Corsham, Bowden Hill & Lacock

Wiltshire · South West · population 13,931 · 8 LSOAs

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

71Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,000 of 6,856 in England
  • #215 of 710 in South West
  • #33 of 64 in Wiltshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents13,529
Median age (est.)46
Density338per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above38%
No car or van13%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 22%45–64 28%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 38%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 38%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 16%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 10%Other: 17%
One person 30%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 10%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional13%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 44% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Corsham, Bowden Hill & Lacock is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #2,000 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #33 of 64 in Wiltshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (89) and lowest on Housing & access (47). Typical homes here, about £372,500 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 31% in five years (from 239 sales), 16% above the wider Wiltshire median of £320,000. Typical household take-home income is around £43,255 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 62 · #2,624
Employment 59 · #2,781
Education 54 · #3,172
Health 73 · #1,876
Crime 89 · #732
Housing & access 47 · #3,652
Living environment 66 · #2,329

House prices ?

£372,500median (12m) · +1.6% yr · n=239
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£372,500239+1.6%+30.7%
Detached£454,00091-2.4%+17.9%
Semi-detached£360,00072+9.1%+32.8%
Terraced£298,00051-0.7%+24.2%
Flat£177,50025-29.7%-46.3%
This area£372,500
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)£43,255±£6,058 · #2,507 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,313
Price-to-income ?8.6×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 · 619 offences
Wiltshire50
South West71
England83

Rank #1,630 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences294
Theft96
Burglary20
Vehicle crime35
Criminal damage & arson69
Public order & weapons64
Drugs26
Robbery1
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 132 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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