Chalfont Common & St Peter East

Buckinghamshire · South East · population 7,799 · 5 LSOAs

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

96Area Score / 100 ?
  • #272 of 6,856 in England
  • #100 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 67 in Buckinghamshire
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,563
Median age (est.)48
Density824per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above47%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 29%65+ 24%

Tenure

Own outright: 45%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 6%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 45%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 6%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 25%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Managers & directors 24% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Managers & directors24%
Associate professional16%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary5%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 83%Asian: 11%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 2%
White 83%Asian 11%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 56% · No religion 28% · Hindu 4%

Born outside the UK: 14%

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

Chalfont Common & St Peter East is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #272 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #10 of 67 in Buckinghamshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (97) and lowest on Housing & access (65). Typical homes here sold for about £775,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 115 sales), 68% above the wider Buckinghamshire median of £460,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,406 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £57,524 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 39 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 92 · #512
Employment 88 · #807
Education 88 · #814
Health 97 · #190
Crime 81 · #1,301
Housing & access 65 · #2,418
Living environment 89 · #766

House prices ?

£775,000median (12m) · +9.5% yr · n=115
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£775,000115+9.5%+9.9%
Detached£871,20073+5.5%+13.1%
Semi-detached£780,0009+24.8%+25.3%
Terraced£587,5008+17.5%
Flat£405,00025-1.2%-35.9%
This area£775,000
Buckinghamshire£460,000
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)£57,524±£8,335 · #295 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£49,480
Price-to-income ?13.5×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 ?

6Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

39 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 303 offences
Buckinghamshire57
South East71
England83

Rank #1,155 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences117
Theft47
Burglary25
Vehicle crime34
Criminal damage & arson34
Public order & weapons27
Drugs7
Robbery8
Other4

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 48 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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