Housing in SN12 6EQ
What the homes in SN12 6EQ are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Bowerhill, Atworth & Whitley
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,238 (2024)
SN12 6EQMelksham
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (36.8%). Flats make up 11.7%, well below the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
62.1% of households in the SN12 6EQ area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 7.9% of households, less than half the England figure of 20.5%. 32.6% own outright and 29.5% with a mortgage.
- Owned62.1%61.3%
- Shared ownership1.3%1%
- Private rented7.9%20.5%
- Social rented28.6%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.2 people living in it. 31.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple without children (18.2%). 22.9% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Wiltshire
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Wiltshire (August 2026, +6% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around SN12 6EQ (Bowerhill, Atworth & Whitley) (about 2,238 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.