Waverley: local statistics
Waverley is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 137,218 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 Waverley, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The police recorded 36.7 crimes per 1,000 residents in Waverley in the year to March 2026 (5,036 offences in all), the lowest rate of the 55 council areas in the South East. A year earlier it was 36.7. Across the 11 years shown it ranged from 36.3 to 48.9 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
A typical home in Waverley cost £553,429 in July 2026, on the UK House Price Index, down 2.6% on July 2025. That is the 5th highest of 64 in the South East (regional average £380,878). Since July 2016 prices have risen 19%; the July high in the series was £568,152 in 2025. The average price is 11.1 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Waverley. That ratio is the 9th highest ratio of the 64 council areas in the South East.
Full-time employees living in Waverley earned a median £957.50 a week in April 2025 (£49,769 a year). It is the 2nd highest in the South East, and 17.5% more than across the South East. Jobs based in Waverley paid a median £742.30 a week, £215.20 less than the figure for people who live there. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £691.90: a change of +38% before inflation.
In 2022 to 2024, women in Waverley had a life expectancy at birth of 85.9 years; for men it was 82.4, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.9 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.3 more. It is 5th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest for women.
In August 2026, 1,570 people in Waverley were on the claimant count, 2.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the South East: 3.1%). A year earlier the rate was 1.7%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 1.5% (May 2022) and 2.2% (August 2021).
For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax bill in Waverley is £2,604.87, 4.9% more than in 2025-26. That makes it the 9th highest of 64 in the South East. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,706.87.
Waverley had an estimated 137,218 residents in mid-2025, up 1.8% on mid-2024. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +10.3%; the South East grew by 8.1% over the same years, the 20th fastest growth of 64 in the South East. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
8,425 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Waverley in March 2026, 6% fewer than in 2016. There are 61 per 1,000 residents, the 5th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East.
An estimated 75.6% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Waverley were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 6.5 points); the figure for the South East was 78.9%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 75.6% to 85.6%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 124,436 |
| 2016 | 124,949 |
| 2017 | 125,138 |
| 2018 | 125,159 |
| 2019 | 125,691 |
| 2020 | 126,260 |
| 2021 | 128,880 |
| 2022 | 130,464 |
| 2023 | 133,183 |
| 2024 | 134,737 |
| 2025 | 137,218 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £464,985 |
| July 2017 | £470,977 |
| July 2018 | £487,377 |
| July 2019 | £471,382 |
| July 2020 | £481,025 |
| July 2021 | £499,773 |
| July 2022 | £554,106 |
| July 2023 | £548,292 |
| July 2024 | £542,097 |
| July 2025 | £568,152 |
| July 2026 | £553,429 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £691.90 a week |
| 2016 | £770.60 a week |
| 2017 | £747.50 a week |
| 2018 | £717.70 a week |
| 2019 | £760.70 a week |
| 2020 | £778.80 a week |
| 2021 | £711.80 a week |
| 2022 | £756.80 a week |
| 2023 | £872.00 a week |
| 2024 | £953.10 a week |
| 2025 | £957.50 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,706.87 |
| 2017-18 | £1,782.30 |
| 2018-19 | £1,882.65 |
| 2019-20 | £1,956.16 |
| 2020-21 | £2,031.46 |
| 2021-22 | £2,091.45 |
| 2022-23 | £2,188.14 |
| 2023-24 | £2,262.78 |
| 2024-25 | £2,371.10 |
| 2025-26 | £2,483.85 |
| 2026-27 | £2,604.87 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 36.3 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 39.1 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 42.2 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 47.9 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 48.9 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 44.9 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 45.0 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 44.6 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 42.9 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 36.7 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 36.7 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 78.2% |
| 2016/17 | 83.5% |
| 2017/18 | 77.5% |
| 2018/19 | 84.8% |
| 2019/20 | 78.2% |
| 2020/21 | 85.6% |
| 2021/22 | 77.9% |
| 2022/23 | 80.6% |
| 2023/24 | 78.4% |
| 2024/25 | 81.2% |
| 2025/26 | 75.6% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 85.0 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.8 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 85.3 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 85.5 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 85.6 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 85.5 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 85.3 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 85.4 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 85.3 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 85.4 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.9 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 8,935 |
| 2017 | 9,025 |
| 2018 | 9,045 |
| 2019 | 9,135 |
| 2020 | 9,100 |
| 2021 | 9,105 |
| 2022 | 9,050 |
| 2023 | 8,880 |
| 2024 | 8,920 |
| 2025 | 8,320 |
| 2026 | 8,425 |
Questions about Waverley
What is the crime rate in Waverley?
Home Office figures show 5,036 offences in the year to March 2026, or 36.7 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
What is the average house price in Waverley?
£553,429 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (-2.6% on a year).
What is the average salary in Waverley?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Waverley was £957.50 a week in April 2025 (£49,769 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
What is life expectancy in Waverley?
85.9 years for women and 82.4 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Waverley?
The ONS claimant count was 1,570 in August 2026, 2.0% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
How much is Band D council tax in Waverley?
£2,604.87 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the population of Waverley?
137,218 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
Who has power over Waverley
Every body that makes decisions for Waverley, 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
- Waverley council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Waverley 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
- Farnham and Bordon: Gregory Stafford (Conservative) MP
- Godalming and Ash: Sir Jeremy Hunt (Conservative) 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 average house price · UK average weekly earnings growth
- Other council areas in the South East: Bracknell Forest · Elmbridge · Isle of Wight · Test Valley · Tonbridge and Malling · Winchester
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