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A town of 18,018 in Wiltshire, South West.
Warminster grades B overall against UK towns: better than 61% of UK towns, and #20 of 30 in Wiltshire. Its strongest subject is walkability (A−): 21% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is hazard risk (C): 1.2% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. The median home sold for £285,000 in the last three years, 4.8 times what households in the Wiltshire council area earn in a year.
The 2 things Warminster 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 Warminster is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 224 buildings inside Warminster’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
14% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 2 old photos and postcards going back to 1905.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Warminster.
Children under 15 make up 15% of residents. Residents of Warminster have a median age of 46. Young adults of 15 to 24 are 10% of residents, close to Wiltshire’s towns (10%) and below England’s towns (12%). 27% of adults hold a degree.
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Warminster | Wiltshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 10% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.8% | 5.7% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Degree level | 27% | 31% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Wiltshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Attainment 8 at the one secondary school within 3 km averages 45.8, and 41% of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths. At the town’s 7 primary schools, 60% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Between them, seven primaries and one secondary teach 2,566 pupils in Warminster.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Avenue Primary School and Children's CentreLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 262 | C− |
| Kingdown SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,347 | C+ |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 24% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
24% of workers worked mainly from home, below Wiltshire’s towns (32%) and England’s towns (31%) alike. Household income averages £52K a year before tax. Work in town: nearly two fifths of resident commuters. There are 0.9 jobs in Warminster for each resident in work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Warminster’s listed buildings include Portway House, Grade I. Per 10,000 residents, Warminster counts 124 listed buildings, about level with Wiltshire’s towns (119) and above England’s towns (39). The pre-1919 share of homes is 14%.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
15% live in social housing, lower than both Wiltshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%). Private rents average £1,082 a month across the Wiltshire council area. Behind the median of £285,000: 973 standard sales inside Warminster’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £385,000 | 355 |
| Semi-detached | £275,000 | 280 |
| Terraced | £225,000 | 218 |
| Flat or maisonette | £133,000 | 120 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
43% of the crimes fell under violence and sexual offences. Violent crime runs at 26.7 per 1,000 residents a year. The 12 months to August 2026 brought 1,024 recorded crimes inside Warminster’s built-up area, and 257 reports of anti-social behaviour. Also worth knowing: there were 17.5 anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 residents (not graded), above Wiltshire’s towns (7.9) and England’s towns (7.8) alike.
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 · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The nearest A&E to Warminster is Royal United Hospital Bath, 15.8 miles away. 81% of the town’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, below Wiltshire’s towns (83%) and England’s towns (82%) alike. One GP practice serves the town; just over two thirds of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey.
| Census 2021 | Warminster | Wiltshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 81% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.2% | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Warminster. Best known first.
Historic houseLongleat House2.2 km outside town, to the west
Wildlife parkLongleat Safari Park1.5 km outside town, to the west
Fort · English HeritageBratton Castle4.9 km outside town, to the northeast
Historic houseBradley House4.9 km outside town, to the southwest
Fort · National TrustCley Hill1.2 km outside town, to the westPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
224 listed buildings in Warminster, 1 of them Grade I.
Longleat: Photo: Mike Searle · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Portway House: Photo: Chris Talbot · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Church of St John the Evangelist: Photo: Peter Wood · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The White Hart Inn: Photo: Neil Owen · CC BY-SA 2.0
15 notable people were born in Warminster.
Andy Sheppard: Hreinn Gudlaugsson, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Will Puddy: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lucy Mary Silcox: Lady Ottoline Morrell died 1938, Public domain · Samuel Butler Provis: Illustrated London News, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warminster | 18,018 | — | B | A− | C+ | C+ |
| Dilton Marsh | 1,958 | 3.3 | — | A− | B+ | B+ |
| Westbury | 16,394 | 4 | B− | A− | C+ | C |
| Bratton | 1,172 | 5.3 | — | B+ | B+ | A− |
| Frome | 27,904 | 6.1 | D | C− | C− | B− |
| Beckington | 1,001 | 6.2 | — | D | B | A |
| North Bradley | 1,555 | 6.4 | — | A− | A | A− |
| Southwick | 1,856 | 6.8 | — | A | B− | A− |
Dilton Marsh, Bratton, Beckington, North Bradley and Southwick have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 5.1 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Portway House.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Against all UK towns, most of them smaller, it grades C+.
Town in Wiltshire, England
Warminster is a built-up area of 18,018 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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