Kingshill & Okus

Swindon · South West · population 8,666 · 5 LSOAs

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

82Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,211 of 6,856 in England
  • #115 of 710 in South West
  • #8 of 27 in Swindon
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,574
Median age (est.)39
Density3,845per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above41%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 11%25–44 31%45–64 27%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 28%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 27%
Own outright 28%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 5%Private rent 27%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 8%Other: 14%
One person 30%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 8%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 27% · Managers & directors 14% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional27%
Managers & directors14%
Associate professional13%
Administrative9%
Elementary8%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant7%
Sales & customer service6%

Ethnic group

White: 85%Asian: 8%Black: 2%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 85%Asian 8%Black 2%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 44% · Christian 42% · Hindu 3%

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

Kingshill & Okus is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,211 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #8 of 27 in Swindon. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Income (79) and lowest on Living environment (52). Typical homes here sold for about £287,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 136 sales), in line with the wider Swindon median of £280,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,193 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 60 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 79 · #1,417
Employment 78 · #1,534
Education 76 · #1,650
Health 75 · #1,739
Crime 53 · #3,227
Housing & access 79 · #1,458
Living environment 52 · #3,254

House prices ?

£287,000median (12m) · +10.4% yr · n=136
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£287,000136+10.4%+16.4%
Detached£509,75028-3.6%+10.8%
Semi-detached£298,75026-2.2%+12.7%
Terraced£300,00041+15.4%+18.1%
Flat£140,00041-0.4%+1.8%
This area£287,000
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)£45,193±£6,376 · #2,034 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,354
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 ?

92Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

60 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 516 offences
Swindon72
South West71
England83

Rank #2,831 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences279
Theft40
Burglary23
Vehicle crime45
Criminal damage & arson55
Public order & weapons42
Drugs14
Robbery5
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 84 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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