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This town in Wiltshire, South West has a population of 10,693. Over-65s are only 4% of the population.
Homes are affordable here, though not without reasons. On cost of living it is strong: the median home sold for £250,000, 4.2 years of area income. Jobs and pay hold up well (A): mean household income £76,392; 1.7% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Schools lag: primary results beat 9% of towns in England; secondary results beat 7% of towns in England. It also trails on health: men here can expect to live to 79.4, women to 79.5. The overall grade comes out at B+, better than 72% of UK towns.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP. Tidworth is a military garrison town: most residents serve or work for the armed forces and live in service housing, so it keeps its grades but isn’t ranked against other towns.
The 3 things Tidworth does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Tidworth is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 20 buildings inside Tidworth’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 1 scheduled monument.
3% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Tidworth.
At the town’s 3 primary schools, just over half of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Of its 4 schools, one is shown below, with the reason. Attainment 8 at the one secondary school within 3 km averages 38.4, and 29% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zouch AcademyLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 433 | C+ |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 22% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Just over a fifth of workers worked mainly from home, lower than both Wiltshire’s towns (32%) and England’s towns (31%). For every resident in work, Tidworth has 0.4 jobs. Driving is how 72% of commuters got to work at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
20% live in social housing, above both Wiltshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%). Owners make up 28% of households. No town in Wiltshire costs less to buy into than Tidworth, at £250,000, the lowest of 33.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £380,000 | 20 |
| Semi-detached | £287,000 | 46 |
| Terraced | £245,000 | 58 |
| Flat or maisonette | £140,000 | 33 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Tidworth’s listed buildings include the Church of St Mary, Grade I. Relative to its size, Tidworth keeps 19 listed buildings per 10,000 residents, below Wiltshire’s towns (124) and England’s towns (39) alike. The pre-1919 share of homes is 3%.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
One in ten residents in Tidworth live with a disability. At the census, 2.1% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, lower than both Wiltshire’s towns (4.4%) and England’s towns (5.2%). There is no GP practice locally: the nearest is 2.3 miles off. Women here live to 79.5 on average and men to 79.4 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Tidworth | Wiltshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 91% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.1% | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 9.9% | 17% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
Violence came to 24.4 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Wiltshire’s towns (17.9) and England’s towns (22). 443 crimes and 108 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Tidworth’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Burglary and damage add up to 6.5 per 1,000 residents each year.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
People aged 15 to 24 are 15% of the population. Children under 15 make up 28%, higher than both Wiltshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (18%). The age that splits Tidworth in two is 28.4. Graduates make up 26% of adults.
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Tidworth is a garrison town: service personnel living in barracks count as residents.
| Tidworth | Wiltshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 28% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 15% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 41% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 12% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 4.1% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.9% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 26% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 26% | 31% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Wiltshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
20 listed buildings in Tidworth, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of the Holy Trinity: Photo: Chris Talbot · CC BY-SA 2.0 · St Marys Chapel of Rest: Photo: Hassocks5489 · CC0
11 notable people were born in Tidworth.
James Blunt: Teca Lamboglia from São Paulo, Brasil, CC BY 2.0 · Ben Hunt-Davis: Ollie Harding from London, UK, CC BY 2.0 · Patrick Sanders: Arlington National Cemetery, Public domain · Kynaston Studd: Unknown authorUnknown author (Elliott & Fry), Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tidworth | 10,693 | — | B+ | A | B− | C+ |
| Perham Down | 1,397 | 1.1 | — | A | A+ | B− |
| Ludgershall | 5,400 | 2.1 | C+ | A− | C | C |
| Shipton Bellinger | 1,442 | 2.2 | — | A | B+ | A− |
| Bulford | 4,923 | 4.8 | A | A | A− | B+ |
| Netheravon | 1,068 | 5.7 | — | A− | B+ | A |
| Durrington | 5,718 | 5.7 | B+ | B+ | B | B |
| Amesbury | 12,676 | 6.7 | C+ | B+ | C | C |
Perham Down, Shipton Bellinger and Netheravon have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
GCSE results trail 93% of towns in England, and primary results trail 91% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2).
Police recorded 443 crimes inside Tidworth’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 64% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
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Town in Wiltshire, England
Tidworth is a built-up area of 10,693 people, in the Wiltshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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