Langney East

Eastbourne · South East · population 8,078 · 5 LSOAs

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

25Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,112 of 6,856 in England
  • #1,001 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 13 in Eastbourne
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,041
Median age (est.)45
Density3,524per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above19%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 23%45–64 23%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 20%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 13%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 13%Other: 18%
One person 32%Couple, no children 13%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 13%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Caring & leisure 15% · Skilled trades 13% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Caring & leisure15%
Skilled trades13%
Elementary12%
Professional12%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service11%
Managers & directors10%
Administrative10%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 2%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 45% · Muslim 2%

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

Langney East is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,112 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 13 in Eastbourne. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (88) but weak on Employment (18). Typical homes here sold for about £285,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 113 sales), in line with the wider Eastbourne median of £275,000. Typical household take-home income is around £34,737 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 52 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 24 · #5,242
Employment 18 · #5,612
Education 21 · #5,420
Health 21 · #5,414
Crime 39 · #4,180
Housing & access 44 · #3,864
Living environment 88 · #814

House prices ?

£285,000median (12m) · +5.6% yr · n=113
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£285,000113+5.6%+15.9%
Detached£357,50029+5.1%+19.2%
Semi-detached£285,00039-5.0%+12.9%
Terraced£250,000350.0%+16.3%
Flat£140,00010-11.1%+3.7%
This area£285,000
Eastbourne£275,000
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)£34,737±£4,907 · #5,117 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,247
Price-to-income ?8.2×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 ?

40Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

52 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 422 offences
Eastbourne111
South East71
England83

Rank #2,287 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences206
Theft36
Burglary23
Vehicle crime20
Criminal damage & arson42
Public order & weapons33
Drugs36
Robbery6
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 114 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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