Mole Valley: local statistics
Mole Valley is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 88,808 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 Mole Valley, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Mole Valley at £555,858 for July 2026, a rise of 2.4% in twelve months. That is the 4th highest of 64 in the South East (regional average £380,878). Prices are 19% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. The average price is 12.9 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Mole Valley. That ratio is the 2nd highest ratio of the 64 council areas in the South East.
The claimant count for Mole Valley stood at 985 in August 2026, or 1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the South East was 3.1%. The rate was the same a year earlier. Over the last five years it peaked at 2.7% in August 2021 and was lowest at 1.6% in May 2023.
The ONS estimates that 88,808 people lived in Mole Valley in mid-2025, up 0.3% on a year earlier. Over ten years, since mid-2015, it has grown by 1.5% (the South East: +8.1%), the 59th fastest growth of the 64 council areas in the South East. No earlier year in the series was higher.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Mole Valley had a life expectancy at birth of 85.6 years; for men it was 82.3 (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 0.6 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.2 more. It is the 8th highest for women of 64 in the South East.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 85.1% of Mole Valley residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 7.3 points either way, against 78.9% across the South East. Its lowest reading in the series was 77.3% and its highest 85.7%.
In the year to March 2026, 4,822 offences were recorded by police in Mole Valley: 54.3 per 1,000 people, 37th of 55 in the South East, counting from the highest rate. That compares with 53.1 per 1,000 the year before. The highest rate in the series was 56.6, in the year to March 2024. Fraud is not included.
The median full-time employee living in Mole Valley was paid £837.40 a week before tax in April 2025, or £42,937 over a year. That is 2.7% above the figure for the South East and the 24th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East. For full-time jobs located in Mole Valley the median is £946.40 a week (+£109.00 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £600.10: a change of +40% before inflation. The ONS advises using the residents' estimate with caution because it comes from a small sample.
A Band D home in Mole Valley pays an average of £2,519.86 in council tax in 2026-27, up £114.11 on 2025-26. That makes it mid-table in the South East, 27th of 64. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,657.71, so it has risen 52%.
5,710 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Mole Valley in March 2026, 4% fewer than in 2016. There are 64 per 1,000 residents, the 3rd highest of the 64 council areas in the South East.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 87,459 |
| 2016 | 87,642 |
| 2017 | 87,296 |
| 2018 | 87,064 |
| 2019 | 86,762 |
| 2020 | 86,924 |
| 2021 | 87,599 |
| 2022 | 87,910 |
| 2023 | 88,523 |
| 2024 | 88,541 |
| 2025 | 88,808 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £468,539 |
| July 2017 | £488,746 |
| July 2018 | £494,185 |
| July 2019 | £469,053 |
| July 2020 | £471,208 |
| July 2021 | £508,793 |
| July 2022 | £544,177 |
| July 2023 | £540,584 |
| July 2024 | £531,539 |
| July 2025 | £542,707 |
| July 2026 | £555,858 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £600.10 a week |
| 2016 | £641.80 a week |
| 2017 | £663.90 a week |
| 2018 | £612.50 a week |
| 2019 | £602.50 a week |
| 2020 | £578.00 a week |
| 2021 | £683.40 a week |
| 2022 | £702.60 a week |
| 2023 | £782.10 a week |
| 2024 | £870.20 a week |
| 2025 | £837.40 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,657.71 |
| 2017-18 | £1,732.01 |
| 2018-19 | £1,829.36 |
| 2019-20 | £1,900.62 |
| 2020-21 | £1,973.70 |
| 2021-22 | £2,031.62 |
| 2022-23 | £2,124.49 |
| 2023-24 | £2,194.37 |
| 2024-25 | £2,297.25 |
| 2025-26 | £2,405.75 |
| 2026-27 | £2,519.86 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 40.6 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 47.9 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 52.1 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 55.2 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 55.0 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 50.5 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 49.4 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 52.8 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 56.6 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 53.1 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 54.3 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 84.3% |
| 2016/17 | 81.7% |
| 2017/18 | 77.3% |
| 2018/19 | 77.7% |
| 2019/20 | 85.7% |
| 2020/21 | 80.1% |
| 2021/22 | 77.3% |
| 2022/23 | 84.2% |
| 2023/24 | 82.2% |
| 2024/25 | 78.9% |
| 2025/26 | 85.1% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 85.0 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.7 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 85.1 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 85.4 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 86.2 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 86.4 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 85.8 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 85.1 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 85.1 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 85.5 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.6 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 5,970 |
| 2017 | 6,025 |
| 2018 | 6,030 |
| 2019 | 6,050 |
| 2020 | 6,065 |
| 2021 | 6,005 |
| 2022 | 5,930 |
| 2023 | 5,815 |
| 2024 | 5,760 |
| 2025 | 5,710 |
| 2026 | 5,710 |
Questions about Mole Valley
What is the average house price in Mole Valley?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £555,858.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Mole Valley?
985 in August 2026 (1.9% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the population of Mole Valley?
88,808 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is life expectancy in Mole Valley?
85.6 years for women and 82.3 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
What is the crime rate in Mole Valley?
Home Office figures show 4,822 offences in the year to March 2026, or 54.3 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the average salary in Mole Valley?
£837.40 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
How much is Band D council tax in Mole Valley?
£2,519.86 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
Who has power over Mole Valley
Every body that makes decisions for Mole Valley, 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
- Mole Valley council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Mole Valley 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
- Dorking and Horley: Chris Coghlan (Liberal Democrat) MP
- Epsom and Ewell: Helen Maguire (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 house price · UK unemployment rate · UK population
- Other council areas in the South East: Epsom and Ewell · Gosport · Hastings · Runnymede · Surrey Heath · Tandridge
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