Westbury Town & South

Wiltshire · South West · population 6,986 · 4 LSOAs

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

64Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,432 of 6,856 in England
  • #269 of 710 in South West
  • #40 of 64 in Wiltshire
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,953
Median age (est.)43
Density3,426per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above26%
No car or van15%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 11%25–44 26%45–64 28%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 12%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 35%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 22%Lone parent: 10%Other: 14%
One person 35%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 22%Lone parent 10%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 15% · Managers & directors 13% · Associate professional 13%

All occupation groups
Professional15%
Managers & directors13%
Associate professional13%
Skilled trades12%
Caring & leisure11%
Elementary11%
Administrative10%
Process & plant9%
Sales & customer service7%

Ethnic group

White: 97%Asian: 1%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 0%
White 97%Asian 1%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 0%

Religion & identity

No religion 47% · Christian 44% · Other 1%

Born outside the UK: 9%

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

Westbury Town & South is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,432 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #40 of 64 in Wiltshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (67) and lowest on Housing & access (51). Typical homes here sold for about £227,500 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 106 sales), 29% below the wider Wiltshire median of £320,000. Typical household take-home income is around £39,147 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 53 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 53 · #3,213
Employment 56 · #2,980
Education 54 · #3,179
Health 66 · #2,315
Crime 64 · #2,486
Housing & access 51 · #3,378
Living environment 67 · #2,288

House prices ?

£227,500median (12m) · -6.8% yr · n=106
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£227,500106-6.8%+7.3%
Detached£343,00023-5.4%+8.9%
Semi-detached£265,00029+6.9%+14.5%
Terraced£215,00029-2.3%+19.4%
Flat£126,00025+9.6%+26.1%
This area£227,500
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)£39,147±£5,550 · #3,673 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,709
Price-to-income ?5.8×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 ?

94Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

53 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 373 offences
Wiltshire50
South West71
England83

Rank #2,371 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences183
Theft54
Burglary9
Vehicle crime12
Criminal damage & arson50
Public order & weapons31
Drugs7
Robbery1
Other26

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 82 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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