South West

Wiltshire: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Wiltshire is a unitary authority in the South West, home to 510,333 people at the 2021 census. The average house price was £328,746 in July 2026, up 2.6% on a year earlier and up 14.7% on five years before. On the ONS figure for July 2026 it had the 122nd highest average price of 360 council areas. 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming unemployment-related benefits in August 2026, against 3.9% across the UK. Median full-time pay for people living here was £37,811 a year in 2025 (UK: £39,039). The biggest employing sector is retail, wholesale & motor trade, with 14.2% of the 211,485 employee jobs counted in 2024.

Wiltshire house prices

Average price, July 2026

£328,746

South West: £302,298

Change over 1 year

+2.6%

South West: −0.2%

Change over 5 years

+14.7%

Since July 2021

Detached: £519,207
Semi-detached: £328,063
Terraced: £265,275
Flat or maisonette: £158,309
First-time buyers: £263,481

UK House Price Index, July 2026: HM Land Registry, Registers of Scotland, Land and Property Services NI and the ONS. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. About the index.

Ten years of prices and sales in the house price explorer

Jobs, pay and unemployment in Wiltshire

Claimant rate, August 2026

2.3%

7,165 people aged 16 to 64. UK: 3.9%

Employment rate, Apr 2025-Mar 2026

81.5%

UK: 75.4% · Annual Population Survey

Unemployment rate, Apr 2025-Mar 2026

2.9%

UK: 4.5%

Economically inactive

16.0%

UK: 21.0%

Median full-time pay, 2025

£37,811 a year

UK: £39,039

Median weekly pay, 2025

£751

UK: £767

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

Claimant count, Annual Population Survey and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (resident analysis), via Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Two years of claimant counts and ten of pay in the jobs explorer

What Wiltshire does for a living

Employee jobs, 2024

211,485

210,100 in 2019

Businesses, 2026

21,570

Largest sectors by share of employee jobs, 2024
Sector	Share of jobs	Great Britain
Retail, wholesale & motor trade	14.2%	13.6%
Health & social care	12.8%	14.1%
Professional & scientific	11.3%	9.2%
Hotels, pubs & restaurants	9.9%	7.8%
Manufacturing	8.5%	7.2%
Education	8.5%	8.6%

Business Register and Employment Survey 2024 (Great Britain only). UK Business Counts 2026. Both via Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Every sector and business size in the industries explorer

How Wiltshire has changed

Residents
398,650 in 1991 → 523,700 in 2024 (+31.4%)
England over the same years: +22.4%
Average house price
£194,535 in 2005 → £328,746 in 2026 (+69.0%)
England over the same years: +85.9%
Median weekly pay
£391 in 2008 → £621 in 2025 (+58.6%)
England over the same years: +63.7%
Employment rate
78.5% in 2004 → 80.4% in 2023 (+2.4%)
England over the same years: +4.4%
Claimant count
0.9% in 2001 → 2.2% in 2025 (+144.4%)
England over the same years: +60.0%
Disposable income per head
£11,656 in 1997 → £27,404 in 2024 (+135.1%)
England over the same years: +143.8%

ONS Explore local statistics, each series from its official producer; Office for National Statistics content licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Money figures are in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation.

Every series, charted, in the trends explorer

Who lives in Wiltshire

Residents, 2021

510,333

People per km², 2021

157

England and Wales: 395

Aged 65 and over

21.9%

England and Wales: 18.4%

Aged under 15

16.7%

England and Wales: 17.3%

Homes owned

66.8%

England and Wales: 61.5%

Homes rented privately

17.4%

England and Wales: 20.3%

Homes socially rented

14.5%

England and Wales: 17.1%

Degree or higher (16+)

34.2%

England and Wales: 33.8%

No qualifications (16+)

14.4%

England and Wales: 18.2%

Good or very good health

83.6%

England and Wales: 82.0%

Born in the UK

90.1%

England and Wales: 83.2%

Census 2021 topic summaries (TS001, TS006, TS007A, TS054, TS067, TS037, TS004), via Nomis. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

Any neighbourhood's census profile in the census explorer

How Wiltshire ranks among UK councils

40 official indicators are published for Wiltshire; 33 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

Three-year business survival · Economy & work62.9% (2021) · 35th highest of 374
Persistent school absence · Education & skills16.0% (2024/25) · 19th lowest of 132
Claimant count · Economy & work2.2% (2025) · 55th lowest of 361
Healthy life expectancy, men · Health & wellbeing63.8 years (2022 to 2024) · 31st highest of 195

Where it ranks worst

Business births · Economy & work8.7% (2024) · 307th highest of 361
Gigabit broadband · Connectivity & access76.9% (January 2026) · 306th highest of 361
Anxiety · Health & wellbeing3.5 out of 10 (2022/23) · 301st lowest of 363
4G coverage · Connectivity & access99.4% (January 2026) · 294th highest of 361

ONS Explore local statistics, latest figure for each indicator, ranked among council areas with a published figure; Office for National Statistics content licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0, each indicator’s producer named on its linked ONS page.

All 40 indicators in the area scorecard

Health in Wiltshire

Life expectancy (male) (2025)82.0 years · England 80.0 · 15th highest of 151
Life expectancy (female) (2025)85.4 years · England 83.8 · 16th highest of 151
Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)63.8 years · England 60.9 · 26th highest of 151
Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)63.7 years · England 61.3 · 33rd highest of 151
Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)252.6 per 100k · England 321.0 · 16th lowest of 151
Adult smoking prevalence (2024)8.4% · England 10.4 · 34th lowest of 148
Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)64.3% · England 64.6 · 63rd lowest of 153

OHID Fingertips (fingertips.phe.org.uk), Office for Health Improvement & Disparities. Upper-tier local authorities, England. © Crown copyright. Read 2026-09-02. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. England only: published for upper-tier local authorities.

The full health profile in the health explorer

Schools and children in Wiltshire

School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)70.4% · England 68.3 · 41st highest of 153
GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)45.8 score · England 46.0 · 74th highest of 153
16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)3.6% · England 5.8 · 36th lowest of 150
Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)13.1% · England 19.8 · 32nd lowest of 153

OHID Fingertips (fingertips.phe.org.uk), Office for Health Improvement & Disparities, carrying DfE / ONS education measures. Upper-tier local authorities, England. © Crown copyright. Read 2026-09-04. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. England only: published for upper-tier local authorities.

Nearby schools and more in the education explorer

About these figures

Wiltshire (E06000054) is a unitary authority in the South West, one of 361 council areas this site covers. Every figure on this page is read from the official source named beneath it and carries its own date; the page is rebuilt at most once a day. Survey figures carry sampling error, so small differences between neighbouring councils are often noise. For a single street or neighbourhood rather than the whole council area, search a postcode on the dashboard.

Sources

HM Land Registry UK House Price Index (landregistry.data.gov.uk). Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right, OGL v3.0.
Office for National Statistics via Nomis (nomisweb.co.uk): claimant count, Annual Population Survey, ASHE, BRES, UK Business Counts and Census 2021. Source: Office for National Statistics, OGL v3.0.
ONS Explore local statistics (ons.gov.uk/explore-local-statistics), OGL v3.0.
Council area names and codes: mySociety, UK local authority names and codes (CC BY 4.0), from the ONS Register of Geographic Codes.

Wiltshire: house prices, jobs and local statistics