Guildford Town Centre

Guildford · South East · population 11,839 · 6 LSOAs

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

74Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,760 of 6,856 in England
  • #456 of 1,119 in South East
  • #15 of 18 in Guildford
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,454
Median age (est.)34
Density4,161per km²
No qualifications8%
Degree or above56%
No car or van30%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 17%25–44 37%45–64 22%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 24%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 44%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 24%Social rent 12%Private rent 44%

Households

One person: 37%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 18%Lone parent: 7%Other: 17%
One person 37%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 18%Lone parent 7%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 32% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional32%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional15%
Elementary9%
Caring & leisure7%
Skilled trades7%
Sales & customer service6%
Administrative6%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 82%Asian: 8%Black: 2%Mixed: 5%Other: 3%
White 82%Asian 8%Black 2%Mixed 5%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 45% · Christian 40% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 33%

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

Guildford Town Centre is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,760 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #15 of 18 in Guildford. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Education (93) but weak on Living environment (20). Typical homes here sold for about £477,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+5%) (from 186 sales), in line with the wider Guildford median of £500,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,829 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 224 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 73 · #1,863
Employment 83 · #1,150
Education 93 · #451
Health 77 · #1,595
Crime 26 · #5,071
Housing & access 82 · #1,266
Living environment 20 · #5,455

House prices ?

£477,500median (12m) · +9.8% yr · n=186
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£477,500186+9.8%+5.3%
Detached£798,00011-20.5%-7.2%
Semi-detached£632,50060+16.1%+19.1%
Terraced£606,25026+10.0%+5.4%
Flat£302,50089-3.2%-5.1%
This area£477,500
Guildford£500,000
South East£385,000
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)£49,829±£7,235 · #1,096 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,032
Price-to-income ?9.6×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 ?

36Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

224 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,653 offences
Guildford73
South East71
England83

Rank #6,232 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences889
Theft860
Burglary48
Vehicle crime47
Criminal damage & arson204
Public order & weapons412
Drugs96
Robbery38
Other59

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 397 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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