Broadwater South

Worthing · South East · population 9,017 · 5 LSOAs

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

50Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,432 of 6,856 in England
  • #774 of 1,119 in South East
  • #8 of 13 in Worthing
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,946
Median age (est.)39
Density8,013per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above35%
No car or van28%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 30%45–64 27%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 25%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 29%
Own outright 25%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 12%Private rent 29%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 13%Other: 11%
One person 36%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 13%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 14% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional14%
Caring & leisure13%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades10%
Elementary10%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 5%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 5%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 52% · Christian 38% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Broadwater South sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,432 of 6,856 in England, and #8 of 13 in Worthing. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (85) but weak on Living environment (26). Typical homes here sold for about £332,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 133 sales), 5% below the wider Worthing median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,057 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 110 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 43 · #3,912
Employment 48 · #3,563
Education 54 · #3,165
Health 45 · #3,748
Crime 32 · #4,659
Housing & access 85 · #1,013
Living environment 26 · #5,057

House prices ?

£332,000median (12m) · +6.3% yr · n=133
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£332,000133+6.3%+20.7%
Detached£555,0005
Semi-detached£419,00016+11.7%+12.5%
Terraced£354,00074-0.3%+18.0%
Flat£202,50038+7.1%+13.1%
This area£332,000
Worthing£350,000
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)£40,057±£5,624 · #3,418 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,647
Price-to-income ?8.3×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 ?

57Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

110 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 989 offences
Worthing80
South East71
England83

Rank #5,204 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences356
Theft310
Burglary18
Vehicle crime34
Criminal damage & arson77
Public order & weapons132
Drugs34
Robbery9
Other19

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 165 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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