Earlswood & Whitebushes

Reigate and Banstead · South East · population 9,540 · 5 LSOAs

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

74Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,787 of 6,856 in England
  • #462 of 1,119 in South East
  • #12 of 18 in Reigate and Banstead
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,326
Median age (est.)39
Density1,419per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above40%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 9%25–44 31%45–64 26%65+ 15%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 14%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 10%Other: 15%
One person 27%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 10%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 78%Asian: 13%Black: 4%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 78%Asian 13%Black 4%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 39% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 21%

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

Earlswood & Whitebushes is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,787 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 18 in Reigate and Banstead. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Employment (79) and lowest on Living environment (40). Typical homes here sold for about £415,000 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 129 sales), 13% below the wider Reigate and Banstead median of £475,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,574 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 85 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 69 · #2,116
Employment 79 · #1,410
Education 65 · #2,411
Health 72 · #1,904
Crime 60 · #2,726
Housing & access 43 · #3,912
Living environment 40 · #4,125

House prices ?

£415,000median (12m) · -3.5% yr · n=129
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£415,000129-3.5%+10.7%
Detached£553,50016-16.5%-12.8%
Semi-detached£462,55048-4.9%+8.8%
Terraced£395,000260.0%+14.5%
Flat£260,00039-5.0%+2.8%
This area£415,000
Reigate and Banstead£475,000
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)£48,574±£6,778 · #1,335 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,469
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 ?

52Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

85 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 813 offences
Reigate and Banstead62
South East71
England83

Rank #4,341 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences441
Theft69
Burglary24
Vehicle crime37
Criminal damage & arson84
Public order & weapons108
Drugs26
Robbery1
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 97 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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