{
  "version": "2026-10-16.1",
  "title": "Chichester Counts",
  "checked": "2026-10-16",
  "canonicalPath": "/west-sussex/chichester",
  "feedPath": "/west-sussex/chichester/data",
  "sources": {
    "nomis": {
      "title": "ONS Nomis: Chichester labour market profile",
      "url": "https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/lad/1778385107/report.aspx",
      "publisher": "Office for National Statistics",
      "locator": "Population (2025); resident earnings (2025); claimant count (August 2026)",
      "checked": "2026-10-16"
    },
    "housing": {
      "title": "ONS: Housing prices in Chichester",
      "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/housingpriceslocal/E07000225/",
      "publisher": "Office for National Statistics and HM Land Registry",
      "locator": "House prices July 2026; private rents August 2026",
      "checked": "2026-10-16"
    },
    "census": {
      "title": "ONS: How life has changed in Chichester",
      "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censusareachanges/E07000225/",
      "publisher": "Office for National Statistics",
      "locator": "Median age; self-reported health, age-standardised; housing tenure",
      "checked": "2026-10-16"
    },
    "city": {
      "title": "Chichester regeneration evidence: Cabinet papers, 30 September 2024",
      "url": "https://chichester.moderngov.co.uk/documents/b6803/Agenda%2BSupplement%2B-%2BBackground%2BPapers%2Bto%2BAgenda%2BItem%2B6%2B-%2BONLINE%2BONLY%2BMonday%2B30-Sep-2024%2B13.00%2BCabi.pdf?T=9",
      "publisher": "Chichester District Council",
      "locator": "PDF pages 17 and 20; tables 3-1 and 3-6; city boundary footnote 3",
      "checked": "2026-10-16"
    },
    "plan": {
      "title": "Adopted Local Plan 2021–2039: housing",
      "url": "https://chichester.oc2.uk/document/66/4731",
      "publisher": "Chichester District Council",
      "locator": "Policy H1; paragraph 5.2",
      "checked": "2026-10-16"
    },
    "plan-scope": {
      "title": "Adopted Local Plan: introduction and area",
      "url": "https://chichester.oc2.uk/document/66/4612",
      "publisher": "Chichester District Council",
      "locator": "Paragraph 1.1: adopted 19 August 2025; excludes South Downs National Park",
      "checked": "2026-10-16"
    },
    "air": {
      "title": "Chichester Air Quality Annual Status Report 2025",
      "url": "https://www.sussex-air.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Chichester-ASR-2025.pdf",
      "publisher": "Chichester District Council / Sussex-air",
      "locator": "Table A.8, printed page 35 (PDF page 44), Stockbridge CI1; monitoring year 2024",
      "checked": "2026-10-16"
    },
    "democracy": {
      "title": "A quick guide to local democracy",
      "url": "https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/campaigns/a-quick-guide-to-local-democracy/",
      "publisher": "West Sussex County Council",
      "locator": "Current three levels of government and service responsibilities",
      "checked": "2026-10-16"
    },
    "city-council": {
      "title": "The City Council",
      "url": "https://chichestercity.gov.uk/the-council/",
      "publisher": "Chichester City Council",
      "locator": "Parish-tier services; consultee on planning applications",
      "checked": "2026-10-16"
    },
    "waste": {
      "title": "Recycling and waste prevention",
      "url": "https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/land-waste-and-housing/waste-and-recycling/recycling-and-waste-prevention/",
      "publisher": "West Sussex County Council",
      "locator": "District bin collections; county recycling centres",
      "checked": "2026-10-16"
    },
    "housing-help": {
      "title": "Housing advice",
      "url": "https://www.chichester.gov.uk/article/30585/Housing-advice",
      "publisher": "Chichester District Council",
      "locator": "Housing advice and homelessness help",
      "checked": "2026-10-16"
    },
    "air-help": {
      "title": "Air quality monitoring and reports",
      "url": "https://www.chichester.gov.uk/article/24729/Air-quality",
      "publisher": "Chichester District Council",
      "locator": "Annual reports report the preceding year; links to current conditions",
      "checked": "2026-10-16"
    },
    "aqua": {
      "title": "The AQuA Book (2025)",
      "url": "https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-aqua-book",
      "publisher": "Government Analysis Function",
