Binfield & Popeswood

Bracknell Forest · South East · population 12,955 · 8 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

96Area Score / 100 ?
  • #293 of 6,856 in England
  • #107 of 1,119 in South East
  • #4 of 15 in Bracknell Forest
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,092
Median age (est.)39
Density577per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above43%
No car or van6%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 9%25–44 32%45–64 26%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 50%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 50%Social rent 8%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 24%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 8%Other: 12%
One person 24%Couple, no children 24%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 8%Other 12%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 19%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional19%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 6%Black: 2%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 87%Asian 6%Black 2%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 50% · No religion 39% · Hindu 2%

Born outside the UK: 16%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Binfield & Popeswood is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #293 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #4 of 15 in Bracknell Forest. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (98) but weak on Housing & access (35). Typical homes here sold for about £528,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 291 sales), 26% above the wider Bracknell Forest median of £420,000. Typical household take-home income is around £56,585 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 36 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 89 · #732
Employment 97 · #231
Education 92 · #581
Health 98 · #121
Crime 90 · #649
Housing & access 35 · #4,426
Living environment 92 · #574

House prices ?

£528,000median (12m) · +5.6% yr · n=291
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£528,000291+5.6%+21.4%
Detached£717,50094+13.0%+27.0%
Semi-detached£546,00072+7.6%+21.3%
Terraced£445,00059+7.9%+9.9%
Flat£281,25066+2.6%+7.8%
This area£528,000
Bracknell Forest£420,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£56,585±£8,052 · #348 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£46,160
Price-to-income ?9.3×typical home ÷ net income — more stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

34Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 472 offences
Bracknell Forest56
South East71
England83

Rank #944 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences236
Theft54
Burglary27
Vehicle crime45
Criminal damage & arson32
Public order & weapons57
Drugs11
Robbery1
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 90 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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