Felpham

Arun · South East · population 10,629 · 6 LSOAs

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

69Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,116 of 6,856 in England
  • #539 of 1,119 in South East
  • #4 of 19 in Arun
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,597
Median age (est.)50
Density2,992per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above29%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 26%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 52%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 52%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 6%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 8%Other: 24%
One person 27%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 8%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Managers & directors 16% · Skilled trades 13%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Managers & directors16%
Skilled trades13%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative10%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 39% · 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

Felpham is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,116 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 19 in Arun. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (93) but weak on Housing & access (37). Typical homes here sold for about £373,500 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 152 sales), 7% above the wider Arun median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,558 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 54 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 67 · #2,233
Employment 66 · #2,301
Education 46 · #3,720
Health 54 · #3,186
Crime 73 · #1,856
Housing & access 37 · #4,337
Living environment 93 · #464

House prices ?

£373,500median (12m) · -3.3% yr · n=152
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£373,500152-3.3%+9.5%
Detached£445,000750.0%0.0%
Semi-detached£365,00039-0.7%+26.5%
Terraced£322,50022+0.8%+16.4%
Flat£200,00016-7.0%-1.2%
This area£373,500
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)£42,558±£6,022 · #2,693 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,472
Price-to-income ?8.8×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 ?

61Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

54 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 577 offences
Arun72
South East71
England83

Rank #2,432 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences312
Theft69
Burglary28
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson55
Public order & weapons47
Drugs23
Robbery1
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 115 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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