Haywards Heath North East

Mid Sussex · South East · population 11,497 · 6 LSOAs

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

99Area Score / 100 ?
  • #94 of 6,856 in England
  • #32 of 1,119 in South East
  • #2 of 17 in Mid Sussex
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,481
Median age (est.)45
Density2,196per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above47%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 8%25–44 22%45–64 25%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 44%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 44%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 6%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 7%Other: 19%
One person 25%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 7%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 18%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional18%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure7%
Skilled trades6%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary5%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 41% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Haywards Heath North East is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #94 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #2 of 17 in Mid Sussex. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (100) and lowest on Housing & access (53). Typical homes here, about £600,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 33% in five years (from 168 sales), 36% above the wider Mid Sussex median of £440,000. Typical household take-home income is around £55,361 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 22 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 95 · #348
Employment 95 · #313
Education 97 · #204
Health 97 · #190
Crime 100 · #19
Housing & access 53 · #3,227
Living environment 96 · #307

House prices ?

£600,000median (12m) · +9.1% yr · n=168
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£600,000168+9.1%+33.3%
Detached£758,75076-4.0%+28.0%
Semi-detached£585,00049+10.4%+36.0%
Terraced£440,00023+6.8%+26.6%
Flat£309,00020+3.0%+23.2%
This area£600,000
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)£55,361±£7,837 · #437 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,408
Price-to-income ?10.8×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 ?

22Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

22 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 248 offences
Mid Sussex47
South East71
England83

Rank #57 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences102
Theft35
Burglary22
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson32
Public order & weapons33
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 81 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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