Housing in BN6 9GJ
What the homes in BN6 9GJ are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Hurstpierpoint & Bolney
- Council
- Mid Sussex
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,810 (2024)
BN6 9GJHassocks
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (42.7%). Flats make up 13.4%, well below the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
55.5% of households in the BN6 9GJ area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 8.6% of households, less than half the England figure of 20.5%. 26.4% own outright and 29.2% with a mortgage.
- Owned55.5%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.5%1%
- Private rented8.6%20.5%
- Social rented34.4%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.5 people living in it. 23.6% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple with dependent children (25.2%). 32.9% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Mid Sussex
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Mid Sussex (August 2026, +3.4% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around BN6 9GJ (Hurstpierpoint & Bolney) (about 1,810 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.