11 in Hastings
  • Most deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,105
Median age (est.)38
Density3,418per km²
No qualifications27%
Degree or above19%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 12%25–44 26%45–64 25%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 18%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 43%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 18%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 43%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 19%Other: 14%
One person 29%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 19%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 16% · Skilled trades 15% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure16%
Skilled trades15%
Elementary13%
Professional12%
Sales & customer service12%
Administrative9%
Associate professional9%
Process & plant8%
Managers & directors7%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 56% · Christian 36% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Hollington is one of the most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, sitting at #6,716 of 6,856 nationally on the deprivation index, and #10 of 11 in Hastings. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (82) but weak on Education (2). Typical homes here sold for about £260,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 72 sales), 9% below the wider Hastings median of £285,000. Typical household take-home income is around £31,106 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 91 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 5 · #6,510
Employment 2 · #6,695
Education 2 · #6,743
Health 2 · #6,689
Crime 17 · #5,681
Housing & access 2 · #6,730
Living environment 82 · #1,218

House prices ?

£260,000median (12m) · -1.0% yr · n=72
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£260,00072-1.0%+21.2%
Detached£385,00014+3.6%+4.8%
Semi-detached£270,000200.0%+26.5%
Terraced£243,00037-3.8%+17.1%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£260,000
Hastings£285,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£31,106±£4,541 · #6,164 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£28,473
Price-to-income ?8.4×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

4Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

91 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 732 offences
Hastings113
South East71
England83

Rank #4,572 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences339
Theft119
Burglary17
Vehicle crime29
Criminal damage & arson88
Public order & weapons81
Drugs26
Robbery9
Other24

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 192 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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