Surrey Heath: local statistics
Surrey Heath is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 95,094 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 Surrey Heath, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 89.9% of Surrey Heath residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 5.2 points); the figure for the South East was 78.9%. Its lowest reading in the series was 70.5% and its highest 89.9%.
The median full-time employee living in Surrey Heath was paid £915.40 a week before tax in April 2025 (£43,633 a year). It is 10th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest, and 12.3% more than across the South East. Jobs based in Surrey Heath paid a median £783.80 a week, £131.60 less than the figure for people who live there. In 2015 the residents' median was £651.70, so it has risen 40% before inflation.
In the year to March 2026, 4,886 offences were recorded by police in Surrey Heath: 51.4 per 1,000 people, 45th of 55 in the South East, counting from the highest rate. A year earlier it was 53.7. The highest rate in the series was 60.1, in the year to March 2019. Fraud is not included.
Average Band D council tax in Surrey Heath is £2,585.16 for 2026-27, up £117.30 on 2025-26. It is the 13th highest of all 64 council areas in the South East. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,709.11, so it has risen 51%.
The average house price in Surrey Heath was £457,988 in July 2026, up 4.0% on July 2025. Among council areas that puts it the 17th highest of all 64 council areas in the South East (regional average £380,878). Prices are 19% above July 2016 and at their highest July level in the series. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Surrey Heath (£43,633) gives a ratio of 10.5. That ratio is the 13th highest ratio of 64 in the South East.
The claimant count for Surrey Heath stood at 1,345 in August 2026, or 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the South East: 3.1%). A year earlier the rate was 2.2%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 1.9% (May 2024) and 2.6% (August 2021).
5,240 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Surrey Heath in March 2026, 3% fewer than in 2016. There are 55 per 1,000 residents, the 17th highest of 64 in the South East.
Life expectancy at birth in Surrey Heath is 85.1 years for women and 82.5 years for men (2022 to 2024) (England: 83.3 and 79.5). For women that is 1.1 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 1.3 more. It is the 23rd highest for women of 64 in the South East.
95,094 people lived in Surrey Heath in mid-2025, according to the ONS, up 0.9% on mid-2024. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +6.9% (the South East: +8.1%), mid-table in the South East, 35th of 64. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 88,945 |
| 2016 | 89,397 |
| 2017 | 89,537 |
| 2018 | 89,550 |
| 2019 | 90,544 |
| 2020 | 90,457 |
| 2021 | 90,653 |
| 2022 | 91,490 |
| 2023 | 93,186 |
| 2024 | 94,276 |
| 2025 | 95,094 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £384,742 |
| July 2017 | £388,452 |
| July 2018 | £389,491 |
| July 2019 | £387,359 |
| July 2020 | £382,226 |
| July 2021 | £408,515 |
| July 2022 | £450,176 |
| July 2023 | £435,328 |
| July 2024 | £440,916 |
| July 2025 | £440,289 |
| July 2026 | £457,988 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £651.70 a week |
| 2016 | £662.40 a week |
| 2017 | £707.10 a week |
| 2018 | £751.90 a week |
| 2019 | £749.10 a week |
| 2020 | £733.10 a week |
| 2021 | £798.30 a week |
| 2022 | £817.70 a week |
| 2023 | £834.20 a week |
| 2024 | £876.10 a week |
| 2025 | £915.40 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,709.11 |
| 2017-18 | £1,782.08 |
| 2018-19 | £1,880.26 |
| 2019-20 | £1,953 |
| 2020-21 | £2,026.13 |
| 2021-22 | £2,083.70 |
| 2022-23 | £2,176.76 |
| 2023-24 | £2,247.84 |
| 2024-25 | £2,356.11 |
| 2025-26 | £2,467.86 |
| 2026-27 | £2,585.16 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 43.4 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 45.6 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 52.9 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 60.1 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 58.3 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 51.5 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 55.4 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 55.2 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 53.4 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 53.7 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 51.4 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 77.6% |
| 2016/17 | 76.9% |
| 2017/18 | 70.5% |
| 2018/19 | 83.3% |
| 2019/20 | 84.5% |
| 2020/21 | 82.7% |
| 2021/22 | 81.5% |
| 2022/23 | 78.8% |
| 2023/24 | 84.9% |
| 2024/25 | 81.1% |
| 2025/26 | 89.9% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.0 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.1 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.3 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.3 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.6 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 85.2 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 85.0 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.6 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.1 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.5 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.1 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 5,400 |
| 2017 | 5,375 |
| 2018 | 5,350 |
| 2019 | 5,365 |
| 2020 | 5,265 |
| 2021 | 5,220 |
| 2022 | 5,085 |
| 2023 | 5,090 |
| 2024 | 5,090 |
| 2025 | 5,145 |
| 2026 | 5,240 |
Questions about Surrey Heath
What is the average salary in Surrey Heath?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Surrey Heath was £915.40 a week in April 2025 (£43,633 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is the crime rate in Surrey Heath?
Home Office figures show 4,886 offences in the year to March 2026, or 51.4 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
How much is Band D council tax in Surrey Heath?
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government gives an average Band D bill of £2,585.16 for 2026-27.
What is the average house price in Surrey Heath?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £457,988.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Surrey Heath?
The ONS claimant count was 1,345 in August 2026, 2.3% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is life expectancy in Surrey Heath?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 82.5 years for men and 85.1 for women.
What is the population of Surrey Heath?
95,094 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
Who has power over Surrey Heath
Every body that makes decisions for Surrey Heath, 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
- Surrey Heath council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Surrey Heath 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
- Surrey Heath: Dr Al Pinkerton (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 employment rate · UK average weekly earnings growth · Crime Survey for England and Wales: headline crime
- Other council areas in the South East: Hastings · Lewes · Mole Valley · Rother · Runnymede · Tandridge
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