Mid Sussex, in numbers

Average home prices reached £431,000 in Mid Sussex.

Mid Sussex local authority area. July 2026. Every figure carries its own date.

Mid Sussex includes Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, East Grinstead and surrounding villages. Town-centre redevelopment, green spaces and changes to waste collection are at different stages. District-wide services should not be confused with benefits at one named site.

The short version

Average home price over time

August 1996 to July 2026

Mid Sussex local authority area · Cash prices, before allowing for inflation

Reviewed figures: January 1995 to July 2026. The chart opens on the latest 30 years; choose All history for the full reviewed record.

From To

Shown on this chart: £78,230 in August 1996; £430,777 in July 2026. 450.7% higher between these observations.

The line joins consecutive published observations.

Full history context

Average home prices rose from £76,000 to £431,000 between January 1995 and July 2026.

July 2025 to July 2026: £1,000 less per home (0.2% lower).

Cash prices, before allowing for inflation. Changes do not show affordability without local earnings and household circumstances.

Data table and workings

Published UK House Price Index average price, all property types and all buyers, not seasonally adjusted. Entire series comes from the 2026-07 official full-file release, preserving its historical revisions and exact area codes. It is a mix-adjusted average, not the median price paid.

Prices are in pounds at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

Whole local authority area; not a typical home listing or the budget needed by a first-time buyer.

Provisional estimates can be revised. Historical boundaries follow the exact published source code; no old-code series has been relabelled.

The table retains the full reviewed history when the chart is shortened. Preset ranges end at this measure’s latest published period. Yearly windows count published annual periods; monthly windows count months. Gaps are never filled with estimates.

