Bowerhill, Atworth & Whitley

Wiltshire · South West · population 13,112 · 8 LSOAs

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

75Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,712 of 6,856 in England
  • #174 of 710 in South West
  • #22 of 64 in Wiltshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,444
Median age (est.)45
Density262per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above33%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 22%45–64 28%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 12%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 22%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades13%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 44% · Muslim 0%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Bowerhill, Atworth & Whitley is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,712 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 64 in Wiltshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (91) but weak on Housing & access (28). Typical homes here sold for about £347,250 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 216 sales), 9% above the wider Wiltshire median of £320,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,683 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 36 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 72 · #1,917
Employment 72 · #1,938
Education 56 · #2,987
Health 72 · #1,917
Crime 91 · #608
Housing & access 28 · #4,906
Living environment 79 · #1,417

House prices ?

£347,250median (12m) · -2.2% yr · n=216
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£347,250216-2.2%+19.7%
Detached£416,750110-0.8%+23.5%
Semi-detached£304,10068-1.9%+15.6%
Terraced£256,00036+3.4%+31.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=2)
This area£347,250
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)£45,683±£6,427 · #1,925 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,672
Price-to-income ?7.6×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 ?

74Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 477 offences
Wiltshire50
South West71
England83

Rank #950 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences272
Theft40
Burglary17
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson48
Public order & weapons48
Drugs25
Robbery1
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 113 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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