Great Wishford, Woodford Valley & Porton

Wiltshire · South West · population 6,395 · 4 LSOAs

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

77Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,595 of 6,856 in England
  • #157 of 710 in South West
  • #18 of 64 in Wiltshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,393
Median age (est.)51
Density56per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above37%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 9%25–44 18%45–64 32%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 29%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 29%Social rent 9%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 22%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 6%Other: 20%
One person 23%Couple, no children 22%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 6%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional15%
Administrative13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 59% · No religion 34% · 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

Great Wishford, Woodford Valley & Porton is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,595 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 64 in Wiltshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (99) but weak on Housing & access (11). Typical homes here, about £490,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 41% in five years (from 77 sales), 53% above the wider Wiltshire median of £320,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,572 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 22 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 89 · #780
Employment 85 · #1,040
Education 78 · #1,472
Health 82 · #1,266
Crime 99 · #73
Housing & access 11 · #6,120
Living environment 38 · #4,282

House prices ?

£490,000median (12m) · +14.0% yr · n=77
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£490,00077+14.0%+41.0%
Detached£575,00054+12.7%+35.3%
Semi-detached£315,00019+0.5%+5.0%
TerracedToo few sales to report (n=3)
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£490,000
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)£46,572±£6,569 · #1,720 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,454
Price-to-income ?10.5×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 ?

34Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

22 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 138 offences
Wiltshire50
South West71
England83

Rank #58 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences46
Theft22
Burglary14
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson14
Public order & weapons11
Drugs6
Robbery1
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 27 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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