Adur: local statistics
Adur is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 64,802 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Adur, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
2,760 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Adur in March 2026, 7% more than in 2016. That is 43 for every 1,000 residents, the 43rd highest of the 64 council areas in the South East.
The ONS estimates that 64,802 people lived in Adur in mid-2025, up 0.1% on mid-2024. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 1.6%, against +8.1% for the South East as a whole. That is 58th of 64 in the South East, counting from the fastest growth. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Adur took home £748.20 a week before tax, or £39,029 over a year. It is the 48th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East, and 8.2% less than across the South East. Jobs based in Adur paid almost the same: a median £749.70 a week. In 2015 the residents' median was £482.40, so it has risen 55% before inflation.
A Band D home in Adur pays an average of £2,548.28 in council tax in 2026-27, 4.8% more than in 2025-26. It is the 20th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,651.51, so it has risen 54%.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 81.5% of Adur residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 9.1 points either way; the figure for the South East was 78.9%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 66.7% to 85.8%.
A girl born in Adur in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 84.0 years and a boy 80.8 years, on the ONS's period measure (England: 83.3 and 79.5). Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.4 years for women and +0.7 for men. It is the 39th highest for women of the 64 council areas in the South East.
Police recorded 3,580 crimes in Adur in the year to March 2026, 55.2 for every 1,000 residents, mid-table in the South East, 33rd of 55. A year earlier it was 64.6. The highest rate in the series was 74.8, in the year to March 2024. Fraud is not included.
The claimant count for Adur stood at 1,180 in August 2026, or 3.1% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 3.1% in the South East. Twelve months before, it was 2.9%. The five-year high was 4.5% (August 2021); the low was 2.5% (June 2024).
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Adur at £380,120 for July 2026, up 1.3% on a year before. That is close to the middle of the 64 council areas in the South East (33rd highest); the average for the South East was £380,878. Prices are 28% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. The average price is 9.7 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Adur. That ratio is 23rd of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest ratio.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 63,808 |
| 2016 | 63,947 |
| 2017 | 64,144 |
| 2018 | 64,230 |
| 2019 | 64,580 |
| 2020 | 64,550 |
| 2021 | 64,632 |
| 2022 | 64,735 |
| 2023 | 64,606 |
| 2024 | 64,736 |
| 2025 | 64,802 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £296,097 |
| July 2017 | £315,379 |
| July 2018 | £318,697 |
| July 2019 | £320,077 |
| July 2020 | £310,265 |
| July 2021 | £335,995 |
| July 2022 | £372,604 |
| July 2023 | £370,996 |
| July 2024 | £359,617 |
| July 2025 | £375,124 |
| July 2026 | £380,120 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £482.40 a week |
| 2016 | £477.70 a week |
| 2017 | £478.30 a week |
| 2018 | £528.80 a week |
| 2019 | £601.70 a week |
| 2020 | £511.10 a week |
| 2021 | £530.60 a week |
| 2022 | £567.50 a week |
| 2023 | £600.20 a week |
| 2024 | £627.00 a week |
| 2025 | £748.20 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,651.51 |
| 2017-18 | £1,709.54 |
| 2018-19 | £1,793.83 |
| 2019-20 | £1,892.04 |
| 2020-21 | £1,963.41 |
| 2021-22 | £2,057.34 |
| 2022-23 | £2,118.55 |
| 2023-24 | £2,217.39 |
| 2024-25 | £2,321.98 |
| 2025-26 | £2,432.50 |
| 2026-27 | £2,548.28 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 49.9 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 48.7 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 55.4 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 49.9 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 59.8 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 58.5 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 64.4 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 68.5 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 74.8 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 64.6 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 55.2 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 81.4% |
| 2016/17 | 75.5% |
| 2017/18 | 74.9% |
| 2018/19 | 83.0% |
| 2019/20 | 85.8% |
| 2020/21 | 85.0% |
| 2021/22 | 80.3% |
| 2022/23 | 82.8% |
| 2023/24 | 71.0% |
| 2024/25 | 66.7% |
| 2025/26 | 81.5% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.6 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.5 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.9 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.8 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.8 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.7 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.9 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.2 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.2 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.0 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.0 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 2,585 |
| 2017 | 2,645 |
| 2018 | 2,690 |
| 2019 | 2,675 |
| 2020 | 2,670 |
| 2021 | 2,680 |
| 2022 | 2,695 |
| 2023 | 2,675 |
| 2024 | 2,670 |
| 2025 | 2,715 |
| 2026 | 2,760 |
Questions about Adur
What is the population of Adur?
The ONS estimates 64,802 people lived in Adur in mid-2025.
What is the average salary in Adur?
£748.20 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
How much is Band D council tax in Adur?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,548.28 for 2026-27.
What is life expectancy in Adur?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 80.8 years for men and 84.0 for women.
What is the crime rate in Adur?
Home Office figures show 3,580 offences in the year to March 2026, or 55.2 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Adur?
The ONS claimant count was 1,180 in August 2026, 3.1% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the average house price in Adur?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £380,120.
Who has power over Adur
Every body that makes decisions for Adur, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Adur council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Adur in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- East Worthing and Shoreham: Tom Rutland (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South East
- UK figures: UK population · UK average weekly earnings growth · UK employment rate
- Other council areas in the South East: Epsom and Ewell · Gosport · Hastings · Mole Valley · Runnymede · Tandridge
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