Arun: local statistics
Arun is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 172,326 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 Arun, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Arun took home £705.60 a week before tax (£34,546 a year). That is 13.4% below the figure for the South East and the 59th highest of 64 in the South East. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £659.70, £45.90 lower. In 2015 the residents' median was £487.80, so it has risen 45% before inflation.
A typical home in Arun cost £321,460 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, up 0.9% on July 2025. It ranks as 50th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest (regional average £380,878). Since July 2016 prices have risen 25%; the July high in the series was £336,610 in 2022. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Arun (£34,546) gives a ratio of 9.3. That ratio is close to the middle of the 64 council areas in the South East (31st highest ratio).
The claimant count for Arun stood at 3,500 in August 2026, or 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the South East: 3.1%). A year earlier the rate was 3.5%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 2.9% (September 2023) and 4.4% (August 2021).
In 2022 to 2024, women in Arun had a life expectancy at birth of 83.9 years; for men it was 79.6 (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 0.1 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.2 less. It is the 43rd highest for women of 64 in the South East.
Police recorded 12,003 crimes in Arun in the year to March 2026, 69.7 for every 1,000 residents, mid-table in the South East, 23rd of 55. That compares with 72.8 per 1,000 the year before. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 53.7 to 72.8 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
In mid-2025 the population of Arun was estimated at 172,326, a change of +1.0% in a year. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +9.4% (the South East: +8.1%). That is mid-table in the South East, 27th of 64. No earlier year in the series was higher.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 78.4% of Arun residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 6.6 points); the figure for the South East was 78.9%. Its lowest reading in the series was 71.2% and its highest 85.9%.
Average Band D council tax in Arun is £2,487.24 for 2026-27, 4.9% more than in 2025-26. It is close to the middle of the 64 council areas in the South East (33rd highest). In 2016-17 the figure was £1,588.58, so it has risen 57%.
6,470 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Arun in March 2026, 8% more than in 2016. That is 38 for every 1,000 residents, the 58th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 157,474 |
| 2016 | 159,363 |
| 2017 | 161,338 |
| 2018 | 162,647 |
| 2019 | 163,310 |
| 2020 | 163,661 |
| 2021 | 165,219 |
| 2022 | 166,610 |
| 2023 | 168,733 |
| 2024 | 170,692 |
| 2025 | 172,326 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £256,946 |
| July 2017 | £269,521 |
| July 2018 | £283,106 |
| July 2019 | £276,698 |
| July 2020 | £277,181 |
| July 2021 | £304,534 |
| July 2022 | £336,610 |
| July 2023 | £331,007 |
| July 2024 | £324,069 |
| July 2025 | £318,541 |
| July 2026 | £321,460 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £487.80 a week |
| 2016 | £476.20 a week |
| 2017 | £511.70 a week |
| 2018 | £511.70 a week |
| 2019 | £514.10 a week |
| 2020 | £497.20 a week |
| 2021 | £574.50 a week |
| 2022 | £546.60 a week |
| 2023 | £586.70 a week |
| 2024 | £692.90 a week |
| 2025 | £705.60 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,588.58 |
| 2017-18 | £1,649.08 |
| 2018-19 | £1,730.80 |
| 2019-20 | £1,829.09 |
| 2020-21 | £1,902.84 |
| 2021-22 | £1,994.86 |
| 2022-23 | £2,056.85 |
| 2023-24 | £2,158.28 |
| 2024-25 | £2,261.92 |
| 2025-26 | £2,371.09 |
| 2026-27 | £2,487.24 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 53.7 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 57.6 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 61.7 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 63.2 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 68.9 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 61.3 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 64.7 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 69.4 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 68.2 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 72.8 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 69.7 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 71.2% |
| 2016/17 | 73.8% |
| 2017/18 | 77.3% |
| 2018/19 | 74.0% |
| 2019/20 | 77.7% |
| 2020/21 | 78.8% |
| 2021/22 | 79.4% |
| 2022/23 | 85.9% |
| 2023/24 | 79.0% |
| 2024/25 | 80.6% |
| 2025/26 | 78.4% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.8 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.8 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.5 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.6 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.5 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.8 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.8 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.7 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.8 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.9 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 5,985 |
| 2017 | 6,215 |
| 2018 | 6,215 |
| 2019 | 6,305 |
| 2020 | 6,370 |
| 2021 | 6,465 |
| 2022 | 6,580 |
| 2023 | 6,485 |
| 2024 | 6,420 |
| 2025 | 6,340 |
| 2026 | 6,470 |
Questions about Arun
What is the average salary in Arun?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Arun was £705.60 a week in April 2025 (£34,546 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the average house price in Arun?
£321,460 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+0.9% on a year).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Arun?
3,500 in August 2026 (3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is life expectancy in Arun?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 79.6 years for men and 83.9 for women.
What is the crime rate in Arun?
Home Office figures show 12,003 offences in the year to March 2026, or 69.7 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the population of Arun?
172,326 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How much is Band D council tax in Arun?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,487.24 for 2026-27.
Who has power over Arun
Every body that makes decisions for Arun, 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
- Arun council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Arun 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
- Arundel and South Downs: Andrew Griffith (Conservative) MP
- Bognor Regis and Littlehampton: Alison Griffiths (Conservative) MP
- Chichester: Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat) MP
- Worthing West: Dr Beccy Cooper (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 average weekly earnings growth · UK average house price · UK unemployment rate
- Other council areas in the South East: Cherwell · New Forest · Oxford · Slough · Wealden · West Berkshire
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