Cokeham & Sompting

Adur · South East · population 7,310 · 5 LSOAs

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

49Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,508 of 6,856 in England
  • #785 of 1,119 in South East
  • #6 of 8 in Adur
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,295
Median age (est.)46
Density879per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above20%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 27%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 15%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 10%Other: 20%
One person 30%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 10%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Skilled trades 15% · Associate professional 14% · Professional 13%

All occupation groups
Skilled trades15%
Associate professional14%
Professional13%
Caring & leisure12%
Managers & directors11%
Elementary10%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Cokeham & Sompting sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,508 of 6,856 in England, and #6 of 8 in Adur. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (79) but weak on Education (19). Typical homes here, about £352,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 111 sales), 6% below the wider Adur median of £375,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,384 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 45 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 48 · #3,549
Employment 40 · #4,138
Education 19 · #5,537
Health 49 · #3,501
Crime 59 · #2,815
Housing & access 79 · #1,424
Living environment 62 · #2,637

House prices ?

£352,500median (12m) · +3.7% yr · n=111
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£352,500111+3.7%+25.7%
Detached£453,25016+5.2%+43.9%
Semi-detached£361,00046+3.1%+22.4%
Terraced£325,000360.0%+17.6%
Flat£172,00013-7.0%+11.7%
This area£352,500
Adur£375,000
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)£37,384±£5,285 · #4,245 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,248
Price-to-income ?9.4×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 ?

51Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

45 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 328 offences
Adur55
South East71
England83

Rank #1,672 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences166
Theft59
Burglary7
Vehicle crime6
Criminal damage & arson26
Public order & weapons36
Drugs13
Robbery8
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 58 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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