Hillside

Adur · South East · population 9,175 · 6 LSOAs

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

69Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,103 of 6,856 in England
  • #534 of 1,119 in South East
  • #4 of 8 in Adur
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,094
Median age (est.)45
Density1,393per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above25%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 28%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 11%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 10%Other: 19%
One person 25%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 10%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Skilled trades 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 92%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Hillside is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,103 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 8 in Adur. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (95) and lowest on Education (47). Typical homes here, about £440,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 122 sales), 17% above the wider Adur median of £375,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,465 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 46 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 55 · #3,069
Employment 53 · #3,213
Education 47 · #3,604
Health 72 · #1,952
Crime 61 · #2,658
Housing & access 95 · #348
Living environment 65 · #2,390

House prices ?

£440,000median (12m) · +6.7% yr · n=122
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£440,000122+6.7%+25.7%
Detached£485,00031+2.1%+29.3%
Semi-detached£440,00066+8.6%+24.6%
Terraced£410,00021+8.3%+28.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£440,000
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)£40,465±£5,727 · #3,282 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,330
Price-to-income ?10.9×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 ?

44Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

46 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 424 offences
Adur55
South East71
England83

Rank #1,803 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences183
Theft108
Burglary20
Vehicle crime21
Criminal damage & arson26
Public order & weapons39
Drugs9
Robbery6
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 74 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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