Mid Sussex: local statistics
Mid Sussex is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 163,566 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 Mid Sussex, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
In the year to March 2026, 7,280 offences were recorded by police in Mid Sussex: 44.5 per 1,000 people, the 48th highest rate of all 55 council areas in the South East. The rate was 48.6 in the year to March 2025. The highest rate in the series was 51.2, in the year to March 2024. Fraud is not included.
Mid Sussex had an estimated 163,566 residents in mid-2025, a change of +1.5% in a year. That is 17,882 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 12.3%, against +8.1% for the South East as a whole. That is 11th of 64 in the South East, counting from the fastest growth. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
2.1% of Mid Sussex residents aged 16 to 64 (2,025 people) were on the claimant count in August 2026, compared with 3.1% in the South East. A year earlier the rate was 1.9%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 1.5% (January 2023) and 2.4% (August 2021).
The average house price in Mid Sussex was £430,777 in July 2026, down 0.2% on a year before. That is the 24th highest of 64 in the South East; the average for the South East was £380,878. Since July 2016 prices have risen 20%; the July high in the series was £431,729 in 2025. The average price is 9.7 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Mid Sussex. That ratio is 24th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest ratio.
Life expectancy at birth in Mid Sussex is 85.2 years for women and 81.5 years for men (2022 to 2024), compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.2 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.2 more. It is the 22nd highest for women of all 64 council areas in the South East.
8,340 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Mid Sussex in March 2026, 5% more than in 2016. There are 51 per 1,000 residents, the 24th highest of 64 in the South East.
Full-time employees living in Mid Sussex earned a median £841.70 a week in April 2025 (£44,352 a year). It is the 23rd highest of 64 in the South East, and 3.3% more than across the South East. For full-time jobs located in Mid Sussex the median is £766.40 a week (−£75.30 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £614.40: a change of +37% before inflation.
Average Band D council tax in Mid Sussex is £2,474.26 for 2026-27, up £117.77 on 2025-26. That makes it close to the middle of all 64 council areas in the South East (34th highest). In 2016-17 the figure was £1,571.13, so it has risen 57%.
An estimated 79.4% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Mid Sussex were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 6.8 points); the figure for the South East was 78.9%. Its lowest reading in the series was 77.1% and its highest 86.8%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 145,684 |
| 2016 | 147,001 |
| 2017 | 147,679 |
| 2018 | 148,966 |
| 2019 | 150,027 |
| 2020 | 150,877 |
| 2021 | 152,919 |
| 2022 | 155,021 |
| 2023 | 158,226 |
| 2024 | 161,122 |
| 2025 | 163,566 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £359,234 |
| July 2017 | £367,505 |
| July 2018 | £374,961 |
| July 2019 | £367,889 |
| July 2020 | £368,263 |
| July 2021 | £376,379 |
| July 2022 | £419,694 |
| July 2023 | £418,928 |
| July 2024 | £422,371 |
| July 2025 | £431,729 |
| July 2026 | £430,777 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £614.40 a week |
| 2016 | £620.20 a week |
| 2017 | £652.90 a week |
| 2018 | £650.10 a week |
| 2019 | £645.40 a week |
| 2020 | £607.10 a week |
| 2021 | £666.40 a week |
| 2022 | £747.70 a week |
| 2023 | £770.20 a week |
| 2024 | £793.90 a week |
| 2025 | £841.70 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,571.13 |
| 2017-18 | £1,629.08 |
| 2018-19 | £1,713.61 |
| 2019-20 | £1,808.37 |
| 2020-21 | £1,883.48 |
| 2021-22 | £1,975.94 |
| 2022-23 | £2,038.26 |
| 2023-24 | £2,138.80 |
| 2024-25 | £2,245.92 |
| 2025-26 | £2,356.49 |
| 2026-27 | £2,474.26 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 35.4 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 40.4 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 44.7 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 45.2 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 48.1 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 41.5 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 41.8 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 44.4 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 51.2 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 48.6 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 44.5 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 81.4% |
| 2016/17 | 77.1% |
| 2017/18 | 83.4% |
| 2018/19 | 86.8% |
| 2019/20 | 78.6% |
| 2020/21 | 77.1% |
| 2021/22 | 84.5% |
| 2022/23 | 83.1% |
| 2023/24 | 77.9% |
| 2024/25 | 81.0% |
| 2025/26 | 79.4% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 85.0 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.9 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 85.2 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 85.0 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 85.2 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 85.0 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.9 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 85.0 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.9 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 85.3 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.2 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 7,980 |
| 2017 | 8,250 |
| 2018 | 8,250 |
| 2019 | 8,275 |
| 2020 | 8,310 |
| 2021 | 8,340 |
| 2022 | 8,335 |
| 2023 | 8,180 |
| 2024 | 8,215 |
| 2025 | 8,180 |
| 2026 | 8,340 |
Questions about Mid Sussex
What is the crime rate in Mid Sussex?
Home Office figures show 7,280 offences in the year to March 2026, or 44.5 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the population of Mid Sussex?
163,566 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Mid Sussex?
The ONS claimant count was 2,025 in August 2026, 2.1% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the average house price in Mid Sussex?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £430,777.
What is life expectancy in Mid Sussex?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 81.5 years for men and 85.2 for women.
What is the average salary in Mid Sussex?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Mid Sussex was £841.70 a week in April 2025 (£44,352 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How much is Band D council tax in Mid Sussex?
£2,474.26 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
Who has power over Mid Sussex
Every body that makes decisions for Mid Sussex, 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
- Mid Sussex council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Mid Sussex 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 Grinstead and Uckfield: Mims Davies (Conservative) MP
- Mid Sussex: Alison Bennett (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: Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime · UK population · UK unemployment rate
- Other council areas in the South East: Canterbury · Oxford · Slough · Swale · West Berkshire · Windsor and Maidenhead
Related questions
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