Horsham East & Roffey

Horsham · South East · population 8,316 · 5 LSOAs

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

90Area Score / 100 ?
  • #697 of 6,856 in England
  • #224 of 1,119 in South East
  • #6 of 16 in Horsham
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,274
Median age (est.)43
Density4,404per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above38%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 27%45–64 28%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 12%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 33%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 8%Other: 14%
One person 33%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 8%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Skilled trades9%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 44% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Horsham East & Roffey is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #697 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 16 in Horsham. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (89) and lowest on Living environment (68). Typical homes here sold for about £390,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 133 sales), 10% below the wider Horsham median of £435,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,945 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 37 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 76 · #1,636
Employment 76 · #1,630
Education 81 · #1,314
Health 83 · #1,143
Crime 72 · #1,917
Housing & access 89 · #725
Living environment 68 · #2,164

House prices ?

£390,000median (12m) · +2.2% yr · n=133
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£390,000133+2.2%+12.2%
Detached£707,50022+23.0%+53.8%
Semi-detached£433,50040+2.6%+12.6%
Terraced£385,25029-6.0%+15.3%
Flat£231,50042+8.7%+10.2%
This area£390,000
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)£45,945±£6,398 · #1,863 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,570
Price-to-income ?8.5×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 ?

68Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

37 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 304 offences
Horsham45
South East71
England83

Rank #962 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences148
Theft40
Burglary17
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson28
Public order & weapons30
Drugs8
Robbery1
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 70 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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