Amesbury

Wiltshire · South West · population 13,177 · 8 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,637 of 6,856 in England
  • #299 of 710 in South West
  • #41 of 64 in Wiltshire
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,996
Median age (est.)40
Density541per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above28%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 11%25–44 27%45–64 27%65+ 17%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 35%Social rent: 19%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 35%Social rent 19%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 27%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Associate professional 15% · Administrative 13%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Associate professional15%
Administrative13%
Elementary12%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades11%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 42% · Hindu 1%

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

Amesbury is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,637 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #41 of 64 in Wiltshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (93) but weak on Education (35). Typical homes here sold for about £315,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 180 sales), in line with the wider Wiltshire median of £320,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,893 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 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 54 · #3,131
Employment 64 · #2,480
Education 35 · #4,426
Health 46 · #3,727
Crime 52 · #3,295
Housing & access 58 · #2,870
Living environment 93 · #457

House prices ?

£315,000median (12m) · +1.3% yr · n=180
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£315,000180+1.3%+14.5%
Detached£390,00069-6.0%+14.0%
Semi-detached£303,00048+1.0%+22.2%
Terraced£265,00047+3.5%+18.7%
Flat£158,00016+27.1%+10.9%
This area£315,000
Wiltshire£320,000
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)£43,893±£6,157 · #2,341 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,683
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 ?

72Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 760 offences
Wiltshire50
South West71
England83

Rank #2,689 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences383
Theft108
Burglary16
Vehicle crime32
Criminal damage & arson80
Public order & weapons97
Drugs16
Robbery5
Other23

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 178 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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