Goring-by-Sea

Worthing · South East · population 8,424 · 5 LSOAs

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

88Area Score / 100 ?
  • #814 of 6,856 in England
  • #258 of 1,119 in South East
  • #4 of 13 in Worthing
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,406
Median age (est.)55
Density2,654per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above31%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 16%45–64 27%65+ 35%

Tenure

Own outright: 56%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 56%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 5%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 21%Lone parent: 8%Other: 25%
One person 30%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 21%Lone parent 8%Other 25%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional15%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure10%
Skilled trades10%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 3%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 3%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 36% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Goring-by-Sea is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #814 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 13 in Worthing. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (89) and lowest on Health (68). Typical homes here sold for about £475,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 131 sales), 36% above the wider Worthing median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,422 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 34 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 84 · #1,088
Employment 73 · #1,835
Education 76 · #1,616
Health 68 · #2,205
Crime 89 · #752
Housing & access 76 · #1,609
Living environment 80 · #1,396

House prices ?

£475,000median (12m) · +3.3% yr · n=131
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£475,000131+3.3%+10.5%
Detached£617,00049+2.8%+25.8%
Semi-detached£480,00031+1.1%+12.9%
Terraced£383,00017+4.4%+30.9%
Flat£250,00034-12.3%+6.4%
This area£475,000
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)£42,422±£5,999 · #2,727 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,539
Price-to-income ?11.2×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 ?

43Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 291 offences
Worthing80
South East71
England83

Rank #771 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences119
Theft52
Burglary9
Vehicle crime17
Criminal damage & arson40
Public order & weapons31
Drugs6
Robbery4
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 97 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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