ChichesterCountsChichester, in numbers.Every figure belongs to a place and a period. District figures describe the wider area, not every street.
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.
City population
29,407people · Chichester city — five-ward area · 2021
The city is only part of the wider district.
Council-defined city: Central, North, East, South and West wards. Do not treat this as the district or a current population estimate.
Official estimate
Chichester regeneration evidence: Cabinet papers, 30 September 2024 ↗
District population
130,224people · Chichester district · Mid-2025
This includes the city, other towns and rural communities.
Different geography and year from the city figure; the two are not a growth comparison.
Official estimate
Rents rose while average sale prices fell over the published year. The adopted housing requirement is separate from actual completions.
Average home price
£432,000£ · Chichester district · July 2026
Buying a home remains a substantial cost.
Provisional, not seasonally adjusted; district average, not a city valuation.
Official estimate
ONS: Housing prices in Chichester ↗
Average monthly rent
£1,333£ per month · Chichester district · August 2026
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.
Covers the private rental market, not just newly advertised lets; individual rents vary.
Official estimate
ONS: Housing prices in Chichester ↗
Homes required by the Local Plan
11,484net additional homes · Chichester plan area — excludes National Park · 2021/22–2038/39
A planning requirement, not homes already built.
Adopted 19 August 2025. The plan area excludes the South Downs National Park; delivery is not guaranteed.
Adopted policy target
Resident pay follows people who live here, wherever they work. Claimant counts measure benefit records, not everyone out of work.
Typical full-time weekly pay
£696.20£ per week, before tax · Chichester district — residents · April 2025
Survey-based evidencePay is below the South East figure on this measure.
Median full-time employee pay; excludes self-employed people. Local survey estimates have sampling uncertainty.
Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. Survey-based evidence
ONS Nomis: Chichester labour market profile ↗
Claimant count rate
3.2%% of residents aged 16–64 · Chichester district · August 2026
2,365 people were in the claimant count.
This benefit-based measure is not the unemployment rate. Not seasonally adjusted.
Administrative data
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.
Middle age of the population
48years · Chichester district · Census 2021
Half of residents were older than 48 and half younger.
A Census snapshot, not today’s age profile.
Census evidence
ONS: How life has changed in Chichester ↗
People reporting very good health
52.3%%, adjusted for age · Chichester district · Census 2021
This records how people described their own health.
Adjusted for age differences; not a raw resident share or a measure of access to NHS care. Collected during the pandemic.
Census: self-reported evidence
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.
Degree-level qualification or above
38.5%% of residents aged 16 and over · Chichester city — five-ward area · Census 2021
Includes degree-level and equivalent qualifications.
Adult qualifications, not school performance; council city-area aggregation.
Census evidence
Chichester regeneration evidence: Cabinet papers, 30 September 2024 ↗
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.
Fine particles at Stockbridge
8.3micrograms per cubic metre · Stockbridge monitoring station, CI1 · 2024 annual mean
A measurement at one local monitoring station.
Not a city-wide average or a live air-quality reading. Monitoring began in January 2024, so no earlier trend is shown.
Measured environmental data
June 2026 · Chichester district · excludes council-owned accommodation.
This is a monthly snapshot, not all homeless households or the quarterly average.
Council performance: first quarter 2026/27 ↗2025/26 · district council measure · target 167; previous year 224.
“Enabled” is the council’s measure, not a count of all homes built.
Annual Report 2025–26 ↗2025/26 · district · previous year 43.2%.
The new food-waste service began near year end; its full-year effect is not established.
Annual Report 2025–26 ↗Council performance: first quarter 2026/27 ↗