Editing Midhurst (section)

== Economy ==
Midhurst is a market town servicing its rural hinterland through many small businesses, shops, restaurants and cafes.  Its primary economic activities, in terms of employment, are wholesale and retail businesses including motor mechanics, construction, hotels, food and drink and office administration. In 2011 it had a population of 4,914, comprising 2,434 households (average size 2 people) and 3,477 economically active residents. Of the 1,027 economically inactive residents, 673 (65.5 per cent) were retirees.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/midhurst-e05007617#sthash.grYozgiK.dpbs |title=Midhurst – UK Census Data 2011 |publisher=Ukcensusdata.com |access-date=15 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213755/http://www.ukcensusdata.com/midhurst-e05007617#sthash.grYozgiK.dpbs |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Between 1913 and 1985, the [[Midhurst Brickworks]], famous for producing "Midhurst White" bricks, was situated close to the former [[Midhurst Common railway station]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Cloke|first=George|title=Midhurst Whites Brickworks|url=http://sias.pastfinder.org.uk/sih_1970_2008/30-2000.pdf|work=Sussex Industrial History|publisher=Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society|year=2000|pages=24–28|access-date=9 May 2013|archive-date=7 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107011930/http://sias.pastfinder.org.uk/sih_1970_2008/30-2000.pdf|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

There is an area of light industry in the south of Midhurst, between the Holmbush Estate and Little Midhurst.