Average home price over time — Mid Sussex local authority area: full reviewed history
Period	£
January 1995	76,361
February 1995	76,089
March 1995	75,395
April 1995	75,687
May 1995	76,305
June 1995	77,764
July 1995	77,246
August 1995	75,788
September 1995	73,587
October 1995	72,500
November 1995	72,513
December 1995	74,660
January 1996	76,243
February 1996	75,606
March 1996	75,415
April 1996	74,516
May 1996	75,714
June 1996	75,687
July 1996	77,055
August 1996	78,230
September 1996	78,683
October 1996	78,323
November 1996	78,126
December 1996	78,404
January 1997	79,967
February 1997	80,846
March 1997	82,230
April 1997	81,905
May 1997	83,123
June 1997	83,625
July 1997	85,839
August 1997	87,798
September 1997	89,785
October 1997	91,758
November 1997	91,810
December 1997	94,141
January 1998	93,760
February 1998	92,832
March 1998	91,603
April 1998	92,956
May 1998	95,616
June 1998	96,303
July 1998	96,812
August 1998	99,910
September 1998	103,345
October 1998	104,141
November 1998	103,550
December 1998	102,746
January 1999	105,337
February 1999	105,068
March 1999	106,319
April 1999	107,705
May 1999	110,823
June 1999	112,061
July 1999	112,873
August 1999	116,064
September 1999	118,656
October 1999	120,652
November 1999	121,185
December 1999	124,136
January 2000	126,537
February 2000	127,234
March 2000	126,590
April 2000	130,218
May 2000	134,536
June 2000	139,712
July 2000	141,347
August 2000	143,996
September 2000	143,280
October 2000	141,945
November 2000	139,662
December 2000	142,336
January 2001	146,005
February 2001	148,232
March 2001	149,217
April 2001	150,451
May 2001	151,163
June 2001	149,764
July 2001	150,177
August 2001	153,671
September 2001	157,764
October 2001	158,592
November 2001	161,021
December 2001	162,981
January 2002	166,358
February 2002	169,110
March 2002	170,783
April 2002	171,074
May 2002	167,122
June 2002	169,792
July 2002	172,843
August 2002	179,538
September 2002	181,247
October 2002	185,433
November 2002	190,336
December 2002	192,018
January 2003	193,052
February 2003	196,649
March 2003	199,343
April 2003	201,604
May 2003	198,787
June 2003	202,157
July 2003	206,671
August 2003	210,913
September 2003	210,258
October 2003	208,498
November 2003	209,824
December 2003	212,645
January 2004	214,326
February 2004	217,261
March 2004	221,357
April 2004	224,101
May 2004	223,004
June 2004	222,889
July 2004	228,321
August 2004	232,450
September 2004	235,902
October 2004	231,270
November 2004	231,409
December 2004	230,211
January 2005	232,436
February 2005	232,391
March 2005	233,087
April 2005	234,427
May 2005	233,380
June 2005	234,695
July 2005	236,019
August 2005	235,160
September 2005	233,460
October 2005	229,655
November 2005	229,519
December 2005	228,537
January 2006	229,481
February 2006	232,223
March 2006	236,315
April 2006	238,418
May 2006	237,472
June 2006	236,412
July 2006	238,315
August 2006	243,938
September 2006	247,652
October 2006	250,110
November 2006	248,216
December 2006	251,131
January 2007	250,066
February 2007	250,420
March 2007	250,408
April 2007	254,383
May 2007	261,493
June 2007	264,939
July 2007	268,111
August 2007	271,004
September 2007	276,384
October 2007	276,518
November 2007	276,170
December 2007	274,135
January 2008	278,672
February 2008	284,326
March 2008	284,186
April 2008	279,308
May 2008	275,439
June 2008	273,317
July 2008	272,996
August 2008	264,807
September 2008	260,651
October 2008	256,877
November 2008	248,135
December 2008	236,559
January 2009	231,042
February 2009	225,627
March 2009	221,252
April 2009	213,006
May 2009	220,020
June 2009	229,390
July 2009	236,294
August 2009	237,102
September 2009	237,430
October 2009	242,383
November 2009	246,328
December 2009	247,943
January 2010	252,438
February 2010	253,592
March 2010	254,464
April 2010	253,710
May 2010	257,217
June 2010	263,579
July 2010	266,898
August 2010	266,399
September 2010	266,018
October 2010	264,297
November 2010	263,665
December 2010	258,156
January 2011	255,931
February 2011	252,387
March 2011	253,726
April 2011	254,089
May 2011	252,596
June 2011	252,681
July 2011	254,403
August 2011	259,367
September 2011	264,310
October 2011	259,591
November 2011	262,027
December 2011	257,238
January 2012	256,739
February 2012	255,117
March 2012	257,306
April 2012	260,066
May 2012	258,802
June 2012	261,050
July 2012	264,954
August 2012	266,483
September 2012	264,490
October 2012	262,328
November 2012	263,073
December 2012	262,526
January 2013	265,871
February 2013	268,166
March 2013	266,756
April 2013	264,473
May 2013	261,318
June 2013	266,614
July 2013	269,738
August 2013	273,032
September 2013	274,709
October 2013	274,252
November 2013	275,891
December 2013	280,647
January 2014	283,569
February 2014	286,811
March 2014	286,264
April 2014	286,415
May 2014	292,291
June 2014	295,042
July 2014	300,262
August 2014	304,944
September 2014	310,293
October 2014	314,769
November 2014	311,462
December 2014	313,023
January 2015	316,676
February 2015	315,901
March 2015	313,829
April 2015	305,760
May 2015	309,456
June 2015	310,590
July 2015	321,160
August 2015	327,821
September 2015	331,068
October 2015	332,644
November 2015	332,250
December 2015	338,420
January 2016	340,445
February 2016	343,518
March 2016	345,351
April 2016	346,347
May 2016	348,366
June 2016	354,862
July 2016	359,234
August 2016	362,342
September 2016	361,849
October 2016	362,309
November 2016	358,207
December 2016	358,227
January 2017	363,460
February 2017	363,598
March 2017	357,421
April 2017	346,970
May 2017	355,438
June 2017	362,215
July 2017	367,505
August 2017	365,423
September 2017	365,835
October 2017	372,131
November 2017	372,658
December 2017	371,331
January 2018	367,977
February 2018	368,379
March 2018	367,057
April 2018	364,281
May 2018	366,277
June 2018	367,223
July 2018	374,961
August 2018	378,016
September 2018	382,358
October 2018	375,924
November 2018	370,768
December 2018	367,432
January 2019	372,188
February 2019	372,115
March 2019	368,082
April 2019	365,856
May 2019	364,160
June 2019	367,224
July 2019	367,889
August 2019	367,870
September 2019	369,872
October 2019	366,687
November 2019	369,885
December 2019	370,018
January 2020	369,092
February 2020	366,427
March 2020	367,499
April 2020	378,418
May 2020	377,601
June 2020	374,063
July 2020	368,263
August 2020	372,735
September 2020	373,153
October 2020	372,751
November 2020	372,373
December 2020	379,916
January 2021	380,210
February 2021	380,963
March 2021	378,152
April 2021	375,536
May 2021	373,908
June 2021	376,492
July 2021	376,379
August 2021	381,384
September 2021	384,563
October 2021	392,304
November 2021	396,155
December 2021	398,863
January 2022	407,087
February 2022	413,444
March 2022	418,110
April 2022	415,684
May 2022	415,693
June 2022	413,507
July 2022	419,694
August 2022	425,009
September 2022	431,036
October 2022	430,234
November 2022	429,361
December 2022	428,885
January 2023	432,398
February 2023	426,917
March 2023	424,678
April 2023	422,617
May 2023	423,565
June 2023	420,096
July 2023	418,928
August 2023	422,687
September 2023	426,014
October 2023	424,829
November 2023	417,775
December 2023	417,703
January 2024	416,214
February 2024	415,026
March 2024	414,403
April 2024	414,286
May 2024	417,910
June 2024	418,925
July 2024	422,371
August 2024	424,857
September 2024	426,343
October 2024	428,297
November 2024	427,840
December 2024	430,843
January 2025	428,941
February 2025	433,445
March 2025	429,927
April 2025	428,924
May 2025	429,061
June 2025	430,370
July 2025	431,729
August 2025	435,473
September 2025	440,255
October 2025	441,364
November 2025	438,330
December 2025	432,514
January 2026	434,209
February 2026	435,587
March 2026	438,664
April 2026	438,117
May 2026	433,184
June 2026	427,263
July 2026	430,777

