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Rye & Winchelsea

Middle area

South east Rother. 7,717 people in 31 square kilometres.

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Gigabit coverage by ward

Connected Nations (Ofcom) · January 2026

Under 60%98% or more

There is no gigabit broadband coverage figure for Rye & Winchelsea’s wards yet.

Median sale price
£367,500
2,374th highest of 7,259
Worked out by Open Index
Population
7,623
4,196th highest of 9,448
ONS Census 2021 · 2021
Gigabit broadband coverage
84.6%
UK 87.8%
Ofcom · Jan 2026
Claimant rate
3.3%
UK 3.9%
ONS via Nomis · Aug 2026

How Rye & Winchelsea compares

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

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Median sale price11 middle areas, Rother · 2025
Median sale price: every middle area in Rother11 areas from £205,000 to £500,000. The middle area is £405,000. Rye & Winchelsea is £367,500.
£367,5005th lowest
Population11 middle areas, Rother · 2021
Population: every middle area in Rother11 areas from 6,349 to 10,532. The middle area is 8,136. Rye & Winchelsea is 7,623.
7,6232nd lowest
Gigabit broadband coverage11 middle areas, Rother · Jan 2026
Gigabit broadband coverage: every middle area in Rother11 areas from 50.0% to 93.6%. The middle area is 77.3%. Rye & Winchelsea is 84.6%.
84.6%3rd highest
Claimant rate11 middle areas, Rother · Aug 2026
Claimant rate: every middle area in Rother11 areas from 2.0% to 6.1%. The middle area is 2.8%. Rye & Winchelsea is 3.3%.
3.3%3rd highest

Figures for the whole of Rother

These figures are published for the whole of Rother, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Rother and not Rye & Winchelsea alone. See Rother

Average house price
£337,816
Up 0.5% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£36,197
100th lowest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.3×
73rd least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
22.5
108th most deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only
Rye & Winchelsea in brief

The median price paid for a home in Rye & Winchelsea was £367,500 in 2025.

Rye & Winchelsea had 7,623 usual residents at the census.

In Rye & Winchelsea, 84.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.

In Rye & Winchelsea, 3.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.