Housing in SN3 2PN
What the homes in SN3 2PN are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Walcot East
- Council
- Swindon
- Region
- South West
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,896 (2024)
SN3 2PNSwindon
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (44.2%). Flats make up 45.4%, more than double the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
31.1% of households in the SN3 2PN area own their home, well below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 10.2% of households, less than half the England figure of 20.5%. 13.3% own outright and 17.8% with a mortgage.
- Owned31.1%61.3%
- Shared ownership2.9%1%
- Private rented10.2%20.5%
- Social rented55%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.8%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.3 people living in it. 35.3% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is one person living alone aged under 66 (20.8%). 32.2% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Swindon
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Swindon (August 2026, +4.5% 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 SN3 2PN (Walcot East) (about 1,896 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.