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Council tax bands in Hastings

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Hastings has the largest share of homes in band A (33.4%), the joint smallest share in band G (0.4%) and the joint largest share of homes built before 1919 (39.8%) of the 64 councils in the South East. It also has the smallest share of homes built since 2000 (9.9%) and the third-smallest share of homes in the middle bands C, D and E (35.9%).

One street of 100 homes: colour shows the band, shape the typeA33B28C18D13E5F2G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalowColour shows the band, shape the typeA33B28C18D13E5F2G1FlatTerracedSemiDetachedBungalow

Most homes are in the two lowest bands

Bands A and B hold 61.6% of the homes in Hastings. The share in band F or above, 2.4%, is 6.9 points below the figure for England as a whole. Across the South East it is 15.5%. Within the South East, the band mix closest to this one is that of Southampton. Band H, the top band, holds 40 homes. Ranked by number of homes, the bands run A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.

Share of homes in each bandA33.4%B28.2%C17.6%D13.0%E5.3%F1.9%G0.4%H0.1%HastingsSouth EastEngland

Homes from before 1900 lead

Share of homes by build period; red line: England35%Before19005%1900–191810%1919–193910%1945–196418%1965–198212%1983–19996%2000–20154%2016–2026Share of homes by build period; red line: England35%<19005%190010%191910%194518%196512%19836%20004%2016

The biggest building periods here were before 1900 (35.0%), from 1965 to 1982 (17.9%) and from 1983 to 1999 (11.6%). By build period, the middle home sits in band A for homes built before 1900, band B for homes built from 1965 to 1982 and band C for those built from 1983 to 1999. Some 1,700 homes were built from 2016 to 2026. The middle home built from 2016 to 2026 is in band C, a higher band than the middle home built before 2016 (band B). Bands A and B take 46.5% of these newer homes and 62.2% of the older ones. Over the year to March 2026 the list grew by a net 530 homes (+1.19%). The busiest single year was 2025, with 480 homes recorded as built.

Bands of homes built 2016 to 2026, and beforeBuilt 2016 to 2026ABCDEBuilt before 2016ABCD

Three bedrooms is the usual size

Three-bedroom homes (33.7%) are the most common size, then two-bedroom (32.4%) and one-bedroom (19.5%). Band climbs with size: the middle home is in band A with one bedroom, band B with two, band C with three, band D with four and band D with five. Homes here average 2.48 bedrooms, fewer than the 2.66 for England. A detached house here has 3.7 bedrooms on average, a flat 1.6. Homes with four or more bedrooms make up 14.3%.

Homes by bedrooms, where recorded1 bedroom19.5%2 bedrooms32.4%3 bedrooms33.7%4 bedrooms10.7%5 bedrooms2.4%6+ bedrooms1.2%

Flats and maisonettes are the largest group

The largest group of homes in Hastings is flats and maisonettes at 39.1%, followed in turn by terraced houses (24.9%), semi-detached houses (15.7%), detached houses (12.4%) and bungalows (7.5%). The widest gap to the rest of the South East is in flats and maisonettes: 15.5 points above the share there (23.6%). The typical home of each type sits in band E for detached houses, band C for bungalows, band C for semi-detached houses, band B for terraced houses and band A for flats and maisonettes. The nearest property-type mix elsewhere belongs to Eastbourne, followed by Worthing and Southend-on-Sea.

Share of all homes; each type split by bandFlats and maisonettes39.1%ABTerraced houses24.9%ABCDSemi-detached houses15.7%BCDDetached houses12.4%DEFBungalows7.5%ABCD

Councils with a similar band mix

By band-mix distance (0 means identical), the councils closest to Hastings are Fenland (7.2), Birmingham (7.5) and Telford and Wrekin (8.4); the furthest within the South East is Elmbridge (123.3).

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Placed in the South East

On the share of homes in band F or above, Hastings comes 63rd of the 64 councils in the South East, just behind Portsmouth and just ahead of Southampton. All South East councils.

Share of homes in band F or aboveHastings 2%2%40%