Rother: local statistics
Rother is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 96,150 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 Rother, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Rother took home £690.90 a week before tax, or £36,197 over a year. It is the 2nd lowest of the 64 council areas in the South East, and 15.2% less than across the South East. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £648.10, £42.80 lower. In 2015 the residents' median was £515.30, so it has risen 34% before inflation.
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Rother is £2,700.95, 5.5% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 3rd highest in the South East. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,707.10, so it has risen 58%.
Life expectancy at birth in Rother is 83.0 years for women and 80.4 years for men (2022 to 2024), compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 1.2 years less than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.6 more. It is the 56th highest for women of 64 in the South East.
The ONS counted 4,775 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Rother in March 2026, 4% more than in 2016. There are 50 per 1,000 residents, mid-table in the South East, 29th of 64.
Homes in Rother sold for an average of £337,816 in July 2026, up 0.5% on a year before. That is 43rd of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest (regional average £380,878). The July peak was £352,893 in 2022, and prices are 35% above July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Rother (£36,197) gives a ratio of 9.3. That ratio is close to the middle of the 64 council areas in the South East (29th highest ratio).
Rother had an estimated 96,150 residents in mid-2025, a change of +0.2% in a year. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +4.8% (the South East: +8.1%). That is the 43rd fastest growth of the 64 council areas in the South East. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
The claimant count for Rother stood at 1,650 in August 2026, or 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 3.1% in the South East. Twelve months before, it was 3.0%. The five-year high was 4.6% (August 2021); the low was 3.0% (September 2025).
In the year to March 2026, 5,527 offences were recorded by police in Rother: 57.5 per 1,000 people, close to the middle of the 55 council areas in the South East (30th highest rate). That compares with 64.3 per 1,000 the year before. In the year to March 2016 it was 44.1 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
An estimated 79.6% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Rother were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 7.8 points), against 78.9% across the South East. Its lowest reading in the series was 64.6% and its highest 80.0%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 91,751 |
| 2016 | 92,314 |
| 2017 | 92,904 |
| 2018 | 92,832 |
| 2019 | 92,581 |
| 2020 | 92,734 |
| 2021 | 93,409 |
| 2022 | 94,255 |
| 2023 | 95,035 |
| 2024 | 95,947 |
| 2025 | 96,150 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £251,132 |
| July 2017 | £264,111 |
| July 2018 | £276,858 |
| July 2019 | £271,035 |
| July 2020 | £284,071 |
| July 2021 | £304,782 |
| July 2022 | £352,893 |
| July 2023 | £342,630 |
| July 2024 | £342,617 |
| July 2025 | £336,145 |
| July 2026 | £337,816 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £515.30 a week |
| 2016 | £524.40 a week |
| 2017 | £564.60 a week |
| 2018 | £484.90 a week |
| 2019 | £521.50 a week |
| 2020 | £525.90 a week |
| 2021 | £583.00 a week |
| 2022 | £606.20 a week |
| 2023 | £624.60 a week |
| 2024 | £706.70 a week |
| 2025 | £690.90 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,707.10 |
| 2017-18 | £1,787.38 |
| 2018-19 | £1,884.35 |
| 2019-20 | £1,959.05 |
| 2020-21 | £2,036.10 |
| 2021-22 | £2,120.68 |
| 2022-23 | £2,210.83 |
| 2023-24 | £2,326.71 |
| 2024-25 | £2,439.42 |
| 2025-26 | £2,561.29 |
| 2026-27 | £2,700.95 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 44.1 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 47.7 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 54.0 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 56.6 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 65.9 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 55.4 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 56.0 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 58.9 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 63.9 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 64.3 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 57.5 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 73.0% |
| 2016/17 | 73.3% |
| 2017/18 | 72.5% |
| 2018/19 | 73.4% |
| 2019/20 | 77.9% |
| 2020/21 | 79.9% |
| 2021/22 | 75.8% |
| 2022/23 | 80.0% |
| 2023/24 | 64.6% |
| 2024/25 | 64.9% |
| 2025/26 | 79.6% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.2 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.8 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.9 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.5 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.6 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.9 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.1 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.1 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.3 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.2 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.0 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,580 |
| 2017 | 4,635 |
| 2018 | 4,645 |
| 2019 | 4,635 |
| 2020 | 4,635 |
| 2021 | 4,565 |
| 2022 | 4,680 |
| 2023 | 4,595 |
| 2024 | 4,655 |
| 2025 | 4,705 |
| 2026 | 4,775 |
Questions about Rother
What is the average salary in Rother?
£690.90 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
How much is Band D council tax in Rother?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,700.95 for 2026-27.
What is life expectancy in Rother?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 80.4 years for men and 83.0 for women.
What is the average house price in Rother?
£337,816 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (+0.5% on a year).
What is the population of Rother?
96,150 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Rother?
1,650 in August 2026 (3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64), on the ONS claimant count, which is not the unemployment rate.
What is the crime rate in Rother?
57.5 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
Who has power over Rother
Every body that makes decisions for Rother, 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
- Rother council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Rother 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
- Bexhill and Battle: Dr Kieran Mullan (Conservative) MP
- Hastings and Rye: Helena Dollimore (Labour (Co-op)) 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 · Life expectancy at birth (UK) · UK average house price
- Other council areas in the South East: Hart · Hastings · Lewes · Runnymede · Surrey Heath · Tandridge
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