Ifold & Wisborough Green

Chichester · South East · population 6,195 · 4 LSOAs

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

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,329 of 6,856 in England
  • #594 of 1,119 in South East
  • #6 of 14 in Chichester
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,157
Median age (est.)51
Density80per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above41%
No car or van5%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 33%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 9%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 6%Other: 21%
One person 22%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 6%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 25% · Professional 20% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors25%
Professional20%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant3%

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 56% · 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

Ifold & Wisborough Green is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,329 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 14 in Chichester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (95) but weak on Housing & access (2). Typical homes here sold for about £650,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+3%) (from 79 sales), 53% above the wider Chichester median of £425,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,138 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £47,484 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 29 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 88 · #841
Employment 95 · #355
Education 79 · #1,458
Health 89 · #745
Crime 93 · #457
Housing & access 2 · #6,723
Living environment 20 · #5,448

House prices ?

£650,000median (12m) · -13.3% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£650,00079-13.3%+3.2%
Detached£806,25050-5.1%+14.2%
Semi-detached£462,00013+8.8%+7.6%
Terraced£415,00013+12.2%+11.4%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£650,000
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)£47,484±£6,712 · #1,549 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,519
Price-to-income ?13.7×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 ?

10Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

29 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 182 offences
Chichester62
South East71
England83

Rank #368 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences75
Theft21
Burglary23
Vehicle crime11
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons28
Drugs3
Robbery0
Other2

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 61 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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