Dean, Lavant & Summersdale

Chichester · South East · population 8,519 · 5 LSOAs

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

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,322 of 6,856 in England
  • #591 of 1,119 in South East
  • #5 of 14 in Chichester
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,236
Median age (est.)53
Density75per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above43%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 28%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 14%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 7%Other: 23%
One person 30%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 7%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative8%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 37% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Dean, Lavant & Summersdale is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,322 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 14 in Chichester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (81) but weak on Housing & access (17). Typical homes here sold for about £508,250 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 108 sales), 20% above the wider Chichester median of £425,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,963 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 50 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 69 · #2,137
Employment 72 · #1,938
Education 68 · #2,219
Health 73 · #1,863
Crime 81 · #1,301
Housing & access 17 · #5,695
Living environment 48 · #3,583

House prices ?

£508,250median (12m) · -9.4% yr · n=108
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£508,250108-9.4%+15.5%
Detached£718,75046-14.7%+30.7%
Semi-detached£457,50026+7.6%+23.6%
Terraced£365,00023-5.3%0.0%
Flat£250,00013-23.1%-21.5%
This area£508,250
Chichester£425,000
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)£48,963±£6,946 · #1,243 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,065
Price-to-income ?10.4×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 ?

28Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

50 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 423 offences
Chichester62
South East71
England83

Rank #2,094 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences208
Theft67
Burglary23
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson35
Public order & weapons44
Drugs17
Robbery3
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 113 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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