Best places to live in Greater Brighton
5 municipalities with 712,110 residents within about 25 km of Brighton, ranked for 29 household profiles. Local data: official statistics on affordability, education and family, health and elderly, jobs and economy, lifestyle and amenities, mobility and connectivity, safety and community and taxes and wealth (local or regional figures, sources on every place page) plus population and geography.
A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Brighton, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.
Rank Greater Brighton for your household
Open the mapFor young families
- 1Mid Sussex
West Sussex (North East), 148,345 residents67 - 2Worthing
West Sussex (South West), 109,632 residents60 - 3Lewes
East Sussex CC, 102,257 residents56 - 4Brighton and Hove
Brighton and Hove, 288,155 residents55 - 5Adur
West Sussex (South West), 63,721 residents52
For retired couples
- 1Mid Sussex
West Sussex (North East), 148,345 residents75 - 2Adur
West Sussex (South West), 63,721 residents70 - 3Worthing
West Sussex (South West), 109,632 residents68 - 4Lewes
East Sussex CC, 102,257 residents67 - 5Brighton and Hove
Brighton and Hove, 288,155 residents63
For remote workers
- 1Worthing
West Sussex (South West), 109,632 residents62 - 2Mid Sussex
West Sussex (North East), 148,345 residents61 - 3Adur
West Sussex (South West), 63,721 residents56 - 4Brighton and Hove
Brighton and Hove, 288,155 residents53 - 5Lewes
East Sussex CC, 102,257 residents52
For commuters
- 1Mid Sussex
West Sussex (North East), 148,345 residents80 - 2Brighton and Hove
Brighton and Hove, 288,155 residents72 - 3Worthing
West Sussex (South West), 109,632 residents72 - 4Lewes
East Sussex CC, 102,257 residents68 - 5Adur
West Sussex (South West), 63,721 residents63
For single professionals
- 1Mid Sussex
West Sussex (North East), 148,345 residents68 - 2Brighton and Hove
Brighton and Hove, 288,155 residents59 - 3Worthing
West Sussex (South West), 109,632 residents54 - 4Lewes
East Sussex CC, 102,257 residents48 - 5Adur
West Sussex (South West), 63,721 residents42
For movers on a budget
- 1Worthing
West Sussex (South West), 109,632 residents41 - 2Mid Sussex
West Sussex (North East), 148,345 residents36 - 3Adur
West Sussex (South West), 63,721 residents29 - 4Lewes
East Sussex CC, 102,257 residents28 - 5Brighton and Hove
Brighton and Hove, 288,155 residents24
Towns in Greater Brighton
- Brighton and Hove 288,155
- Mid Sussex 148,345
- Worthing 109,632
- Lewes 102,257
- Adur 63,721