East Preston & Rustington East

Arun · South East · population 7,884 · 5 LSOAs

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

80Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,335 of 6,856 in England
  • #370 of 1,119 in South East
  • #3 of 19 in Arun
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,954
Median age (est.)66
Density2,730per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above31%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 7%15–24 5%25–44 11%45–64 24%65+ 53%

Tenure

Own outright: 65%Mortgage/shared: 18%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 65%Mortgage/shared 18%Social rent 6%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 39%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 12%Lone parent: 4%Other: 29%
One person 39%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 12%Lone parent 4%Other 29%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service8%
Elementary7%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 62% · No religion 31% · Other 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

East Preston & Rustington East is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,335 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 19 in Arun. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (97) but weak on Housing & access (36). Typical homes here sold for about £440,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 174 sales), 26% above the wider Arun median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £37,799 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 86 · #965
Employment 65 · #2,404
Education 70 · #2,061
Health 61 · #2,658
Crime 97 · #190
Housing & access 36 · #4,365
Living environment 82 · #1,246

House prices ?

£440,000median (12m) · +7.3% yr · n=174
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£440,000174+7.3%+5.7%
Detached£699,95073+8.5%+14.7%
Semi-detached£440,00019-2.2%+0.6%
Terraced£370,52520+15.3%+10.4%
Flat£247,00062-5.0%+7.4%
This area£440,000
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)£37,799±£5,543 · #4,111 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,644
Price-to-income ?11.6×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 ?

49Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 256 offences
Arun72
South East71
England83

Rank #612 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences84
Theft80
Burglary9
Vehicle crime21
Criminal damage & arson24
Public order & weapons25
Drugs5
Robbery2
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 56 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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