Worthing: local statistics
Worthing is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 113,844 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 Worthing, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The average house price in Worthing was £297,200 in July 2026, down 3.9% on July 2025. Among council areas that puts it the 56th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East (regional average £380,878). The July peak was £327,173 in 2022, and prices are 21% above July 2016. The average price is 8.1 times the median annual pay of full-time employees who live in Worthing. That ratio is 49th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest ratio.
Full-time employees living in Worthing earned a median £724.10 a week in April 2025, or £36,581 over a year. That is 11.2% below the figure for the South East and the 56th highest of 64 in the South East. For full-time jobs located in Worthing the median is £710.80 a week (−£13.30 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £521.70: a change of +39% before inflation.
An estimated 88.8% of people aged 16 to 64 living in Worthing were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, according to the ONS Annual Population Survey (give or take 5.7 points); the figure for the South East was 78.9%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 73.1% to 88.8%.
The ONS counted 4,715 VAT or PAYE-registered businesses in Worthing in March 2026, 5% more than in 2016. That is 41 for every 1,000 residents, the 47th highest of 64 in the South East.
The police recorded 80.3 crimes per 1,000 residents in Worthing in the year to March 2026 (9,138 offences in all), the 13th highest rate of the 55 council areas in the South East. The rate was 82.5 in the year to March 2025. In the year to March 2016 it was 60.5 per 1,000. Fraud is not included.
Life expectancy at birth in Worthing is 83.5 years for women and 79.8 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, 0.6 more. It is the 48th highest for women of the 64 council areas in the South East.
The claimant count for Worthing stood at 2,275 in August 2026, or 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64; the rate for the South East was 3.1%. Twelve months before, it was 3.1%. Since August 2021 the rate has ranged between 2.6% (May 2024) and 4.6% (August 2021).
In mid-2025 the population of Worthing was estimated at 113,844, up 0.3% on a year earlier. That is 5,507 more people than in mid-2015, a rise of 5.1%, against +8.1% for the South East as a whole, 41st of 64 in the South East, counting from the fastest growth. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
Average Band D council tax in Worthing is £2,456.13 for 2026-27, 4.8% more than in 2025-26. That makes it mid-table in the South East, 38th of 64. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,577.03.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 108,337 |
| 2016 | 109,346 |
| 2017 | 109,989 |
| 2018 | 110,280 |
| 2019 | 110,932 |
| 2020 | 111,064 |
| 2021 | 111,654 |
| 2022 | 111,993 |
| 2023 | 112,707 |
| 2024 | 113,515 |
| 2025 | 113,844 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £245,330 |
| July 2017 | £259,236 |
| July 2018 | £261,797 |
| July 2019 | £265,626 |
| July 2020 | £258,074 |
| July 2021 | £294,354 |
| July 2022 | £327,173 |
| July 2023 | £325,205 |
| July 2024 | £305,431 |
| July 2025 | £309,308 |
| July 2026 | £297,200 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £521.70 a week |
| 2016 | £523.20 a week |
| 2017 | £506.40 a week |
| 2018 | £523.60 a week |
| 2019 | £554.50 a week |
| 2020 | £571.80 a week |
| 2021 | £576.10 a week |
| 2022 | £607.50 a week |
| 2023 | £651.90 a week |
| 2024 | £735.30 a week |
| 2025 | £724.10 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,577.03 |
| 2017-18 | £1,634.14 |
| 2018-19 | £1,714.99 |
| 2019-20 | £1,811.26 |
| 2020-21 | £1,881.21 |
| 2021-22 | £1,972.88 |
| 2022-23 | £2,033.01 |
| 2023-24 | £2,133.24 |
| 2024-25 | £2,235.52 |
| 2025-26 | £2,343.12 |
| 2026-27 | £2,456.13 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 60.5 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 62.8 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 71.0 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 74.5 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 82.0 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 69.7 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 78.5 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 90.7 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 92.1 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 82.5 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 80.3 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 79.0% |
| 2016/17 | 81.9% |
| 2017/18 | 84.7% |
| 2018/19 | 79.5% |
| 2019/20 | 80.5% |
| 2020/21 | 83.4% |
| 2021/22 | 76.8% |
| 2022/23 | 73.1% |
| 2023/24 | 79.4% |
| 2024/25 | 82.1% |
| 2025/26 | 88.8% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 83.3 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 83.2 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.0 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.2 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 83.1 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 83.1 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 83.0 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 82.6 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 82.8 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 83.1 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 83.5 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 4,470 |
| 2017 | 4,530 |
| 2018 | 4,525 |
| 2019 | 4,585 |
| 2020 | 4,580 |
| 2021 | 4,630 |
| 2022 | 4,690 |
| 2023 | 4,645 |
| 2024 | 4,650 |
| 2025 | 4,680 |
| 2026 | 4,715 |
Questions about Worthing
What is the average house price in Worthing?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £297,200.
What is the average salary in Worthing?
£724.10 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is the crime rate in Worthing?
80.3 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to March 2026, excluding fraud (Home Office).
What is life expectancy in Worthing?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 79.8 years for men and 83.5 for women.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Worthing?
The ONS claimant count was 2,275 in August 2026, 3.3% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the population of Worthing?
113,844 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
How much is Band D council tax in Worthing?
£2,456.13 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
Who has power over Worthing
Every body that makes decisions for Worthing, 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
- Worthing council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Worthing 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 Worthing and Shoreham: Tom Rutland (Labour) MP
- Worthing West: Dr Beccy Cooper (Labour) 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 average weekly earnings growth · UK employment rate
- Other council areas in the South East: Dover · Fareham · Folkestone and Hythe · Gravesham · Spelthorne · Tunbridge Wells
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