Fernhurst & Northchapel

Chichester · South East · population 6,841 · 4 LSOAs

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

73Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,842 of 6,856 in England
  • #474 of 1,119 in South East
  • #3 of 14 in Chichester
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,705
Median age (est.)48
Density100per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above43%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 32%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 15%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 7%Other: 17%
One person 24%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 7%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 22% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors22%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative8%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 40% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Fernhurst & Northchapel is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,842 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 14 in Chichester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (88) but weak on Housing & access (14). Typical homes here, about £617,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 27% in five years (from 70 sales), 45% above the wider Chichester median of £425,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,092 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 28 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 86 · #971
Employment 88 · #821
Education 73 · #1,856
Health 74 · #1,746
Crime 84 · #1,109
Housing & access 14 · #5,866
Living environment 32 · #4,639

House prices ?

£617,500median (12m) · +0.4% yr · n=70
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£617,50070+0.4%+26.7%
Detached£957,50038+19.7%+60.9%
Semi-detached£558,00019+20.2%+32.9%
Terraced£387,50010+14.0%+0.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£617,500
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)£50,092±£6,941 · #1,048 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,265
Price-to-income ?12.3×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 ?

15Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

28 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 194 offences
Chichester62
South East71
England83

Rank #319 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences93
Theft23
Burglary13
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons22
Drugs4
Robbery2
Other2

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 59 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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