South West · 64 areas. Area Score 0–100 (higher = less deprived).
68
Average neighbourhood score, weighted by population
#76 of 296 local authorities
· 64 neighbourhoods · 516,107 residents
Income68
Employment67
Education59
Health70
Crime76
Housing & access46
Living env.60
Residents by national deprivation decile · left = most deprived
Neighbourhoods here span Salisbury Bemerton (27) to Chippenham Pewsham (94); 0% of residents live in one of England’s most-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods. How these averages are worked out →
In summary
There is a sharp split within Wiltshire: Chippenham Pewsham scores 94 out of 100 (#444 of 6,856 nationally) while Salisbury Bemerton sits at 27 — neighbours on the map, 67 points apart on the index. It mixes both ends of the national picture — 38 neighbourhoods in the least-deprived third of England and 2 in the most-deprived third. House prices stretch as far as the scores do: medians run from £215,000 in Trowbridge North to £560,000 in Somerford, Dauntsey & Minety — a 2.6× gap within Wiltshire.
Living here
Typical net household income£43,808a year, weighted avg of neighbourhood estimates
Recorded crime50per 1,000 residents, 12m
Median age (est.)45
Owner-occupied68%
Income: ONS model-based estimates (FYE 2023). Crime: data.police.uk, recorded incidents. Age & tenure: Census 2021. All OGL v3.0 — methodology.
House prices in Wiltshire
£320,000median home sold over the past year · +12.3% over 5 years · +1.0% over the year · 7,041 sales
Detached£465,000
Semi-detached£310,000
Terraced£265,000
Flat£160,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.
Area Score:more deprivedless deprivedTap a neighbourhood to open it →
Towns & places in Wiltshire
Grouped neighbourhoods that share a town or locality name.
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 15%Private rent 17%
Households
One person 28%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 27%Lone parent 9%Other 17%
Work (top occupations)
Professional 19% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 15%
All occupation groups
Professional
19%
Associate professional
15%
Managers & directors
15%
Skilled trades
11%
Administrative
10%
Caring & leisure
9%
Elementary
9%
Sales & customer service
7%
Process & plant
6%
Ethnic group
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%
Religion & identity
Christian 50% · No religion 41% · Muslim 1%
Born outside the UK: 10%
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.