Billingshurst

Horsham · South East · population 12,869 · 6 LSOAs

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

80Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,376 of 6,856 in England
  • #383 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 16 in Horsham
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,395
Median age (est.)42
Density195per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above36%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 13%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 9%Other: 15%
One person 27%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 9%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative9%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 46% · Buddhist 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Billingshurst is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,376 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 16 in Horsham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (90) but weak on Housing & access (32). Typical homes here sold for about £412,500 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 188 sales), 5% below the wider Horsham median of £435,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,835 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 46 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 68 · #2,164
Employment 80 · #1,369
Education 72 · #1,952
Health 90 · #677
Crime 58 · #2,857
Housing & access 32 · #4,680
Living environment 80 · #1,362

House prices ?

£412,500median (12m) · -5.5% yr · n=188
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£412,500188-5.5%+8.6%
Detached£632,50060+1.2%+22.8%
Semi-detached£435,00048-0.7%+22.5%
Terraced£357,50053-3.8%+15.3%
Flat£170,00027-8.8%-6.3%
This area£412,500
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)£45,835±£6,462 · #1,893 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,497
Price-to-income ?9.0×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 ?

46 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 592 offences
Horsham45
South East71
England83

Rank #1,781 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences258
Theft94
Burglary17
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson71
Public order & weapons82
Drugs13
Robbery5
Other25

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 144 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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