Burwash, Sedlescombe & Staplecross

Rother · South East · population 7,937 · 5 LSOAs

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

44Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,837 of 6,856 in England
  • #838 of 1,119 in South East
  • #7 of 11 in Rother
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,908
Median age (est.)53
Density63per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above36%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 14%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 31%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 47%Mortgage/shared: 30%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 47%Mortgage/shared 30%Social rent 9%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 7%Other: 23%
One person 25%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 7%Other 23%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 20% · Professional 20% · Skilled trades 15%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors20%
Professional20%
Skilled trades15%
Associate professional12%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 39% · Other 0%

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

Burwash, Sedlescombe & Staplecross is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #3,837 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 11 in Rother. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (89) but weak on Housing & access (0). Typical homes here sold for about £497,500 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 82 sales), 40% above the wider Rother median of £355,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,337 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 69 · #2,137
Employment 58 · #2,891
Education 60 · #2,706
Health 60 · #2,706
Crime 89 · #738
Housing & access 0 · #6,826
Living environment 20 · #5,475

House prices ?

£497,500median (12m) · +7.7% yr · n=82
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£497,50082+7.7%+24.4%
Detached£718,15044+6.0%+34.2%
Semi-detached£440,00020+9.6%+34.4%
Terraced£352,65011+13.8%+13.8%
Flat£238,0007+64.1%
This area£497,500
Rother£355,000
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)£43,337±£6,051 · #2,488 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,798
Price-to-income ?11.5×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 ?

21Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 253 offences
Rother57
South East71
England83

Rank #552 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences115
Theft23
Burglary27
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson26
Public order & weapons25
Drugs9
Robbery0
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 66 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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