      "locator": "Sections 1.3, 3 and 5–9: proportionate assurance, verification, validation and independence",
      "checked": "2026-10-16"
    }
  },
  "metrics": [
    {
      "id": "city-population",
      "topic": "people",
      "label": "City population",
      "value": 29407,
      "display": "29,407",
      "unit": "people",
      "geography": "Chichester city — five-ward area",
      "period": "2021",
      "source": "city",
      "meaning": "The city is only part of the wider district.",
      "limitation": "Council-defined city: Central, North, East, South and West wards. Do not treat this as the district or a current population estimate.",
      "kind": "Official estimate",
      "comparisons": [],
      "series": [
        {
          "label": "2001",
          "value": 23731
        },
        {
          "label": "2011",
          "value": 26795
        },
        {
          "label": "2021",
          "value": 29407
        }
      ],
      "checked": "2026-10-16",
      "reviewBy": "2026-11-16"
    },
    {
      "id": "district-population",
      "topic": "people",
      "label": "District population",
      "value": 130224,
      "display": "130,224",
      "unit": "people",
      "geography": "Chichester district",
      "period": "Mid-2025",
      "source": "nomis",
      "meaning": "This includes the city, other towns and rural communities.",
      "limitation": "Different geography and year from the city figure; the two are not a growth comparison.",
      "kind": "Official estimate",
      "comparisons": [],
      "series": [],
      "checked": "2026-10-16",
      "reviewBy": "2026-11-16"
    },
    {
      "id": "house-price",
      "topic": "homes",
      "label": "Average home price",
      "value": 432000,
      "display": "£432,000",
      "unit": "£",
      "geography": "Chichester district",
      "period": "July 2026",
      "source": "housing",
      "meaning": "Buying a home remains a substantial cost.",
      "limitation": "Provisional, not seasonally adjusted; district average, not a city valuation.",
      "kind": "Official estimate",
      "comparisons": [],
      "series": [
        {
          "label": "July 2025",
          "value": 438000
        },
        {
          "label": "July 2026",
          "value": 432000
        }
      ],
      "checked": "2026-10-16",
      "reviewBy": "2026-11-16"
    },
    {
      "id": "rent",
      "topic": "homes",
      "label": "Average monthly rent",
      "value": 1333,
      "display": "£1,333",
      "unit": "£ per month",
      "geography": "Chichester district",
      "period": "August 2026",
      "source": "housing",
      "meaning": "Average rent rose from £1,294 in August 2025 to £1,333 in August 2026: £39 more each month, or £468 over a year at that monthly difference.",
      "limitation": "Covers the private rental market, not just newly advertised lets; individual rents vary.",
      "kind": "Official estimate",
      "comparisons": [],
      "series": [
        {
          "label": "August 2025",
          "value": 1294
        },
        {
          "label": "August 2026",
          "value": 1333
        }
      ],
      "checked": "2026-10-16",
      "reviewBy": "2026-11-16"
    },
    {
      "id": "pay",
      "topic": "work",
      "label": "Typical full-time weekly pay",
      "value": 696.2,
      "display": "£696.20",
      "unit": "£ per week, before tax",
      "geography": "Chichester district — residents",
      "period": "April 2025",
      "source": "nomis",
      "meaning": "Pay is below the South East figure on this measure.",
      "limitation": "Median full-time employee pay; excludes self-employed people. Local survey estimates have sampling uncertainty.",
      "kind": "Survey-based evidence",
      "comparisons": [
        {
          "label": "Chichester district",
          "value": 696.2
        },
        {
          "label": "South East",
          "value": 815.2
        }
      ],
      "series": [],
      "checked": "2026-10-16",
      "reviewBy": "2026-11-16"
    },
    {
      "id": "claimants",
      "topic": "work",
      "label": "Claimant count rate",
      "value": 3.2,
      "display": "3.2%",
      "unit": "% of residents aged 16–64",
      "geography": "Chichester district",
      "period": "August 2026",
      "source": "nomis",
      "meaning": "2,365 people were in the claimant count.",
      "limitation": "This benefit-based measure is not the unemployment rate. Not seasonally adjusted.",
      "kind": "Administrative data",
