City Profile • Local Authority

Worthing

Worthing is a local authority district comprising 5 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £383k, reflecting a upward trend of 1.9% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 82 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.

Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.

Population Trajectory

Annual residents (1991 – 2022)

112,044
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

5 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Worthing authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English85.0%
White: Other White5.2%
Other Asian1.6%
Indian1.0%
White and Asian0.9%
White: Irish0.8%

Age Profile

50-54 years7.3%
55-59 years7.1%
45-49 years6.8%
40-44 years6.4%
30-34 years6.4%
35-39 years6.3%

Top Occupations

Professional20.0%
Associate professional14.2%
Managers and directors12.5%
Caring and leisure11.5%
Skilled trades10.5%
Administrative and secretarial9.9%

Housing Tenure

Owned: Outright36.4%
Owned: Mortgage31.0%
Private rented: Landlord20.3%
Social rented: Other7.6%
Social rented: Council2.1%
Private rented: Other1.8%

Area DNA

family2/10
health9/10
safety5/10
homeown6/10
transit10/10
affluence7/10
diversity6/10
employment5/10
investment9/10