City population
29,407Chichester 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.
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District population
130,224Chichester 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.
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Average home price
£432,000Chichester district · July 2026
Buying a home remains a substantial cost.
Provisional, not seasonally adjusted; district average, not a city valuation.
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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.
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Typical full-time weekly pay
£696.2£ per week, before tax · Chichester district — residents · April 2025
Pay is below the South East figure on this measure.
Median full-time employee pay; excludes self-employed people. Local survey estimates have sampling uncertainty.
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Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings · April 2025
Full-time employees living in Chichester district; excludes self-employed people.
The middle gross weekly employee pay is estimated from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings. This is an earnings survey, not an opinion poll. Local estimates have sampling uncertainty. The original Chichester evidence record explicitly classifies this measure as survey-based.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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