Westergate, Eastergate & Walberton

Arun · South East · population 11,982 · 6 LSOAs

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

61Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,644 of 6,856 in England
  • #633 of 1,119 in South East
  • #6 of 19 in Arun
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,615
Median age (est.)48
Density469per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above33%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 28%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 7%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 25%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative10%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 39% · Other 0%

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

Westergate, Eastergate & Walberton is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,644 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 19 in Arun. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (89) but weak on Housing & access (9). Typical homes here sold for about £380,000 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 204 sales), 9% above the wider Arun median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,244 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 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 62 · #2,624
Employment 68 · #2,178
Education 63 · #2,507
Health 56 · #3,042
Crime 67 · #2,260
Housing & access 9 · #6,229
Living environment 89 · #738

House prices ?

£380,000median (12m) · -1.0% yr · n=204
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£380,000204-1.0%+8.6%
Detached£494,75090-0.9%+8.1%
Semi-detached£357,500690.0%+8.3%
Terraced£307,50030+2.5%+18.2%
Flat£158,00015-19.0%+5.3%
This area£380,000
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)£42,244±£5,918 · #2,778 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,274
Price-to-income ?9.0×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 ?

53Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 694 offences
Arun72
South East71
England83

Rank #2,709 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences312
Theft104
Burglary37
Vehicle crime40
Criminal damage & arson70
Public order & weapons83
Drugs28
Robbery7
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 182 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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