North Lancing

Adur · South East · population 7,494 · 5 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,492 of 6,856 in England
  • #404 of 1,119 in South East
  • #3 of 8 in Adur
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,501
Median age (est.)45
Density707per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above26%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 22%45–64 27%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 6%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 23%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Associate professional 14% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

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 46% · Christian 45% · 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

North Lancing is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,492 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 8 in Adur. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (81) and lowest on Education (37). Typical homes here, about £400,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 27% in five years (from 85 sales), 7% above the wider Adur median of £375,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,811 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 37 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 75 · #1,712
Employment 71 · #1,986
Education 37 · #4,344
Health 78 · #1,520
Crime 72 · #1,897
Housing & access 77 · #1,561
Living environment 81 · #1,314

House prices ?

£400,000median (12m) · +7.4% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£400,00085+7.4%+27.0%
Detached£462,50026+3.6%+10.1%
Semi-detached£400,00035+8.8%+27.4%
Terraced£337,50023+3.8%+14.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£400,000
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)£41,811±£5,886 · #2,906 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,521
Price-to-income ?9.6×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 ?

58Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

37 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 275 offences
Adur55
South East71
England83

Rank #970 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences119
Theft48
Burglary10
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons27
Drugs13
Robbery4
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 82 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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