Lawn & East Wichel
Swindon 024 · 5 sub-areas · 9,940 residents
Swindon 024 is a settled, largely owner-occupied part of Swindon, home to around 9,940 people with a notably broad age spread. A typical two-bedroom flat lets for around £975 a month — noticeably below the UK median for a 2-bed — and almost three-quarters of households here own their home, well above the Swindon norm.
Lawn & East Wichel is a green, lower-density part of Swindon — parks within walking distance of most addresses, a slower weekday rhythm, and a population skewed toward longer-tenure households rather than transient renters.
Overview
What's it like to live in Lawn & East Wichel?
Greenspace is on the doorstep — a park or playing field is within walking distance of most homes; food and drink within walking distance is workable but not dense — around 11 restaurants and 0 pubs in five minutes; Crime sits around the national average — neither a notable concern nor a notable selling point; rents are roughly in line with the national norm, at around £1,082 a month for a typical home; gigabit broadband is effectively universal.
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Figures are aggregated across 5 sub-areas — population-weighted means for rates, sums for counts. Sources cited beneath each section.
Lawn & East Wichel in Swindon
Living in Lawn & East Wichel
This part of Swindon feels more suburban and rooted than the town centre corridors. The housing stock skews towards family homes rather than flats, and the tenure mix — around 71% owner-occupied — tells you something about who chooses to stay. It's not a transient neighbourhood; the population ages evenly across the life stages, with roughly one in five residents over 65 and a similar share under 18.
On cost, Swindon 024 sits at the more affordable end of a town that's already reasonably priced relative to the wider South West. A one-bedroom lets for around £810 a month, a two-bedroom for about £975, and a three-bedroom for roughly £1,200. Council tax (Band D) runs to around £2,440 a year. With a median annual resident salary of about £33,100, renters here are spending close to half their take-home pay on rent — a squeeze, though one that's common across England right now.
The demographic picture is one of relative stability. Owner-occupation is dominant, private renting accounts for around 17% of households, and social housing makes up under 10%. Around 40% of residents hold a degree, which is moderately high for a non-London South West town. The ethnic diversity index sits at 27, reflecting a population that's around 83% UK-born — broadly consistent with Swindon as a whole but less diverse than the town's inner areas.
For day-to-day practicality, the nearest mainline rail station is roughly 2.7 km away — about a 33-minute walk, though most people drive; over 43% of residents commute by car. Working from home is also common here, with nearly 44% of residents doing so at least some of the time. Greenspace is close: the nearest is under 300 metres away, and more than half of residents can reach a green space on foot. See the streets and sub-areas below for more.
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Frequently asked
- Is Swindon 024 a nice place to live?
- It's a settled, family-oriented part of Swindon with low deprivation and good greenspace nearby. Around 71% of residents own their home, which signals a stable, long-term community. The trade-off is that school quality is more mixed than you'd hope — only around 42% of nearby schools are rated Good or Outstanding, well below the national average.
- What is the rent in Swindon 024?
- A one-bedroom property runs around £810 a month, a two-bedroom around £975, and a three-bedroom around £1,200. These are estimates based on local sale prices scaled from Swindon-wide ONS data. The two-bedroom figure is below the UK median of roughly £1,200, making this a relatively affordable part of the South West.
- Is Swindon 024 safe?
- The crime rate is around 104 incidents per 1,000 residents a year — moderately above the UK national rate of roughly 80. That said, the area ranks in the least deprived 20% of neighbourhoods in England (IMD decile 8.3), which tends to correlate with lower serious crime. As elsewhere, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime are the most common categories.
- What's the commute from Swindon 024 to Swindon centre?
- The nearest mainline rail station is roughly 2.7 km away — most residents drive rather than walk. By public transport, the nearest major employment hub is around 62 minutes away. Just under 4% of residents commute by public transport, while 43% drive and nearly 44% work from home at least part of the week.
- Who lives in Swindon 024?
- A genuinely mixed-age community — each age group from under-18 to over-65 makes up roughly a fifth of the population. Around 71% of residents own their home, and about 40% hold a degree. It's not a young-professional hub; it skews towards established households, with couples-with-children making up around 21% of homes.
- What schools are near Swindon 024?
- There are 59 schools within typical catchment distance, though only around 42% are rated Good or Outstanding — well below the national average of roughly 89%. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is about 1.5 km away. It's worth checking Ofsted's website directly for current ratings on specific primaries and secondaries before choosing a catchment.
- How good is broadband in Swindon 024?
- Excellent. Full gigabit-capable broadband reaches 100% of premises here, and no properties fall below the universal service obligation minimum speed. If fast, reliable home internet matters — particularly given the high rate of home working locally — this neighbourhood delivers on it.