Abbey Park

Swindon · South West · population 8,645 · 5 LSOAs

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

83Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,157 of 6,856 in England
  • #106 of 710 in South West
  • #7 of 27 in Swindon
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,565
Median age (est.)34
Density7,744per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above34%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 25%15–24 11%25–44 36%45–64 23%65+ 5%

Tenure

Own outright: 13%Mortgage/shared: 47%Social rent: 7%Private rent: 33%
Own outright 13%Mortgage/shared 47%Social rent 7%Private rent 33%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 12%Other: 9%
One person 27%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 12%Other 9%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors12%
Process & plant10%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service8%
Skilled trades8%

Ethnic group

White: 84%Asian: 7%Black: 5%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 84%Asian 7%Black 5%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 41% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 23%

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

Abbey Park is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,157 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 27 in Swindon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (100) but weak on Housing & access (41). Typical homes here sold for about £272,500 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 140 sales), in line with the wider Swindon median of £280,000. Typical household take-home income is around £47,955 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 42 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 66 · #2,315
Employment 88 · #848
Education 63 · #2,534
Health 70 · #2,041
Crime 65 · #2,390
Housing & access 41 · #4,070
Living environment 100 · #19

House prices ?

£272,500median (12m) · +29.8% yr · n=140
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£272,500140+29.8%+22.2%
Detached£442,50010+16.1%+68.6%
Semi-detached£305,00015+1.7%+19.4%
Terraced£298,00057+4.6%+26.8%
Flat£153,00058+2.0%+8.5%
This area£272,500
Swindon£280,000
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)£47,955±£9,403 · #1,454 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,063
Price-to-income ?5.7×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

95Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

42 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 367 offences
Swindon72
South West71
England83

Rank #1,473 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences207
Theft42
Burglary9
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson21
Public order & weapons50
Drugs8
Robbery7
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 99 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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