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People living in the area

163,566

Mid-2025 · Mid Sussex local authority area

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Published mid-year estimate for the whole local authority area. This is not automatically the population of the named city settlement.

All usual residents

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Average home price

£431,000

July 2026 · Mid Sussex local authority area

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Shown to the nearest £1,000. Published value: £430,777.

Homes in the local authority area

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Average monthly rent

£1,423

August 2026 · Mid Sussex local authority area

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Official local housing data feed. House prices are provisional, not seasonally adjusted; rents use the Price Index of Private Rents. Local short-term estimates are variable. Country references use only the explicitly country-coded ctry object, never the local place object.

Homes in the local authority area

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Homes rented privately

6.8% to 30.4%

Homes rented privately ranged from 6.8% in Crawley Down to 30.4% in East Grinstead Town — a gap of 23.7 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 27 of 27 current wards with comparable figures.

A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.

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These are separate ward percentages, not an average of them. Boundaries: May 2026. Missing or differently defined figures are excluded from this range and stay visible on the ward pages.

Homes rented privately · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Crawley Down	6.8%	158	2,333
Burgess Hill St Andrews	8.1%	213	2,624
Burgess Hill Leylands	9.6%	195	2,033
Hurstpierpoint	10.4%	274	2,626
Hassocks	10.9%	389	3,584
Haywards Heath Franklands	11%	293	2,667
Lindfield	11.1%	318	2,860
East Grinstead Herontye	11.5%	182	1,586
East Grinstead Imberhorne	11.6%	290	2,495
Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South	11.8%	124	1,051
Burgess Hill Victoria	12%	198	1,644
Copthorne & Worth	12.1%	238	1,975
Lindfield Rural & High Weald	12.7%	333	2,632
East Grinstead Ashplats	13.3%	377	2,839
East Grinstead Baldwins	13.6%	211	1,546
Burgess Hill Franklands	14%	314	2,247
Burgess Hill Dunstall	15.8%	343	2,172
Downland Villages	16.2%	201	1,238
Cuckfield, Bolney & Ansty	16.4%	443	2,708
Handcross & Pease Pottage	16.5%	214	1,294
Burgess Hill Meeds & Hammonds	19.1%	532	2,787
Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill	20.3%	506	2,490
Haywards Heath Ashenground	22%	650	2,959
Haywards Heath Bentswood & Heath	22.1%	729	3,305
Haywards Heath Lucastes & Bolnore	22.8%	667	2,921
Haywards Heath North	23.9%	398	1,662
East Grinstead Town	30.4%	931	3,058

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People reporting bad or very bad health

2.7% to 5%

People reporting bad or very bad health ranged from 2.7% in Haywards Heath North to 5% in Burgess Hill Victoria — a gap of 2.3 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 27 of 27 current wards with comparable figures.

