Ewhurst & Chiddingfold

Waverley · South East · population 8,437 · 5 LSOAs

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

74Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,753 of 6,856 in England
  • #454 of 1,119 in South East
  • #16 of 17 in Waverley
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,382
Median age (est.)49
Density91per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above43%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 18%45–64 28%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 11%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 6%Other: 20%
One person 28%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 6%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 24% · Professional 22% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors24%
Professional22%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative8%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 2%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 2%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 36% · 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

Ewhurst & Chiddingfold is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,753 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 17 in Waverley. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (94) but weak on Housing & access (12). Typical homes here sold for about £640,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 117 sales), 16% above the wider Waverley median of £550,038. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #5,967 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £50,152 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 35 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 82 · #1,239
Employment 89 · #752
Education 67 · #2,260
Health 94 · #437
Crime 91 · #636
Housing & access 12 · #6,010
Living environment 32 · #4,632

House prices ?

£640,000median (12m) · +10.4% yr · n=117
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£640,000117+10.4%+21.9%
Detached£992,50054+29.7%+35.5%
Semi-detached£576,25036+8.7%+35.6%
Terraced£485,00014+3.2%+27.6%
Flat£295,00013+7.3%-7.8%
This area£640,000
Waverley£550,038
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)£50,152±£7,222 · #1,040 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,396
Price-to-income ?12.8×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 ?

13Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

35 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 299 offences
Waverley38
South East71
England83

Rank #856 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences137
Theft43
Burglary26
Vehicle crime19
Criminal damage & arson37
Public order & weapons21
Drugs11
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 54 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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