Salisbury Bemerton

Wiltshire · South West · population 7,982 · 4 LSOAs

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

27Area Score / 100 ?
  • #5,016 of 6,856 in England
  • #619 of 710 in South West
  • #64 of 64 in Wiltshire
  • More deprived (bottom 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,623
Median age (est.)35
Density2,236per km²
No qualifications20%
Degree or above25%
No car or van20%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 11%25–44 30%45–64 23%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 37%Private rent: 10%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 37%Private rent 10%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 17%Other: 14%
One person 23%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 17%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 14% · Caring & leisure 13% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Professional14%
Caring & leisure13%
Elementary13%
Skilled trades12%
Associate professional11%
Sales & customer service10%
Administrative10%
Managers & directors9%
Process & plant8%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 48% · Christian 44% · Muslim 2%

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

Salisbury Bemerton is in the more-deprived bottom third of England, ranked #5,016 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #64 of 64 in Wiltshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (97) but weak on Education (12). Typical homes here sold for about £290,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 89 sales), 9% below the wider Wiltshire median of £320,000. Typical household take-home income is around £40,870 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 72 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 22 · #5,311
Employment 23 · #5,270
Education 12 · #6,030
Health 35 · #4,454
Crime 26 · #5,036
Housing & access 46 · #3,693
Living environment 97 · #211

House prices ?

£290,000median (12m) · -6.1% yr · n=89
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£290,00089-6.1%+11.5%
Detached£381,00023+4.4%+21.0%
Semi-detached£298,00033-2.3%+14.6%
Terraced£265,00026-10.2%+9.3%
Flat£162,0007
This area£290,000
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)£40,870±£5,893 · #3,150 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£32,147
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 ?

40Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

72 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 578 offences
Wiltshire50
South West71
England83

Rank #3,684 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences308
Theft53
Burglary29
Vehicle crime29
Criminal damage & arson72
Public order & weapons51
Drugs13
Robbery3
Other20

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 137 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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