Withdean Woods

Brighton and Hove · South East · population 8,323 · 5 LSOAs

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

86Area Score / 100 ?
  • #951 of 6,856 in England
  • #292 of 1,119 in South East
  • #5 of 33 in Brighton and Hove
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,385
Median age (est.)42
Density4,572per km²
No qualifications8%
Degree or above58%
No car or van26%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 28%45–64 30%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 32%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 3%Private rent 32%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 8%Other: 15%
One person 30%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 8%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 18%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional18%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure7%
Skilled trades6%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 87%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 54% · Christian 33% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 20%

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

Withdean Woods is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #951 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 33 in Brighton and Hove. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (93) but weak on Living environment (29). Typical homes here sold for about £560,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+3%) (from 116 sales), 34% above the wider Brighton and Hove median of £419,000. Typical household take-home income is around £55,654 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 43 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 80 · #1,362
Employment 79 · #1,424
Education 93 · #451
Health 79 · #1,451
Crime 69 · #2,137
Housing & access 81 · #1,314
Living environment 29 · #4,838

House prices ?

£560,500median (12m) · +28.1% yr · n=116
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£560,500116+28.1%+3.4%
Detached£1,213,62528+1.1%+18.8%
Semi-detached£952,2509+35.1%+26.1%
Terraced£621,50034-5.1%+15.1%
Flat£295,00045+0.4%+7.3%
This area£560,500
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)£55,654±£8,037 · #419 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,289
Price-to-income ?10.1×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 ?

26Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

43 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 356 offences
Brighton and Hove101
South East71
England83

Rank #1,496 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences152
Theft51
Burglary15
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson37
Public order & weapons37
Drugs26
Robbery7
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 106 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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