Freshbrook South & Toothill

Swindon · South West · population 8,594 · 6 LSOAs

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

27Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,016 of 6,856 in England
  • #619 of 710 in South West
  • #23 of 27 in Swindon
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,741
Median age (est.)41
Density3,234per km²
No qualifications22%
Degree or above21%
No car or van23%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 27%45–64 26%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 30%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 30%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 32%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 12%Other: 15%
One person 32%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 12%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Elementary 15% · Professional 14% · Process & plant 11%

All occupation groups
Elementary15%
Professional14%
Process & plant11%
Associate professional11%
Skilled trades10%
Sales & customer service10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative9%
Managers & directors9%

Ethnic group

White: 83%Asian: 8%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 83%Asian 8%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 44% · No religion 41% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 20%

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 South & Toothill is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,016 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 27 in Swindon. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (93) but weak on Education (19). Typical homes here, about £260,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 37% in five years (from 85 sales), 7% below the wider Swindon median of £280,000. Typical household take-home income is around £36,166 a year, in the bottom third of England. Recorded crime ran at 68 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 24 · #5,194
Employment 21 · #5,434
Education 19 · #5,537
Health 35 · #4,433
Crime 47 · #3,611
Housing & access 33 · #4,570
Living environment 93 · #464

House prices ?

£260,000median (12m) · +13.0% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£260,00085+13.0%+36.8%
Detached£350,00029+16.7%+33.1%
Semi-detached£251,50014-2.9%+25.8%
Terraced£225,00037+3.9%+26.4%
Flat£125,0005
This area£260,000
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)£36,166±£5,120 · #4,652 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,520
Price-to-income ?7.2×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 ?

47Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

68 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 580 offences
Swindon72
South West71
England83

Rank #3,368 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences308
Theft87
Burglary15
Vehicle crime21
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons65
Drugs20
Robbery10
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 140 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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