Freshbrook North & Grange Park

Swindon · South West · population 5,501 · 4 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,486 of 6,856 in England
  • #143 of 710 in South West
  • #11 of 27 in Swindon
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,665
Median age (est.)41
Density3,120per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above29%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 27%45–64 32%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 41%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 41%Social rent 8%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 11%Other: 11%
One person 25%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 11%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors11%
Administrative10%
Elementary10%
Skilled trades9%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure8%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 6%Black: 2%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 87%Asian 6%Black 2%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 43% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Freshbrook North & Grange Park is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,486 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #11 of 27 in Swindon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (99) and lowest on Housing & access (48). Typical homes here sold for about £270,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 90 sales), in line with the wider Swindon median of £280,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,443 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 62 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 64 · #2,445
Employment 72 · #1,924
Education 56 · #3,014
Health 65 · #2,370
Crime 76 · #1,623
Housing & access 48 · #3,535
Living environment 99 · #73

House prices ?

£270,000median (12m) · -5.3% yr · n=90
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£270,00090-5.3%+16.8%
Detached£370,00037-3.0%+17.5%
Semi-detached£250,00025-7.4%-3.8%
Terraced£208,00026-1.0%+20.6%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£270,000
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)£42,443±£5,945 · #2,721 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,456
Price-to-income ?6.4×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 ?

93Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

62 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 341 offences
Swindon72
South West71
England83

Rank #2,997 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences163
Theft45
Burglary9
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson38
Public order & weapons55
Drugs10
Robbery0
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 65 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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