      "comparisons": [],
      "series": [],
      "checked": "2026-10-16",
      "reviewBy": "2026-11-16"
    },
    {
      "id": "age",
      "topic": "health",
      "label": "Middle age of the population",
      "value": 48,
      "display": "48",
      "unit": "years",
      "geography": "Chichester district",
      "period": "Census 2021",
      "source": "census",
      "meaning": "Half of residents were older than 48 and half younger.",
      "limitation": "A Census snapshot, not today’s age profile.",
      "kind": "Census evidence",
      "comparisons": [
        {
          "label": "2011",
          "value": 46
        },
        {
          "label": "2021",
          "value": 48
        }
      ],
      "series": [],
      "checked": "2026-10-16",
      "reviewBy": "2026-11-16"
    },
    {
      "id": "self-reported-health",
      "topic": "health",
      "label": "People reporting very good health",
      "value": 52.3,
      "display": "52.3%",
      "unit": "%, adjusted for age",
      "geography": "Chichester district",
      "period": "Census 2021",
      "source": "census",
      "meaning": "This records how people described their own health.",
      "limitation": "Adjusted for age differences; not a raw resident share or a measure of access to NHS care. Collected during the pandemic.",
      "kind": "Census: self-reported evidence",
      "comparisons": [],
      "series": [],
      "checked": "2026-10-16",
      "reviewBy": "2026-11-16"
    },
    {
      "id": "qualifications",
      "topic": "learning",
      "label": "Degree-level qualification or above",
      "value": 38.5,
      "display": "38.5%",
      "unit": "% of residents aged 16 and over",
      "geography": "Chichester city — five-ward area",
      "period": "Census 2021",
      "source": "city",
      "meaning": "Includes degree-level and equivalent qualifications.",
      "limitation": "Adult qualifications, not school performance; council city-area aggregation.",
      "kind": "Census evidence",
      "comparisons": [
        {
          "label": "City area",
          "value": 38.5
        },
        {
          "label": "Chichester district",
          "value": 37.2
        },
        {
          "label": "West Sussex",
          "value": 32.7
        }
      ],
      "series": [],
      "checked": "2026-10-16",
      "reviewBy": "2026-11-16"
    },
    {
      "id": "fine-particles",
      "topic": "environment",
      "label": "Fine particles at Stockbridge",
      "value": 8.3,
      "display": "8.3",
      "unit": "micrograms per cubic metre",
      "geography": "Stockbridge monitoring station, CI1",
      "period": "2024 annual mean",
      "source": "air",
      "meaning": "A measurement at one local monitoring station.",
      "limitation": "Not a city-wide average or a live air-quality reading. Monitoring began in January 2024, so no earlier trend is shown.",
      "kind": "Measured environmental data",
      "comparisons": [],
      "series": [],
      "checked": "2026-10-16",
      "reviewBy": "2026-11-16"
    },
    {
      "id": "planned-homes",
      "topic": "homes",
      "label": "Homes required by the Local Plan",
      "value": 11484,
      "display": "11,484",
      "unit": "net additional homes",
      "geography": "Chichester plan area — excludes National Park",
      "period": "2021/22–2038/39",
      "source": "plan",
      "meaning": "A planning requirement, not homes already built.",
      "limitation": "Adopted 19 August 2025. The plan area excludes the South Downs National Park; delivery is not guaranteed.",
      "kind": "Adopted policy target",
      "comparisons": [],
      "series": [],
      "checked": "2026-10-16",
      "reviewBy": "2026-11-16"
    }
  ],
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    "city-population",
    "house-price",
    "rent",
    "pay",
    "age",
    "fine-particles"
  ],
  "geographies": [
    {
      "name": "Chichester city",
      "description": "City figures here use the five-ward area in the council’s regeneration study. They are labelled separately from district figures."
    },
    {
      "name": "Chichester district",
      "description": "The wider local-authority area, including Chichester, Midhurst, Petworth, Selsey and rural communities. Official area code E07000225."
    },
    {
      "name": "West Sussex",
      "description": "The county responsible for services such as roads, education and social care. County comparisons are explicitly labelled."
