Lydiard Millicent & Purton

Wiltshire · South West · population 8,310 · 5 LSOAs

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

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

Residents8,238
Median age (est.)42
Density222per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above35%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 9%25–44 25%45–64 27%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 37%Mortgage/shared: 43%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 37%Mortgage/shared 43%Social rent 11%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 34%Lone parent: 8%Other: 16%
One person 22%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 34%Lone parent 8%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 17% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors17%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 90%Asian: 4%Black: 3%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 90%Asian 4%Black 3%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 42% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Lydiard Millicent & Purton is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #937 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 64 in Wiltshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (92) but weak on Housing & access (36). Typical homes here sold for about £377,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 119 sales), 18% above the wider Wiltshire median of £320,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,297 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 34 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 80 · #1,396
Employment 86 · #971
Education 64 · #2,438
Health 82 · #1,225
Crime 92 · #546
Housing & access 36 · #4,413
Living environment 92 · #581

House prices ?

£377,000median (12m) · +12.2% yr · n=119
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£377,000119+12.2%+16.4%
Detached£450,00066-3.5%+21.6%
Semi-detached£300,00032-0.5%+25.0%
Terraced£295,00018+12.9%+43.9%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£377,000
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)£45,297±£6,422 · #2,010 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£37,581
Price-to-income ?8.3×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 ?

71Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

34 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 278 offences
Wiltshire50
South West71
England83

Rank #691 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences167
Theft22
Burglary4
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson25
Public order & weapons28
Drugs3
Robbery1
Other15

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 39 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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