Northbrook

Worthing · South East · population 10,362 · 6 LSOAs

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

34Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,536 of 6,856 in England
  • #930 of 1,119 in South East
  • #12 of 13 in Worthing
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,190
Median age (est.)36
Density2,487per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above26%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 10%25–44 31%45–64 23%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 24%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 24%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 15%Other: 13%
One person 23%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 15%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 16% · Associate professional 14% · Caring & leisure 13%

All occupation groups
Professional16%
Associate professional14%
Caring & leisure13%
Skilled trades11%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative10%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service9%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 90%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 51% · Christian 40% · 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

Northbrook is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,536 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #12 of 13 in Worthing. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (89) but weak on Income (26). Typical homes here sold for about £326,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 112 sales), 7% below the wider Worthing median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,149 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 64 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 26 · #5,064
Employment 30 · #4,783
Education 28 · #4,920
Health 28 · #4,934
Crime 35 · #4,447
Housing & access 44 · #3,823
Living environment 89 · #766

House prices ?

£326,000median (12m) · -5.5% yr · n=112
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£326,000112-5.5%+10.5%
Detached£400,00021-10.6%+3.9%
Semi-detached£340,00048+0.3%+21.9%
Terraced£312,60036-3.8%+21.8%
Flat£225,0007-1.1%
This area£326,000
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)£43,149±£6,102 · #2,545 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,763
Price-to-income ?7.6×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

42Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

64 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 666 offences
Worthing80
South East71
England83

Rank #3,161 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences339
Theft85
Burglary10
Vehicle crime25
Criminal damage & arson73
Public order & weapons70
Drugs25
Robbery7
Other32

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 256 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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