Seaford Eastbourne Road

Lewes · South East · population 8,028 · 5 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,610 of 6,856 in England
  • #629 of 1,119 in South East
  • #6 of 13 in Lewes
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,034
Median age (est.)53
Density1,164per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above30%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 25%65+ 34%

Tenure

Own outright: 52%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 52%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 12%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 8%Other: 26%
One person 29%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 8%Other 26%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 17% · Skilled trades 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional17%
Skilled trades14%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional13%
Caring & leisure12%
Administrative10%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 47% · No religion 44% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Seaford Eastbourne Road is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,610 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 13 in Lewes. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (99) but weak on Employment (43). Typical homes here sold for about £410,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 136 sales), 8% above the wider Lewes median of £380,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,712 a year, around the middle 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 51 · #3,350
Employment 43 · #3,899
Education 50 · #3,446
Health 49 · #3,501
Crime 86 · #937
Housing & access 59 · #2,836
Living environment 99 · #53

House prices ?

£410,000median (12m) · +2.5% yr · n=136
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£410,000136+2.5%+19.9%
Detached£475,00077+5.6%+15.7%
Semi-detached£351,25034-1.1%+23.0%
Terraced£325,00011+3.2%+18.2%
Flat£314,49814+5.9%+25.8%
This area£410,000
Lewes£380,000
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)£39,712±£5,632 · #3,508 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,077
Price-to-income ?10.3×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 ?

46Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

30 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 238 offences
Lewes56
South East71
England83

Rank #381 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences143
Theft23
Burglary5
Vehicle crime5
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons18
Drugs9
Robbery0
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 61 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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