Chichester: local statistics
Chichester is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 130,224 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 Chichester, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Chichester took home £696.20 a week before tax, or £35,264 over a year. It is the 3rd lowest of the 64 council areas in the South East, and 14.6% less than across the South East. For full-time jobs located in Chichester the median is £668.20 a week (−£28.00 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £542.60: a change of +28% before inflation.
An estimated 83.4% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Chichester were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey, with a margin of error of 7.4 points either way, against 78.9% across the South East. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 63.5% to 85.2%.
The average house price in Chichester was £432,078 in July 2026, a fall of 1.4% in twelve months. It ranks as 23rd of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest; the average for the South East was £380,878. Since July 2016 prices have risen 18%; the July high in the series was £449,064 in 2023. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Chichester (£35,264) gives a ratio of 12.3. That ratio is the 3rd highest ratio in the South East.
Chichester had an estimated 130,224 residents in mid-2025, a change of +0.8% in a year. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +9.9%, against +8.1% for the South East as a whole, the 24th fastest growth of 64 in the South East. No earlier year in the series was higher.
The ONS counted 7,770 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Chichester in March 2026, 5% more than in 2016. That is 60 for every 1,000 residents, 8th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest.
3.2% of Chichester residents aged 16 to 64 (2,365 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026, compared with 3.1% in the South East. Twelve months before, it was 3.1%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 2.7% (September 2023) and 3.7% (August 2021).
Average Band D council tax in Chichester is £2,469.68 for 2026-27, up £123.28 on 2025-26. It is close to the middle of the 64 council areas in the South East (36th highest). In 2016-17 the figure was £1,555.72, so it has risen 59%.
Life expectancy at birth in Chichester is 84.8 years for women and 80.0 years for men (2022 to 2024), compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. Since 2012 to 2014 it has changed by +0.0 years for women and -0.9 for men. It is mid-table in the South East, 31st of 64.
The police recorded 59.9 crimes per 1,000 residents in Chichester in the year to March 2026 (7,799 offences in all), mid-table in the South East, 28th of 55. A year earlier it was 61.3. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 41.7 to 64.7 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 118,447 |
| 2016 | 119,711 |
| 2017 | 121,442 |
| 2018 | 122,185 |
| 2019 | 122,815 |
| 2020 | 123,032 |
| 2021 | 124,517 |
| 2022 | 126,318 |
| 2023 | 128,114 |
| 2024 | 129,206 |
| 2025 | 130,224 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £366,802 |
| July 2017 | £380,795 |
| July 2018 | £387,630 |
| July 2019 | £387,882 |
| July 2020 | £388,796 |
| July 2021 | £396,573 |
| July 2022 | £443,498 |
| July 2023 | £449,064 |
| July 2024 | £439,012 |
| July 2025 | £438,058 |
| July 2026 | £432,078 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £542.60 a week |
| 2016 | £577.50 a week |
| 2017 | £583.30 a week |
| 2018 | £586.70 a week |
| 2019 | £658.80 a week |
| 2020 | £520.70 a week |
| 2021 | £654.90 a week |
| 2022 | £638.30 a week |
| 2023 | £661.00 a week |
| 2024 | £651.90 a week |
| 2025 | £696.20 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,555.72 |
| 2017-18 | £1,617.02 |
| 2018-19 | £1,697.65 |
| 2019-20 | £1,793.80 |
| 2020-21 | £1,867.97 |
| 2021-22 | £1,965.46 |
| 2022-23 | £2,028.33 |
| 2023-24 | £2,130.28 |
| 2024-25 | £2,237.64 |
| 2025-26 | £2,346.40 |
| 2026-27 | £2,469.68 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 41.7 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 48.0 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 52.3 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 57.7 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 60.3 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 52.5 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 62.7 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 64.7 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 63.4 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 61.3 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 59.9 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 78.9% |
| 2016/17 | 79.2% |
| 2017/18 | 80.4% |
| 2018/19 | 85.2% |
| 2019/20 | 82.7% |
| 2020/21 | 70.2% |
| 2021/22 | 72.4% |
| 2022/23 | 63.5% |
| 2023/24 | 65.4% |
| 2024/25 | 84.1% |
| 2025/26 | 83.4% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.8 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.6 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.9 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.6 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.7 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.4 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.5 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.5 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.2 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.5 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 84.8 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 7,370 |
| 2017 | 7,510 |
| 2018 | 7,635 |
| 2019 | 7,685 |
| 2020 | 7,610 |
| 2021 | 7,560 |
| 2022 | 7,670 |
| 2023 | 7,650 |
| 2024 | 7,665 |
| 2025 | 7,725 |
| 2026 | 7,770 |
Questions about Chichester
What is the average salary in Chichester?
£696.20 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the average house price in Chichester?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £432,078.
What is the population of Chichester?
130,224 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Chichester?
The ONS claimant count was 2,365 in August 2026, 3.2% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
How much is Band D council tax in Chichester?
£2,469.68 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is life expectancy in Chichester?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 80.0 years for men and 84.8 for women.
What is the crime rate in Chichester?
Home Office figures show 7,799 offences in the year to March 2026, or 59.9 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
Who has power over Chichester
Every body that makes decisions for Chichester, 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
- Chichester council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Chichester 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
- Chichester: Jess Brown-Fuller (Liberal Democrat) 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 employment rate · UK average house price
- Other council areas in the South East: Bracknell Forest · Crawley · Dartford · East Hampshire · Havant · Test Valley
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