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Hastings

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Helena Dollimore
Helena DollimoreLabour (Co-op) · Hastings and Rye
99 people on asylum support in Hastings

Rank 180 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 10.9 per 10,000 puts Hastings in the 63rd percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 2 of them receive subsistence only and are not in Home Office accommodation. Accommodation and support for 99 people at £107 per person per day is about £3.9M a year.

What asylum costs Hastings

£2.2Mestimated hotel costs/year
£253Ksubsistence payments/year
£119KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 99 people on asylum support in Hastings(0.11% of 93,293 nationally at 30 Jun 2026). Hotel costs pro-rated from £5.77M/day national spend in 2024/25 (House of Commons Library, CDP-2025-0184). Subsistence: £49.18/week per person.

Hastings: asylum numbers holding steady

Quarter-end stock series to Dec 2025. A rise or fall is a net change in the number of people on support at period end, not the number of new claims or distinct people moving through the caseload. Support stock also overlaps with, but is not identical to, the awaiting-decision backlog.

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Exact values
PeriodValue
Mar 201458
Jun 201468
Sept 201459
Dec 201468
Mar 201569
Jun 201570
Sept 201563
Dec 201580
Mar 201684
Jun 201688
Sept 201695
Dec 2016100
Mar 201791
Jun 201789
Sept 201792
Dec 201796
Mar 2018116
Jun 2018104
Sept 2018100
Dec 201888
Mar 201986
Jun 201992
Sept 201988
Dec 201988
Mar 202096
Jun 2020100
Sept 202089
Dec 202091
Mar 202183
Jun 202190
Sept 2021100
Dec 202186
Mar 202287
Jun 202277
Sept 202268
Dec 2022145
Mar 2023120
Jun 2023134
Sept 2023139
Dec 2023116
Mar 202476
Jun 202469
Sept 202465
Dec 202464
Mar 202566
Jun 202557
Sept 202559
Dec 202559

Trend

+0Latest quarter change
+1Change across series
48Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation97
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only2
Contingency accommodation0

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
99
Homes for Ukraine
205
Afghan programme
76
Resettlement cumulative
108

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine205
Afghan programme76
Resettlement cumulative108

Population context

All pathways total380
Share of local population0.42%

Ethnic composition projection

Hastings: White British 85.1% (2021) to 68.1% (2051).

Ethnic composition: Hastings

024477194% of populationCensus 2021IllustrativeWhite British 59% in 2061White Other 11% in 2061Asian 5% in 2061Mixed 9% in 2061Other 14% in 206120112021203120412051
White BritishWhite OtherAsianMixedOther 80% CI

Each line shows one ethnic group's share of the local population. The shaded band is the 80% confidence range. Values after 2051 are illustrative only.

Ethnic composition: Hastings

Census 2011, Census 2021, then Hamilton-Perry projections to 2051. Percentages.

2011
89%
2021
85%
2031proj
81%
2041proj
75%
9%
2051proj
68%
10%
8%
2061proj
59%
11%
9%
14%
White BritishWhite OtherAsianBlackMixedOther
Model: Hamilton-Perry single-year CCRs, 1,000 Monte Carlo simulations, SNPP-constrained

Census 2011 to 2021 cohort change ratios. Shaded band = 80% confidence interval from stochastic perturbation. Not a forecast.

Scenario explorer

Under different assumptions, White British share in Hastings ranges from45.4% to 67.4%by 2051. That is a 22pp spread.

Fertility
Low~108k/yr
Principal~315k/yr
High~476k/yr
ConstantRates stay at current levels
Half convergenceMove halfway to national avg
Full convergenceConverge to national avg
Migration
Central scenario: WBI 53.0% by 2051

Religion projection

Muslim 2.1% (2021) → 4.0% (2051). Christian 40.5% → 8.8%.

Religion: Hastings

022456790%Census 2021Christian 9% in 2051No religion 85% in 2051Muslim 4% in 20512021203120412051
ChristianNo religionMuslim

Religious affiliation projected from Census 2021 self-identification. Trends reflect demographic change in the existing population, not religious conversion.

Nativity

11.4% foreign-born (2021). Diversity: moderately diverse (entropy 0.36). 94.8% main language English.

UK-born vs foreign-born: Hastings

628507294%Census 2021UK-born 49% in 2051Foreign-born 51% in 20512021203120412051
UK-bornForeign-born

Share of the local population born outside the UK. Movement reflects both new arrivals and the UK-born children of existing residents reaching adulthood.

emerging diversity: Limited ethnic diversity. Projections primarily driven by national trends.

Census 2021 mobility: 9% moved within UK, 0.6% arrived from abroad
black12.5% internal, 5.7% international
white other11.9% internal, 2.5% international
mixed13.3% internal, 0.8% international
asian8.3% internal, 4.6% international
other8.6% internal, 3.6% international
white british8.6% internal, 0.2% international

Why Hastings is changing

-4.3pp
National trend
-6.4pp
Age structure
-0.7pp
Local migration
+2.8pp

White British change 2011-2021. Cyan = decline. Amber = growth.

Dominant driver: national trend. Shift-share methodology following Franklin (2014).

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