Mere & East Knoyle

Wiltshire · South West · population 6,797 · 4 LSOAs

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

50Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,446 of 6,856 in England
  • #431 of 710 in South West
  • #57 of 64 in Wiltshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,747
Median age (est.)56
Density49per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above34%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 13%15–24 8%25–44 16%45–64 29%65+ 34%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 23%Social rent: 14%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 23%Social rent 14%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 7%Other: 22%
One person 30%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 7%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 18% · Skilled trades 17% · Professional 16%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors18%
Skilled trades17%
Professional16%
Associate professional12%
Elementary8%
Caring & leisure8%
Administrative8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 98%Asian: 0%Black: 0%Mixed: 1%Other: 0%
White 98%Asian 0%Black 0%Mixed 1%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 35% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 6%

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

Mere & East Knoyle sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,446 of 6,856 in England, and #57 of 64 in Wiltshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (79) but weak on Housing & access (8). Typical homes here sold for about £380,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 82 sales), 19% above the wider Wiltshire median of £320,000. Typical household take-home income is around £38,312 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 46 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 64 · #2,459
Employment 60 · #2,733
Education 56 · #2,994
Health 79 · #1,431
Crime 78 · #1,479
Housing & access 8 · #6,284
Living environment 14 · #5,887

House prices ?

£380,000median (12m) · -3.8% yr · n=82
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£380,00082-3.8%+16.9%
Detached£517,08342+8.9%+26.9%
Semi-detached£362,00019-2.8%+11.4%
Terraced£342,50018-4.9%+24.3%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=3)
This area£380,000
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)£38,312±£5,376 · #3,931 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,230
Price-to-income ?9.9×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 ?

44Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

46 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 313 offences
Wiltshire50
South West71
England83

Rank #1,782 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences115
Theft64
Burglary35
Vehicle crime25
Criminal damage & arson47
Public order & weapons18
Drugs3
Robbery1
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 69 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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