Amberley, Pulborough & Storrington

Horsham · South East · population 9,920 · 6 LSOAs

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

57Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,973 of 6,856 in England
  • #708 of 1,119 in South East
  • #16 of 16 in Horsham
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,868
Median age (est.)52
Density205per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above33%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 8%25–44 20%45–64 27%65+ 31%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 19%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 8%Other: 19%
One person 35%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 8%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 18% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional18%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

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 52% · No religion 41% · Other 0%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Amberley, Pulborough & Storrington is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,973 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 16 in Horsham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (78) and lowest on Housing & access (29). Typical homes here sold for about £357,500 over the past year, down 7% across five years (from 148 sales), 18% below the wider Horsham median of £435,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,715 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 47 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 56 · #3,021
Employment 58 · #2,857
Education 37 · #4,330
Health 78 · #1,540
Crime 52 · #3,288
Housing & access 29 · #4,858
Living environment 49 · #3,522

House prices ?

£357,500median (12m) · -5.3% yr · n=148
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£357,500148-5.3%-7.1%
Detached£635,00044+0.4%-0.2%
Semi-detached£390,00025+5.5%+14.0%
Terraced£338,50052-0.7%+4.2%
Flat£205,000270.0%+7.9%
This area£357,500
Horsham£435,000
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)£38,715±£5,452 · #3,797 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,691
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

56Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

47 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 467 offences
Horsham45
South East71
England83

Rank #1,878 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences199
Theft78
Burglary27
Vehicle crime28
Criminal damage & arson54
Public order & weapons53
Drugs14
Robbery1
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 130 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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