Royal Wootton Bassett Outer & Lyneham

Wiltshire · South West · population 14,409 · 7 LSOAs

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

88Area Score / 100 ?
  • #855 of 6,856 in England
  • #71 of 710 in South West
  • #2 of 64 in Wiltshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents14,000
Median age (est.)38
Density183per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above30%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 17%25–44 25%45–64 24%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 8%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 7%Other: 18%
One person 24%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 7%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Associate professional 26% · Administrative 15% · Professional 14%

All occupation groups
Associate professional26%
Administrative15%
Professional14%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades10%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Process & plant6%
Sales & customer service5%

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 49% · No religion 40% · Hindu 2%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Royal Wootton Bassett Outer & Lyneham is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #855 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #2 of 64 in Wiltshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (99) but weak on Housing & access (36). Typical homes here sold for about £324,500 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 130 sales), in line with the wider Wiltshire median of £320,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,521 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 27 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 90 · #684
Employment 92 · #533
Education 74 · #1,815
Health 79 · #1,431
Crime 99 · #46
Housing & access 36 · #4,399
Living environment 57 · #2,925

House prices ?

£324,500median (12m) · -8.6% yr · n=130
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£324,500130-8.6%+18.9%
Detached£487,50045+9.9%+25.0%
Semi-detached£327,00033+2.3%+21.1%
Terraced£231,00041-6.3%+16.7%
Flat£157,50011+1.0%+12.1%
This area£324,500
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)£45,521±£6,395 · #1,958 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,330
Price-to-income ?7.1×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

86Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

27 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 388 offences
Wiltshire50
South West71
England83

Rank #246 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences213
Theft54
Burglary12
Vehicle crime9
Criminal damage & arson43
Public order & weapons32
Drugs13
Robbery1
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 56 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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