Indices of Deprivation 2025 now available

Indices of Deprivation 2025 data is now available in Data Profiles.  Select LSOA 2021 as the geography to see the characteristics of neighbourhoods.

Economic Update October 2025

A new Economic Update is is now available, with all the latest economic and Labour Market data for the county.

Earnings and Income Briefing

A new briefing on Earnings and Income has just been published looking at PAYE, ASHE and GDHI data.

Claimant briefing

See our new briefing analysing the latest available claimant data released in July 2025.

Population Projections briefing

We have published a new briefing analysing ESCC’s latest set of dwelling-led demographic projections from spring 2025.

Unemployment

Universal Credit/Job Seekers Allowance claimant numbers up by 6.7% (735 claimants) since January 2024, and up 2.2% (255 claimants) since December 2024. The claimant rate in East Sussex (3.7%) remains lower than national figure of 4.3%.

Cultural sector data and evidence review

The report brings together national strategies, policies and data sets relating to the cultural sector East Sussex Cultural Sector Data and Evidence Review, January 2025