Box, Colerne & Rudloe

Wiltshire · South West · population 8,384 · 5 LSOAs

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

85Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,026 of 6,856 in England
  • #93 of 710 in South West
  • #5 of 64 in Wiltshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,364
Median age (est.)42
Density229per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above44%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 9%25–44 25%45–64 26%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 18%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 10%Private rent 18%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 8%Other: 15%
One person 24%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 8%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 18% · Managers & directors 17%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional18%
Managers & directors17%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 45% · Hindu 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Box, Colerne & Rudloe is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,026 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 64 in Wiltshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (98) but weak on Housing & access (21). Typical homes here sold for about £425,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 115 sales), 33% above the wider Wiltshire median of £320,000. Typical household take-home income is around £50,268 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 30 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 84 · #1,067
Employment 84 · #1,067
Education 88 · #848
Health 86 · #992
Crime 98 · #169
Housing & access 21 · #5,434
Living environment 65 · #2,404

House prices ?

£425,000median (12m) · +16.3% yr · n=115
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£425,000115+16.3%+16.4%
Detached£675,00043+10.2%+70.9%
Semi-detached£325,00033-1.9%+21.6%
Terraced£292,50033+6.4%+18.4%
Flat£270,0006+82.1%+150.0%
This area£425,000
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)£50,268±£7,170 · #1,023 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,785
Price-to-income ?8.5×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

55Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

30 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 255 offences
Wiltshire50
South West71
England83

Rank #443 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences117
Theft24
Burglary18
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons42
Drugs6
Robbery0
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 72 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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