City · Wiltshire

Salisbury area guide

Who lives in Salisbury, how they live, and how it compares on crime, schools and transport.

Council: Wiltshire
Region: South West
Population: 47,705 (2024)

SalisburyCity · Wiltshire

At a glance

What Salisbury is like

Salisbury is a city in Wiltshire in the South West. It is home to about 47,705 people across 20,431 households. 61% of households own their home, 19.1% rent privately and 18.2% are in social housing. The largest age group is 50–54, and 58.5% of adults are in work. On deprivation, it sits near the middle of the scale for England. Higher-harm crime is below the England and Wales average.

Scores

How Salisbury compares

Headline figures for Salisbury, set against England as a whole.

AffluenceMore

6.6/ 10

Around the middle. Scored from 1 (most deprived in England) to 10 (least deprived).

CrimeMore

6/ 10

Around the middle: 27.5 higher-harm crimes per 1,000 people a year vs 31.1 nationally.

TransportMore

5.0/ 10

Good: 1 station within a mile, 61 bus stops within 800m.

SchoolsMore

89%

Rated good or better across 19 inspected schools in Salisbury.

Household incomeMore

£57,399

Average annual income before tax, higher than 61% of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.

What stands out

Worth knowing before you invest

Where Salisbury differs most from the national average.

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An older population
22% of residents are 65 or over, against 18.4% across England.

Questions

Salisbury FAQs

Is Salisbury a good place to live?

Deprivation, crime, schools and transport at a glance.

It scores 6.6 out of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 10 is the least deprived in England. Higher-harm crime runs at 27.5 per 1,000 people a year, band 6 of 10 nationally. 89% of the inspected schools nearby are rated good or better. Transport connectivity scores 5.0 out of 10 (good).

Is Salisbury safe?

How recorded crime here compares with the national average.

Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 27.5 offences per 1,000 people a year around Salisbury, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales, band 6 of 10.

Who lives in Salisbury?

Age, home ownership and housing from the census.

The largest age group is 50–54, at 6.9% of residents. 61% of households own their home. The most common property type is semi-detached (29.5%).

Which council covers Salisbury?

The local authority for Salisbury is Wiltshire.

Salisbury comes under Wiltshire in the South West. Council tax, planning applications and bin collections are handled there.

How well connected is Salisbury?

Connectivity scores 5.0 out of 10.

There are 61 bus stops within 800m and 1 station or tram stop within a mile, scoring 5.0 out of 10 (good). The nearest station is Salisbury Rail Station, 0.3 miles away.

Sources: Census 2021 (ONS); ONS mid-year population estimates; police recorded crime; the English, Welsh and Scottish indices of deprivation; ONS small area income estimates; ONS private rents; DfE, Welsh and Scottish school registers and Ofsted; DfT NaPTAN; ORR estimates of station usage. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.

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