Marsh Barn & Widewater

Adur · South East · population 5,793 · 4 LSOAs

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

39Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,173 of 6,856 in England
  • #888 of 1,119 in South East
  • #7 of 8 in Adur
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,721
Median age (est.)49
Density1,450per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above22%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 22%45–64 28%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 16%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 10%Other: 19%
One person 33%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 10%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

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

All occupation groups
Skilled trades15%
Associate professional14%
Professional13%
Caring & leisure13%
Managers & directors11%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

No religion 49% · Christian 42% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Marsh Barn & Widewater is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,173 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 8 in Adur. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (63) and lowest on Education (17). Typical homes here sold for about £350,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 94 sales), 7% below the wider Adur median of £375,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,656 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 78 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 34 · #4,502
Employment 35 · #4,481
Education 17 · #5,695
Health 46 · #3,700
Crime 52 · #3,261
Housing & access 55 · #3,055
Living environment 63 · #2,555

House prices ?

£350,000median (12m) · -2.1% yr · n=94
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£350,00094-2.1%+19.7%
Detached£470,00015-11.3%+2.7%
Semi-detached£375,00045+4.2%+23.8%
Terraced£335,00022-2.2%+24.1%
Flat£185,00012-15.9%+2.8%
This area£350,000
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)£34,656±£4,953 · #5,136 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,446
Price-to-income ?10.1×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 ?

42Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

78 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 453 offences
Adur55
South East71
England83

Rank #3,978 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences184
Theft139
Burglary12
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson37
Public order & weapons41
Drugs9
Robbery5
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 108 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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