Upperton

Eastbourne · South East · population 6,946 · 4 LSOAs

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

59Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,822 of 6,856 in England
  • #678 of 1,119 in South East
  • #4 of 13 in Eastbourne
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,958
Median age (est.)47
Density2,623per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above38%
No car or van29%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 9%25–44 25%45–64 26%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 35%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 9%Private rent 35%

Households

One person: 42%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 7%Other: 16%
One person 42%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 7%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Associate professional 13% · Caring & leisure 12%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure12%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades9%
Elementary9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 7%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 86%Asian 7%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 41% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 20%

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

Upperton is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,822 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 13 in Eastbourne. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (90) and lowest on Health (38). Typical homes here sold for about £224,000 over the past year, down 15% across five years (from 115 sales), 19% below the wider Eastbourne median of £275,000. Cheaper homes only partly offset the deprivation score, leaving it at #620 of 6,851 on our affordability-adjusted measure. Typical household take-home income is around £39,193 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 119 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 52 · #3,316
Employment 43 · #3,905
Education 71 · #2,007
Health 38 · #4,241
Crime 55 · #3,103
Housing & access 90 · #697
Living environment 46 · #3,686

House prices ?

£224,000median (12m) · +4.1% yr · n=115
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£224,000115+4.1%-15.2%
Detached£435,00024+13.6%+3.0%
Semi-detached£358,7506+1.8%+5.5%
Terraced£352,50016-5.0%+15.6%
Flat£179,50069+7.5%+14.0%
This area£224,000
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)£39,193±£5,593 · #3,659 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,967
Price-to-income ?5.7×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

91Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

119 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 825 offences
Eastbourne111
South East71
England83

Rank #5,425 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences352
Theft227
Burglary33
Vehicle crime22
Criminal damage & arson66
Public order & weapons92
Drugs22
Robbery2
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 163 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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