Colehill

Dorset · South West · population 6,212 · 4 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

92Area Score / 100 ?
  • #540 of 6,856 in England
  • #44 of 710 in South West
  • #3 of 48 in Dorset
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,033
Median age (est.)50
Density859per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above42%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 28%65+ 28%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 8%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 7%Other: 22%
One person 22%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 7%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional16%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 42% · Buddhist 0%

Born outside the UK: 5%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Colehill is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #540 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 48 in Dorset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (100) but weak on Housing & access (34). Typical homes here sold for about £460,000 over the past year, up 9% across five years (from 85 sales), 33% above the wider Dorset median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,624 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 24 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 85 · #1,047
Employment 86 · #958
Education 86 · #971
Health 91 · #608
Crime 94 · #430
Housing & access 34 · #4,529
Living environment 100 · #32

House prices ?

£460,000median (12m) · +9.2% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£460,00085+9.2%+8.9%
Detached£571,50054+3.9%+14.3%
Semi-detached£390,00025+4.0%0.0%
Terraced£365,0005+10.4%+21.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£460,000
Dorset£345,000
South West£310,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£46,624±£6,652 · #1,712 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,404
Price-to-income ?9.9×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

48Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

24 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 150 offences
Dorset40
South West71
England83

Rank #136 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences87
Theft29
Burglary8
Vehicle crime1
Criminal damage & arson7
Public order & weapons14
Drugs4
Robbery0
Other0

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 37 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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