Bradford-on-Avon

Wiltshire · South West · population 10,561 · 7 LSOAs

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

86Area Score / 100 ?
  • #978 of 6,856 in England
  • #87 of 710 in South West
  • #4 of 64 in Wiltshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,404
Median age (est.)50
Density1,200per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above49%
No car or van17%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 8%25–44 20%45–64 28%65+ 29%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 27%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 27%Social rent 14%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 34%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 24%Lone parent: 8%Other: 18%
One person 34%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 24%Lone parent 8%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative7%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 96%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 96%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 43% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Bradford-on-Avon is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #978 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #4 of 64 in Wiltshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Education (89) and lowest on Employment (66). Typical homes here sold for about £400,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+1%) (from 146 sales), 25% above the wider Wiltshire median of £320,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,354 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 44 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 76 · #1,671
Employment 66 · #2,294
Education 89 · #745
Health 75 · #1,691
Crime 83 · #1,163
Housing & access 68 · #2,219
Living environment 70 · #2,034

House prices ?

£400,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=146
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£400,0001460.0%+0.6%
Detached£600,00031-3.2%+17.6%
Semi-detached£375,000350.0%+15.8%
Terraced£419,50050+3.6%+6.2%
Flat£209,00030-9.1%-19.6%
This area£400,000
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)£43,354±£6,134 · #2,483 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,463
Price-to-income ?9.2×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 ?

63Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

44 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 465 offences
Wiltshire50
South West71
England83

Rank #1,594 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences205
Theft71
Burglary35
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson48
Public order & weapons69
Drugs11
Robbery1
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 105 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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