    }
  ],
  "pillars": [
    {
      "id": "people",
      "title": "People and place",
      "icon": "◎",
      "summary": "A small city within a much larger district.",
      "detail": "A district total cannot describe the city on its own. Use the city series for the city’s historical growth; use the district estimate for the wider area.",
      "national": "/inequality"
    },
    {
      "id": "homes",
      "title": "Homes and living costs",
      "icon": "⌂",
      "summary": "The cost of a home, the rent each month, and what is planned.",
      "detail": "Rents rose while average sale prices fell over the published year. The adopted housing requirement is separate from actual completions.",
      "national": "/housing"
    },
    {
      "id": "work",
      "title": "Work and pay",
      "icon": "£",
      "summary": "What local residents earn, and the claimant count.",
      "detail": "Resident pay follows people who live here, wherever they work. Claimant counts measure benefit records, not everyone out of work.",
      "national": "/employment"
    },
    {
      "id": "health",
      "title": "Health and care",
      "icon": "♡",
      "summary": "An older population, with different care needs.",
      "detail": "Age and self-reported health provide background. They do not tell us how long someone will wait for treatment or whether a dentist is accepting patients.",
      "national": "/social-care"
    },
    {
      "id": "learning",
      "title": "Learning and opportunity",
      "icon": "✎",
      "summary": "Qualifications in the city and its wider area.",
      "detail": "Qualifications describe residents aged 16 and over. They should not be read as a score for local schools or as evidence that everyone can access training.",
      "national": "/education"
    },
    {
      "id": "environment",
      "title": "Air and local environment",
      "icon": "❀",
      "summary": "Local monitoring, with the place and date kept visible.",
      "detail": "The Stockbridge reading describes one station. Check the council’s current monitoring links for present conditions; no district-wide air or harbour-water score is inferred.",
      "national": "/energy"
    }
  ],
  "help": [
    {
      "title": "Housing trouble or homelessness",
      "body": "Start with the district’s housing advice team.",
      "authority": "Chichester District Council",
      "url": "https://www.chichester.gov.uk/article/30585/Housing-advice"
    },
    {
      "title": "Bins and missed collections",
      "body": "Check collection dates and report a problem to the district.",
      "authority": "Chichester District Council",
      "url": "https://www.chichester.gov.uk/checkyourbinday"
    },
    {
      "title": "Recycling centres",
      "body": "The county runs recycling centres; check booking arrangements before travelling.",
      "authority": "West Sussex County Council",
      "url": "https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/land-waste-and-housing/waste-and-recycling/recycling-and-waste-prevention/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Roads, schools and social care",
      "body": "Find the county service responsible for your enquiry.",
      "authority": "West Sussex County Council",
      "url": "https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/campaigns/a-quick-guide-to-local-democracy/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Allotments and local civic services",
      "body": "The city council provides parish-tier services and comments on planning applications.",
      "authority": "Chichester City Council",
      "url": "https://chichestercity.gov.uk/the-council/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Air-quality information",
      "body": "Read monitoring reports and follow the council’s links to current conditions.",
      "authority": "Chichester District Council",
      "url": "https://www.chichester.gov.uk/article/24729/Air-quality"
    }
  ],
  "gaps": [
    "No city-specific NHS waiting-time or dental-access figure has been verified for this release. Sussex-wide or hospital-trust results are not substituted.",
    "No comparable Chichester city crime rate has been verified here. Police-recorded incidents, survey estimates and force-wide rates are not interchangeable.",
    "No harbour-wide water-quality verdict is inferred from a single site, a spill count or a bathing-water classification.",
    "No city-level school outcome, ward comparison or current bus-use series has been verified for this release. County totals are not relabelled as city data."
  ],
  "assurance": {
    "framework": "Based on the AQuA Book (2025)",
    "intendedUse": "Public information and exploration; not individual advice or a forecast.",
    "sourceReview": "Official sources inspected by the build agent on 16 October 2026.",
    "independentReview": "Not yet completed. No AQuA certification or independent approval is claimed.",
    "refresh": "Dated, reviewed snapshot. Rebuild from the canonical evidence file after source review; no automatic refresh is claimed.",
    "risks": [
      "Confusing city, district, county and monitoring-site boundaries",
      "Mixing reference periods or interpreting policy targets as delivered results",
      "Presenting survey estimates as precise administrative counts"
    ]
  }
}