Easebourne & Petworth

Chichester · South East · population 8,114 · 6 LSOAs

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

54Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,138 of 6,856 in England
  • #728 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 14 in Chichester
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,165
Median age (est.)52
Density54per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above38%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 29%65+ 30%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 21%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 21%Social rent 14%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 30%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 20% · Professional 17% · Skilled trades 16%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors20%
Professional17%
Skilled trades16%
Associate professional12%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary9%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 33% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Easebourne & Petworth sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,138 of 6,856 in England, and #10 of 14 in Chichester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (91) but weak on Living environment (6). Typical homes here sold for about £622,500 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 72 sales), 46% above the wider Chichester median of £425,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,778 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 35 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 73 · #1,863
Employment 79 · #1,458
Education 60 · #2,706
Health 75 · #1,684
Crime 91 · #601
Housing & access 10 · #6,161
Living environment 6 · #6,462

House prices ?

£622,500median (12m) · +2.1% yr · n=72
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£622,50072+2.1%+19.0%
Detached£850,00041-5.3%-0.6%
Semi-detached£410,00013-18.0%+6.5%
Terraced£517,50012+22.2%+60.7%
Flat£250,0006-28.6%
This area£622,500
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)£43,778±£6,132 · #2,373 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,626
Price-to-income ?14.2×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 ?

11Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

35 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 283 offences
Chichester62
South East71
England83

Rank #808 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences113
Theft49
Burglary18
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons33
Drugs3
Robbery1
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 95 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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