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Handcross & Pease Pottage

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North west Mid Sussex. About 3,906 people in 15 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

In Handcross & Pease Pottage, 58.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

Population
3,087
1,171st lowest of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
58.3%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
2.5%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026
Aged 15 to 64
67.5%
1,193rd highest of 8,397
ONS Census 2021 · 2021

How Handcross & Pease Pottage compares

Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.

Handcross & Pease PottageMiddle
Population27 wards, Mid Sussex · 2021
Population: every ward in Mid Sussex27 areas from 2,674 to 8,498. The middle area is 6,222. Handcross & Pease Pottage is 3,087.
3,0872nd lowest
Gigabit broadband coverage27 wards, Mid Sussex · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every ward in Mid Sussex27 areas from 18.3% to 99.2%. The middle area is 88.6%. Handcross & Pease Pottage is 58.3%.
58.3%3rd lowest
Claimant rate27 wards, Mid Sussex · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every ward in Mid Sussex27 areas from 1.3% to 4.0%. The middle area is 2.0%. Handcross & Pease Pottage is 2.5%.
2.5%joint 5th highest
Aged 15 to 6427 wards, Mid Sussex · 2021
Aged 15 to 64: every ward in Mid Sussex27 areas from 52.1% to 68.1%. The middle area is 61.7%. Handcross & Pease Pottage is 67.5%.
67.5%2nd highest

Figures for the whole of Mid Sussex

These figures are published for the whole of Mid Sussex, not for each ward, so they describe all of Mid Sussex and not Handcross & Pease Pottage alone. See Mid Sussex

Average house price
£430,777
Down 0.2% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£44,352
59th highest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.7×
61st least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
8.7
11th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Handcross & Pease Pottage in brief

Handcross & Pease Pottage had 3,087 usual residents at the census.

In Handcross & Pease Pottage, 58.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Handcross & Pease Pottage, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.

67.5% of residents in Handcross & Pease Pottage were aged 15 to 64 at the census.