Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne

Mid Sussex · South East · population 6,921 · 4 LSOAs

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

72Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,890 of 6,856 in England
  • #485 of 1,119 in South East
  • #14 of 17 in Mid Sussex
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,890
Median age (est.)48
Density97per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above42%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 19%45–64 30%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 10%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 7%Other: 20%
One person 24%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 7%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 21% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors21%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant4%

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 52% · No religion 39% · Other 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

Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,890 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 17 in Mid Sussex. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (98) but weak on Housing & access (5). Typical homes here sold for about £500,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 79 sales), 14% above the wider Mid Sussex median of £440,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,727 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 27 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 87 · #917
Employment 92 · #526
Education 92 · #567
Health 98 · #169
Crime 86 · #937
Housing & access 5 · #6,524
Living environment 20 · #5,462

House prices ?

£500,000median (12m) · -7.4% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£500,00079-7.4%+11.7%
Detached£692,50037-14.1%+9.2%
Semi-detached£450,00027-5.3%+11.1%
Terraced£375,0007-29.8%-1.6%
Flat£238,5008-43.9%-18.1%
This area£500,000
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)£50,727±£7,079 · #935 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,266
Price-to-income ?9.9×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 ?

31Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

27 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 187 offences
Mid Sussex47
South East71
England83

Rank #251 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences82
Theft38
Burglary17
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson16
Public order & weapons15
Drugs1
Robbery0
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 51 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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