Ferring & Kingston Gorse

Arun · South East · population 6,248 · 4 LSOAs

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

88Area Score / 100 ?
  • #828 of 6,856 in England
  • #264 of 1,119 in South East
  • #1 of 19 in Arun
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,248
Median age (est.)62
Density1,077per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above32%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 8%15–24 6%25–44 12%45–64 28%65+ 46%

Tenure

Own outright: 65%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 2%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 65%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 2%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 16%Lone parent: 5%Other: 30%
One person 31%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 16%Lone parent 5%Other 30%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional15%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

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 60% · No religion 32% · 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

Ferring & Kingston Gorse is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #828 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #1 of 19 in Arun. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (98) but weak on Housing & access (32). Typical homes here sold for about £525,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 119 sales), 50% above the wider Arun median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,896 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 39 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 95 · #320
Employment 78 · #1,520
Education 67 · #2,281
Health 71 · #1,965
Crime 92 · #533
Housing & access 32 · #4,659
Living environment 98 · #163

House prices ?

£525,000median (12m) · -2.8% yr · n=119
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£525,000119-2.8%+7.4%
Detached£625,00080-0.6%+15.7%
Semi-detached£432,50018+3.0%+17.6%
Terraced£342,5006-4.6%
Flat£290,00015-9.4%+17.2%
This area£525,000
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)£39,896±£5,841 · #3,458 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,460
Price-to-income ?13.2×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 ?

32Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

39 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 243 offences
Arun72
South East71
England83

Rank #1,162 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences78
Theft62
Burglary8
Vehicle crime19
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons25
Drugs10
Robbery4
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 39 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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