Marlborough

Wiltshire · South West · population 9,183 · 5 LSOAs

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

76Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,671 of 6,856 in England
  • #167 of 710 in South West
  • #19 of 64 in Wiltshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,130
Median age (est.)46
Density1,510per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above37%
No car or van18%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 16%25–44 17%45–64 26%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 41%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 20%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 41%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 20%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 36%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 9%Other: 17%
One person 36%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 9%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 16% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors16%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure10%
Administrative7%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 95%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 95%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 39% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Marlborough is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,671 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 64 in Wiltshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Crime (88) and lowest on Education (44). Typical homes here sold for about £360,000 over the past year, down 12% across five years (from 131 sales), 12% above the wider Wiltshire median of £320,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,119 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 41 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 68 · #2,199
Employment 68 · #2,205
Education 44 · #3,830
Health 79 · #1,431
Crime 88 · #814
Housing & access 57 · #2,966
Living environment 77 · #1,568

House prices ?

£360,000median (12m) · -4.0% yr · n=131
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£360,000131-4.0%-12.2%
Detached£650,00033+17.1%+20.4%
Semi-detached£378,50026+3.7%+18.3%
Terraced£338,00043+12.7%+30.0%
Flat£160,00029-13.0%-25.6%
This area£360,000
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)£39,119±£5,907 · #3,682 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,098
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 ?

70Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

41 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 376 offences
Wiltshire50
South West71
England83

Rank #1,317 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences149
Theft105
Burglary15
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson29
Public order & weapons38
Drugs18
Robbery0
Other7

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 97 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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