Royal Wootton Bassett Town

Wiltshire · South West · population 7,718 · 4 LSOAs

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

70Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,089 of 6,856 in England
  • #228 of 710 in South West
  • #35 of 64 in Wiltshire
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,666
Median age (est.)45
Density4,107per km²
No qualifications17%
Degree or above29%
No car or van16%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 31%Social rent: 17%Private rent: 17%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 31%Social rent 17%Private rent 17%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 26%Lone parent: 11%Other: 15%
One person 31%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 26%Lone parent 11%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 12%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors12%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary9%
Sales & customer service8%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 42% · Muslim 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

Royal Wootton Bassett Town is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,089 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #35 of 64 in Wiltshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Housing & access (86) and lowest on Education (52). Typical homes here sold for about £289,000 over the past year, up 19% across five years (from 115 sales), 10% below the wider Wiltshire median of £320,000. Typical household take-home income is around £41,794 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 57 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 56 · #2,994
Employment 57 · #2,946
Education 52 · #3,254
Health 57 · #2,932
Crime 70 · #2,027
Housing & access 86 · #944
Living environment 82 · #1,232

House prices ?

£289,000median (12m) · +11.2% yr · n=115
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£289,000115+11.2%+19.2%
Detached£400,00019+0.3%+17.0%
Semi-detached£302,75040+9.1%+21.8%
Terraced£280,00039+9.3%+23.1%
Flat£145,00017+7.4%+12.6%
This area£289,000
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)£41,794±£5,860 · #2,910 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£34,809
Price-to-income ?6.9×typical home ÷ net income — less 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 ?

85Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

57 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 443 offences
Wiltshire50
South West71
England83

Rank #2,666 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences247
Theft30
Burglary8
Vehicle crime8
Criminal damage & arson63
Public order & weapons56
Drugs9
Robbery4
Other18

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 107 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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