Ashington & Washington

Horsham · South East · population 8,871 · 5 LSOAs

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

84Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,115 of 6,856 in England
  • #323 of 1,119 in South East
  • #8 of 16 in Horsham
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,714
Median age (est.)48
Density157per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above36%
No car or van5%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 30%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 8%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 19%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 19%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
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 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

Ashington & Washington is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,115 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 16 in Horsham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (97) but weak on Housing & access (16). Typical homes here sold for about £500,000 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 107 sales), 15% above the wider Horsham median of £435,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,254 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 30 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 83 · #1,157
Employment 89 · #745
Education 67 · #2,253
Health 97 · #217
Crime 91 · #629
Housing & access 16 · #5,756
Living environment 77 · #1,575

House prices ?

£500,000median (12m) · -12.3% yr · n=107
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£500,000107-12.3%-2.0%
Detached£653,75064-8.6%+12.7%
Semi-detached£435,00027+10.8%+11.5%
Terraced£371,25014+8.7%-1.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£500,000
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)£48,254±£6,741 · #1,398 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,332
Price-to-income ?10.4×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 ?

35Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

30 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 262 offences
Horsham45
South East71
England83

Rank #377 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences133
Theft21
Burglary15
Vehicle crime19
Criminal damage & arson28
Public order & weapons30
Drugs5
Robbery0
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 69 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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