Portslade Village

Brighton and Hove · South East · population 7,757 · 5 LSOAs

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

33Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,570 of 6,856 in England
  • #936 of 1,119 in South East
  • #26 of 33 in Brighton and Hove
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,781
Median age (est.)40
Density6,367per km²
No qualifications18%
Degree or above31%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 28%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 21%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 14%Other: 14%
One person 29%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 14%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 15% · Skilled trades 12%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative9%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 90%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 51% · Christian 38% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Portslade Village is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,570 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #26 of 33 in Brighton and Hove. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (72) and lowest on Employment (22). Typical homes here sold for about £369,500 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 94 sales), 12% below the wider Brighton and Hove median of £419,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,236 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 68 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 30 · #4,776
Employment 22 · #5,338
Education 34 · #4,550
Health 30 · #4,824
Crime 36 · #4,351
Housing & access 72 · #1,938
Living environment 45 · #3,755

House prices ?

£369,500median (12m) · +10.3% yr · n=94
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£369,50094+10.3%+15.5%
Detached£473,0005+18.2%
Semi-detached£388,90036+2.3%+11.5%
Terraced£380,00041+10.1%+20.6%
Flat£265,25012+9.5%+18.2%
This area£369,500
Brighton and Hove£419,000
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)£36,236±£5,214 · #4,630 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,922
Price-to-income ?10.2×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 ?

34Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

68 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 526 offences
Brighton and Hove101
South East71
England83

Rank #3,388 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences246
Theft57
Burglary13
Vehicle crime37
Criminal damage & arson68
Public order & weapons79
Drugs8
Robbery8
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 139 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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