Midhurst & Cocking

Chichester · South East · population 8,094 · 5 LSOAs

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

69Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,103 of 6,856 in England
  • #534 of 1,119 in South East
  • #4 of 14 in Chichester
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,990
Median age (est.)52
Density250per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above36%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 7%25–44 20%45–64 28%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 25%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 25%Social rent 18%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 7%Other: 19%
One person 35%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 7%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 18% · Skilled trades 14%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors18%
Skilled trades14%
Associate professional12%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

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 56% · No religion 36% · Buddhist 1%

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

Midhurst & Cocking is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,103 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 14 in Chichester. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (85) but weak on Housing & access (28). Typical homes here sold for about £447,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 143 sales), 5% above the wider Chichester median of £425,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,625 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 62 · #2,582
Employment 68 · #2,205
Education 57 · #2,939
Health 78 · #1,527
Crime 85 · #1,006
Housing & access 28 · #4,920
Living environment 52 · #3,288

House prices ?

£447,000median (12m) · +1.9% yr · n=143
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£447,000143+1.9%+10.7%
Detached£680,00047-7.7%+13.3%
Semi-detached£382,50026-8.1%-5.0%
Terraced£363,75038-1.0%+2.5%
Flat£230,00032-20.0%-12.6%
This area£447,000
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)£41,625±£5,817 · #2,961 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,341
Price-to-income ?10.7×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 ?

42Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

35 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 280 offences
Chichester62
South East71
England83

Rank #783 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences110
Theft65
Burglary18
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons28
Drugs6
Robbery1
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 51 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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