Durrington South

Worthing · South East · population 9,662 · 6 LSOAs

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,192 of 6,856 in England
  • #560 of 1,119 in South East
  • #6 of 13 in Worthing
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,604
Median age (est.)43
Density4,791per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above30%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 26%45–64 26%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 10%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 10%Other: 16%
One person 31%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 10%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure10%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 46% · Christian 44% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Durrington South is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,192 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #6 of 13 in Worthing. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (75) and lowest on Crime (53). Typical homes here sold for about £370,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 149 sales), 6% above the wider Worthing median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,351 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 70 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 57 · #2,946
Employment 55 · #3,076
Education 60 · #2,726
Health 58 · #2,857
Crime 53 · #3,220
Housing & access 75 · #1,705
Living environment 74 · #1,787

House prices ?

£370,000median (12m) · -3.9% yr · n=149
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£370,000149-3.9%+22.5%
Detached£462,50024+7.6%+21.7%
Semi-detached£405,00054+1.2%+24.6%
Terraced£360,50023-8.7%+28.8%
Flat£205,87548-2.0%+21.1%
This area£370,000
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)£41,351±£5,750 · #3,031 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,606
Price-to-income ?8.9×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 ?

61Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

70 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 675 offences
Worthing80
South East71
England83

Rank #3,527 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences195
Theft267
Burglary13
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson53
Public order & weapons78
Drugs15
Robbery16
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 193 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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