Broad Blunsdon, South Marston & Wanborough

Swindon · South West · population 14,168 · 8 LSOAs

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

82Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,239 of 6,856 in England
  • #118 of 710 in South West
  • #9 of 27 in Swindon
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents13,042
Median age (est.)37
Density134per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above39%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 9%25–44 30%45–64 25%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 52%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 8%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 52%Social rent 12%Private rent 8%

Households

One person: 19%Couple, no children: 24%Couple with children: 36%Lone parent: 8%Other: 14%
One person 19%Couple, no children 24%Couple with children 36%Lone parent 8%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional15%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades9%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 6%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 6%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 44% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Broad Blunsdon, South Marston & Wanborough is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,239 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 27 in Swindon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (94) but weak on Housing & access (23). Typical homes here sold for about £395,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+5%) (from 233 sales), 41% above the wider Swindon median of £280,000. Typical household take-home income is around £52,684 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 64 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 70 · #2,020
Employment 88 · #814
Education 65 · #2,404
Health 85 · #999
Crime 80 · #1,342
Housing & access 23 · #5,263
Living environment 94 · #416

House prices ?

£395,000median (12m) · +1.3% yr · n=233
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£395,000233+1.3%+5.1%
Detached£515,000123+7.3%+18.9%
Semi-detached£350,00078+2.9%+11.4%
Terraced£287,50023-12.9%+15.0%
Flat£215,0009+10.3%+14.2%
This area£395,000
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)£52,684±£7,742 · #705 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£43,533
Price-to-income ?7.5×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

63Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

64 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 909 offences
Swindon72
South West71
England83

Rank #3,146 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences477
Theft100
Burglary18
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson78
Public order & weapons129
Drugs42
Robbery1
Other25

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 186 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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