Aldwick

Arun · South East · population 8,246 · 5 LSOAs

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

86Area Score / 100 ?
  • #923 of 6,856 in England
  • #282 of 1,119 in South East
  • #2 of 19 in Arun
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,177
Median age (est.)62
Density2,649per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above30%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 9%15–24 6%25–44 14%45–64 26%65+ 44%

Tenure

Own outright: 66%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 1%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 66%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 1%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 4%Other: 32%
One person 29%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 4%Other 32%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 17% · Professional 16% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors17%
Professional16%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 1%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · No religion 31% · Hindu 0%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Aldwick is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #923 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 19 in Arun. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (97) but weak on Housing & access (33). Typical homes here sold for about £430,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 165 sales), 23% above the wider Arun median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,723 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 30 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 93 · #498
Employment 77 · #1,561
Education 63 · #2,507
Health 68 · #2,157
Crime 93 · #457
Housing & access 33 · #4,564
Living environment 97 · #197

House prices ?

£430,000median (12m) · +10.3% yr · n=165
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£430,000165+10.3%+11.7%
Detached£545,000104+1.4%+21.7%
Semi-detached£375,00023+5.6%+21.0%
Terraced£316,75018-2.5%+19.5%
Flat£215,00020-6.7%0.0%
This area£430,000
Arun£350,000
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)£38,723±£5,619 · #3,792 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,895
Price-to-income ?11.1×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 ?

55Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

30 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 251 offences
Arun72
South East71
England83

Rank #442 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences108
Theft43
Burglary20
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson31
Public order & weapons25
Drugs5
Robbery2
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 90 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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