Stockbridge & Fishbourne

Chichester · South East · population 8,824 · 4 LSOAs

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

80Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,362 of 6,856 in England
  • #377 of 1,119 in South East
  • #2 of 14 in Chichester
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,512
Median age (est.)48
Density497per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above43%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 20%45–64 27%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 11%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 29%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative8%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 37% · Other 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

Stockbridge & Fishbourne is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,362 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 14 in Chichester. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (86) and lowest on Housing & access (39). Typical homes here, about £460,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 26% in five years (from 103 sales), 8% above the wider Chichester median of £425,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,727 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 62 · #2,603
Employment 72 · #1,883
Education 86 · #978
Health 78 · #1,472
Crime 67 · #2,247
Housing & access 39 · #4,200
Living environment 83 · #1,163

House prices ?

£460,000median (12m) · +8.9% yr · n=103
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£460,000103+8.9%+26.0%
Detached£625,00047+1.6%+30.2%
Semi-detached£430,00032+7.5%+13.2%
Terraced£347,50015+3.1%+22.8%
Flat£264,0009+39.3%+22.0%
This area£460,000
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)£44,727±£6,401 · #2,138 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,742
Price-to-income ?10.3×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 ?

43Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

50 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 439 offences
Chichester62
South East71
England83

Rank #2,106 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences194
Theft66
Burglary23
Vehicle crime19
Criminal damage & arson60
Public order & weapons54
Drugs8
Robbery3
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 110 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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