Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine

Dorset · South West · population 7,955 · 5 LSOAs

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

50Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,453 of 6,856 in England
  • #432 of 710 in South West
  • #36 of 48 in Dorset
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,887
Median age (est.)54
Density46per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above34%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 9%25–44 17%45–64 33%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 48%Mortgage/shared: 26%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 48%Mortgage/shared 26%Social rent 12%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 25%Couple with children: 23%Lone parent: 6%Other: 22%
One person 23%Couple, no children 25%Couple with children 23%Lone parent 6%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 17% · Skilled trades 16%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors17%
Skilled trades16%
Associate professional12%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Administrative9%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

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 55% · No religion 37% · Other 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

Milborne, Winterborne & Okeford Fitzpaine sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,453 of 6,856 in England, and #36 of 48 in Dorset. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (94) but weak on Housing & access (1). Typical homes here sold for about £400,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+4%) (from 96 sales), 16% above the wider Dorset median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,351 a year, around the middle 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 72 · #1,890
Employment 68 · #2,212
Education 60 · #2,726
Health 81 · #1,301
Crime 94 · #416
Housing & access 1 · #6,812
Living environment 18 · #5,626

House prices ?

£400,000median (12m) · -6.4% yr · n=96
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£400,00096-6.4%+3.9%
Detached£485,00055-5.8%+11.5%
Semi-detached£356,50030+9.7%+13.2%
Terraced£320,00011-1.5%+12.7%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=0)
This area£400,000
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)£39,351±£5,507 · #3,617 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,673
Price-to-income ?10.2×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 ?

40Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

24 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 189 offences
Dorset40
South West71
England83

Rank #118 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences110
Theft25
Burglary11
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons10
Drugs1
Robbery0
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 46 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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