Burgess Hill Central

Mid Sussex · South East · population 9,218 · 6 LSOAs

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

61Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,651 of 6,856 in England
  • #635 of 1,119 in South East
  • #17 of 17 in Mid Sussex
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,133
Median age (est.)42
Density3,868per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above31%
No car or van25%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 28%45–64 27%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 18%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 9%Other: 14%
One person 35%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 9%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 13% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional13%
Managers & directors12%
Caring & leisure12%
Elementary10%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 10%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 86%Asian 10%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 41% · Hindu 4%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

Burgess Hill Central is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,651 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 17 in Mid Sussex. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (79) and lowest on Education (47). Typical homes here sold for about £350,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 149 sales), 20% below the wider Mid Sussex median of £440,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,187 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 98 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 49 · #3,508
Employment 55 · #3,076
Education 47 · #3,659
Health 56 · #2,987
Crime 49 · #3,467
Housing & access 79 · #1,424
Living environment 66 · #2,322

House prices ?

£350,000median (12m) · +6.9% yr · n=149
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£350,000149+6.9%+20.7%
Detached£670,00011+41.1%+24.3%
Semi-detached£412,50050+7.1%+26.5%
Terraced£350,00046+7.7%+22.8%
Flat£199,50042-5.0%+3.0%
This area£350,000
Mid Sussex£440,000
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)£41,187±£5,745 · #3,073 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,901
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 ?

62Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

98 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 902 offences
Mid Sussex47
South East71
England83

Rank #4,869 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences330
Theft234
Burglary27
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson133
Public order & weapons106
Drugs18
Robbery10
Other26

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 284 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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