Somerford, Dauntsey & Minety

Wiltshire · South West · population 6,290 · 4 LSOAs

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

75Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,712 of 6,856 in England
  • #174 of 710 in South West
  • #22 of 64 in Wiltshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,104
Median age (est.)51
Density57per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above43%
No car or van4%

Age

0–14 15%15–24 8%25–44 17%45–64 33%65+ 27%

Tenure

Own outright: 50%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 5%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 50%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 5%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 19%Couple, no children: 23%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 5%Other: 24%
One person 19%Couple, no children 23%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 5%Other 24%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 23% · Professional 21% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors23%
Professional21%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Administrative10%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure6%
Process & plant4%
Sales & customer service4%

Ethnic group

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

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 35% · Buddhist 0%

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

Somerford, Dauntsey & Minety is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,712 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #22 of 64 in Wiltshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (99) but weak on Housing & access (5). Typical homes here sold for about £560,000 over the past year, up 18% across five years (from 82 sales), 75% above the wider Wiltshire median of £320,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,838 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 15 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 95 · #320
Employment 93 · #451
Education 90 · #697
Health 95 · #368
Crime 99 · #39
Housing & access 5 · #6,524
Living environment 14 · #5,866

House prices ?

£560,000median (12m) · -8.2% yr · n=82
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£560,00082-8.2%+17.9%
Detached£665,00049-0.7%+14.9%
Semi-detached£422,00019+3.6%+8.2%
Terraced£270,00013+10.2%-26.0%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=1)
This area£560,000
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)£48,838±£6,882 · #1,272 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,227
Price-to-income ?11.5×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 ?

23Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

15 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 95 offences
Wiltshire50
South West71
England83

Rank #4 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences43
Theft10
Burglary8
Vehicle crime4
Criminal damage & arson14
Public order & weapons10
Drugs3
Robbery0
Other3

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 23 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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