Seven Dials

Brighton and Hove · South East · population 8,317 · 5 LSOAs

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

58Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,891 of 6,856 in England
  • #692 of 1,119 in South East
  • #13 of 33 in Brighton and Hove
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,467
Median age (est.)35
Density18,594per km²
No qualifications6%
Degree or above60%
No car or van61%

Age

0–14 9%15–24 14%25–44 46%45–64 23%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 15%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 57%
Own outright 15%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 7%Private rent 57%

Households

One person: 47%Couple, no children: 25%Couple with children: 10%Lone parent: 5%Other: 13%
One person 47%Couple, no children 25%Couple with children 10%Lone parent 5%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 31% · Associate professional 21% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional31%
Associate professional21%
Managers & directors13%
Sales & customer service7%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 4%Black: 2%Mixed: 5%Other: 2%
White 87%Asian 4%Black 2%Mixed 5%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 64% · Christian 22% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 27%

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

Seven Dials is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,891 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 33 in Brighton and Hove. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (86) but weak on Living environment (7). Typical homes here sold for about £332,500 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 164 sales), 21% below the wider Brighton and Hove median of £419,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,326 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 71 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 62 · #2,630
Employment 61 · #2,665
Education 86 · #958
Health 55 · #3,083
Crime 57 · #2,918
Housing & access 46 · #3,713
Living environment 7 · #6,373

House prices ?

£332,500median (12m) · -7.4% yr · n=164
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£332,500164-7.4%+10.8%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=2)
Semi-detachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Terraced£750,00022-7.1%+27.1%
Flat£320,000137+1.6%+13.3%
This area£332,500
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)£44,326±£6,414 · #2,240 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,392
Price-to-income ?7.5×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

64Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

71 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 593 offences
Brighton and Hove101
South East71
England83

Rank #3,623 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences170
Theft228
Burglary24
Vehicle crime25
Criminal damage & arson34
Public order & weapons59
Drugs32
Robbery9
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 98 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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