High Salvington & Findon Valley

Worthing · South East · population 7,677 · 5 LSOAs

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

94Area Score / 100 ?
  • #430 of 6,856 in England
  • #154 of 1,119 in South East
  • #2 of 13 in Worthing
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,693
Median age (est.)56
Density1,422per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above30%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 11%15–24 8%25–44 15%45–64 30%65+ 37%

Tenure

Own outright: 58%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 2%Private rent: 7%
Own outright 58%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 2%Private rent 7%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 5%Other: 28%
One person 26%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 5%Other 28%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional14%
Administrative12%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary6%
Process & plant4%

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 54% · No religion 37% · Buddhist 0%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

High Salvington & Findon Valley is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #430 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 13 in Worthing. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (97) and lowest on Housing & access (43). Typical homes here sold for about £515,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 111 sales), 47% above the wider Worthing median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,432 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 36 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 96 · #286
Employment 88 · #821
Education 78 · #1,527
Health 74 · #1,753
Crime 93 · #451
Housing & access 43 · #3,892
Living environment 97 · #183

House prices ?

£515,000median (12m) · -1.9% yr · n=111
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£515,000111-1.9%+23.8%
Detached£542,50083-7.3%+20.6%
Semi-detached£415,00023-7.8%+17.7%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=1)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£515,000
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)£40,432±£5,717 · #3,294 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,160
Price-to-income ?12.7×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 ?

36Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 278 offences
Worthing80
South East71
England83

Rank #932 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences144
Theft19
Burglary14
Vehicle crime25
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons37
Drugs8
Robbery0
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 43 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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