Worthing Central

Worthing · South East · population 10,399 · 6 LSOAs

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

31Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,735 of 6,856 in England
  • #959 of 1,119 in South East
  • #13 of 13 in Worthing
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,190
Median age (est.)42
Density6,831per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above37%
No car or van42%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 10%25–44 32%45–64 27%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 24%Mortgage/shared: 20%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 48%
Own outright 24%Mortgage/shared 20%Social rent 8%Private rent 48%

Households

One person: 50%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 13%Lone parent: 9%Other: 12%
One person 50%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 13%Lone parent 9%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Caring & leisure 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Caring & leisure14%
Associate professional13%
Elementary11%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades9%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 86%Asian: 7%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 86%Asian 7%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 39% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 24%

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

Worthing Central is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,735 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #13 of 13 in Worthing. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Housing & access (70) but weak on Crime (14). Typical homes here sold for about £252,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 155 sales), 28% below the wider Worthing median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,920 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 231 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 37 · #4,296
Employment 29 · #4,886
Education 45 · #3,782
Health 26 · #5,050
Crime 14 · #5,928
Housing & access 70 · #2,055
Living environment 16 · #5,763

House prices ?

£252,000median (12m) · +0.8% yr · n=155
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£252,000155+0.8%+20.9%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=3)
Semi-detached£667,5005+16.1%+48.3%
Terraced£375,00049-7.3%+20.0%
Flat£199,00098+2.1%+5.9%
This area£252,000
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)£36,920±£5,260 · #4,392 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,216
Price-to-income ?6.8×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

54Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

231 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,399 offences
Worthing80
South East71
England83

Rank #6,251 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences870
Theft792
Burglary41
Vehicle crime48
Criminal damage & arson150
Public order & weapons356
Drugs61
Robbery46
Other35

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 575 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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