Residents described their own health. Differences in age matter, so this is a prompt to investigate needs, not a score for local health services.

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These are separate ward percentages, not an average of them. Boundaries: May 2026. Missing or differently defined figures are excluded from this range and stay visible on the ward pages.

People reporting bad or very bad health · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Haywards Heath North	2.7%	104	3,893
Haywards Heath Lucastes & Bolnore	2.7%	188	6,951
Crawley Down	2.9%	168	5,880
Burgess Hill Dunstall	2.9%	155	5,422
Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South	2.9%	77	2,668
Lindfield Rural & High Weald	2.9%	194	6,606
Haywards Heath Franklands	3%	189	6,350
East Grinstead Ashplats	3%	211	6,927
East Grinstead Imberhorne	3.1%	186	6,027
Copthorne & Worth	3.4%	168	5,007
East Grinstead Baldwins	3.5%	132	3,810
Burgess Hill St Andrews	3.5%	223	6,436
Downland Villages	3.5%	111	3,203
Cuckfield, Bolney & Ansty	3.5%	238	6,770
Haywards Heath Ashenground	3.5%	244	6,920
Hurstpierpoint	3.5%	237	6,689
East Grinstead Town	3.5%	229	6,460
Handcross & Pease Pottage	3.7%	113	3,082
Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill	3.7%	232	6,230
Hassocks	3.8%	323	8,498
Lindfield	3.9%	264	6,790
Burgess Hill Franklands	3.9%	214	5,450
East Grinstead Herontye	4.1%	154	3,715
Burgess Hill Meeds & Hammonds	4.2%	263	6,280
Haywards Heath Bentswood & Heath	4.3%	329	7,619
Burgess Hill Leylands	4.4%	208	4,722
Burgess Hill Victoria	5%	208	4,191

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People aged 65 or over

12.6% to 28.5%

People aged 65 or over ranged from 12.6% in Handcross & Pease Pottage to 28.5% in East Grinstead Herontye — a gap of 16 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 27 of 27 current wards with comparable figures.

Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.

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These are separate ward percentages, not an average of them. Boundaries: May 2026. Missing or differently defined figures are excluded from this range and stay visible on the ward pages.

People aged 65 or over · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Handcross & Pease Pottage	12.6%	386	3,075
Burgess Hill Dunstall	13.7%	742	5,415
Haywards Heath Ashenground	15%	1,034	6,908
Burgess Hill St Andrews	16%	1,029	6,439
Burgess Hill Victoria	16.8%	703	4,183
Haywards Heath North	17.4%	677	3,895
East Grinstead Town	17.5%	1,125	6,439
East Grinstead Ashplats	17.5%	1,207	6,908
Haywards Heath Bentswood & Heath	18%	1,375	7,642
Haywards Heath Franklands	18.1%	1,151	6,346
Haywards Heath Lucastes & Bolnore	18.3%	1,265	6,925
Downland Villages	20.5%	654	3,193
Burgess Hill Meeds & Hammonds	20.7%	1,302	6,283
Hurstpierpoint	21.2%	1,415	6,690
East Grinstead Baldwins	21.2%	805	3,803
Lindfield Rural & High Weald	22%	1,450	6,601
Cuckfield, Bolney & Ansty	22%	1,492	6,782
Copthorne & Worth	22.6%	1,131	5,007
Ardingly, Balcombe & Turners Hill	23.1%	1,433	6,206
Crawley Down	23.3%	1,376	5,904
East Grinstead Imberhorne	23.9%	1,441	6,033
Hassocks	24.2%	2,058	8,504
Burgess Hill Leylands	24.4%	1,150	4,717
Ashurst Wood & East Grinstead South	25.5%	681	2,674
Burgess Hill Franklands	26.2%	1,429	5,448
Lindfield	28.3%	1,925	6,795
East Grinstead Herontye	28.5%	1,056	3,703

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What could change things?

