Hastings population, 2001–2024
Hastings has an estimated population of 91,219 (mid-2024), up 6.8% since 2001. Official ONS mid-year estimates for the Hastings local authority area.
91,219
population, mid-2024
+6.8%
since 2001
-0.1%
last 10 years
2016
peak year (92,347)
Year by year
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 91,219 | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 91,221 | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 90,734 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 90,974 | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 91,130 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 91,570 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 91,963 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 92,016 | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 92,347 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 91,795 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 91,356 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 90,994 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 90,493 | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 90,173 | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 89,623 | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 89,293 | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 88,722 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 88,024 | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 87,516 | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 87,419 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 86,854 | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 86,596 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 85,873 | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 85,392 | — |
Food businesses
Hastings has 108 takeaways, 253 restaurants and cafés and 87 pubs and bars on the FSA's statutory register (as of July 2026) — 0.43 takeaways per restaurant against an English average of 0.49, and 11.8 takeaways per 10,000 residents. How that compares across England.
Figures are ONS mid-year population estimates for the Hastings local authority area (code E07000062), which can differ from the population of a town of the same name. Sources & method.