Chelwood & Nutley

Wealden · South East · population 5,422 · 3 LSOAs

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,164 of 6,856 in England
  • #557 of 1,119 in South East
  • #14 of 21 in Wealden
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,325
Median age (est.)53
Density68per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above42%
No car or van5%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 9%25–44 16%45–64 33%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 5%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 27%Lone parent: 5%Other: 24%
One person 23%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 5%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 23% · Professional 20% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors23%
Professional20%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant2%

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 56% · No religion 35% · 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

Chelwood & Nutley is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,164 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #14 of 21 in Wealden. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (97) but weak on Living environment (7). Typical homes here sold for about £610,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 48 sales), 61% above the wider Wealden median of £379,975. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #5,832 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £48,790 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 30 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 94 · #437
Employment 90 · #690
Education 81 · #1,287
Health 97 · #231
Crime 94 · #389
Housing & access 7 · #6,373
Living environment 7 · #6,380

House prices ?

£610,000median (12m) · -9.6% yr · n=48
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£610,00048-9.6%+5.5%
Detached£730,00025+1.7%+10.6%
Semi-detached£525,00017+6.6%+23.5%
Terraced£375,0005+4.2%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£610,000
Wealden£379,975
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)£48,790±£6,861 · #1,281 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£47,763
Price-to-income ?12.5×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 ?

15Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

30 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 165 offences
Wealden42
South East71
England83

Rank #441 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences57
Theft26
Burglary19
Vehicle crime23
Criminal damage & arson16
Public order & weapons17
Drugs2
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 22 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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