The action plan connects local evidence to proposed next steps. Announced projects and proposed responses are shown separately.

strength

Keep the new youth space useful

Mount Noddy’s new play and youth facilities are open.

Young people need maintained places to meet and be active.

Evidence

What could help →

weakness

Give the town centre a realistic delivery sequence

Martlets still had conditions to meet after July’s decision.

Businesses need clarity while plans progress.

Evidence

What could help →

opportunity

Build on the separate food-waste service

Food waste is now collected separately and treated locally.

Better participation can recover more material from general rubbish.

Evidence

What could help →

Read the action plan →

Local work to follow

Burgess Hill

Martlets shopping-centre redevelopment

The council approved the next stage of a proposed redevelopment partnership.

July approval advances plans; remaining conditions still apply · evidence dated 2026-07-24

Responsible body: Mid Sussex District Council

What the source says: A hoped-for start later in 2026 is conditional and does not establish work began.

Progress, funding and source

Cost: Not established by the evidence checked.
Funding: Not established by the evidence checked.
Area covered: Named scheme or programme area only. No official impact boundary has been matched to current wards; a nearby location is not evidence that a whole ward benefits.

No verified ward footprint is assigned.

Council agrees next stage of Martlets regeneration →

Source checked 2026-10-17. A plan or announcement is not proof of completion.

Give the town centre a realistic delivery sequence →

Do not book benefits before the redevelopment proceeds →

Make room for homes people can afford →

Connect local skills to local opportunities →

Target support where disadvantages overlap →

How to track delivery →

East Grinstead

Mount Noddy play and youth facilities

New play, youth, meeting and drainage improvements have opened.

Opening and completed facilities reported · evidence dated 2026-07-30

Responsible body: Mid Sussex District Council

What the source says: The completed facilities include a youth zone and changes supporting recreation, not evidence of measured health outcomes.

Progress, funding and source

Cost: Not established by the evidence checked.
Funding: Not established by the evidence checked.
Area covered: Named scheme or programme area only. No official impact boundary has been matched to current wards; a nearby location is not evidence that a whole ward benefits.

No verified ward footprint is assigned.

Mount Noddy improvements officially opened →

Source checked 2026-10-17. A plan or announcement is not proof of completion.

Keep the new youth space useful →

Target support where disadvantages overlap →

How to track delivery →

Mid Sussex district

Weekly food-waste collection

A separate food-waste service is operating alongside changed recycling and refuse schedules.

Six months of operating collections reported · evidence dated 2026-06-18

Responsible body: Mid Sussex District Council

What the source says: Collected weight is a service output. It is not a direct measure of food waste prevented or emissions saved.

Progress, funding and source

Cost: Not established by the evidence checked.
Funding: Not established by the evidence checked.
Area covered: Named scheme or programme area only. No official impact boundary has been matched to current wards; a nearby location is not evidence that a whole ward benefits.

No verified ward footprint is assigned.

Food waste recycling after six months →

Source checked 2026-10-17. A plan or announcement is not proof of completion.

Build on the separate food-waste service →

How to track delivery →

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What this local evidence covers

27 of 27 wards

Have at least one valid census comparison with the whole council. Missing measures stay visible.

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3 reviewed plans and projects

3 have a source-dated stage; 0 have some funding evidence; 0 have some cost evidence. These counts do not prove that funding or costs are complete.

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0 verified ward links

Project locations cannot be treated as a map of who benefits. Each record explains any verified ward association.

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What is still missing

The reviewed local schemes are a selected evidence collection, not a complete council capital programme.

Current service capacity, incomes, waiting lists, school demand and project outcomes need additional verified local evidence before firm claims can be made.

Selected council projects and issues, not a complete council programme. Delivery stages describe the dated source; elapsed planned dates do not prove completion.

Action steps are UK Facts proposals for scrutiny and delivery, not council commitments, funded promises or deadlines.

Project locations do not establish ward-wide impact. Missing cost or funding means unverified, not zero.

A direct council area and its member districts must not be added together. County wards are district wards, not county electoral divisions.

Sources and calculations are traceable, but this is not independent AQuA Book assurance or certification.