Chalfont St Peter West

Buckinghamshire · South East · population 5,856 · 3 LSOAs

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

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

Residents5,817
Median age (est.)45
Density839per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above49%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 10%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 40%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 9%
Own outright 40%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 13%Private rent 9%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 14%Couple with children: 38%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 23%Couple, no children 14%Couple with children 38%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 23% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors23%
Associate professional16%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 8%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 87%Asian 8%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 55% · No religion 32% · Hindu 3%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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 St Peter West is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #259 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #6 of 67 in Buckinghamshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (99) and lowest on Living environment (84). Typical homes here sold for about £805,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 81 sales), 75% 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 #6,504 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £57,636 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 89 · #725
Employment 92 · #553
Education 91 · #629
Health 99 · #60
Crime 85 · #1,033
Housing & access 86 · #944
Living environment 84 · #1,129

House prices ?

£805,000median (12m) · +6.6% yr · n=81
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£805,00081+6.6%+20.5%
Detached£1,045,00036-17.6%+10.0%
Semi-detached£710,00025+20.9%+17.4%
Terraced£735,00016+38.7%+56.5%
FlatToo few sales to report (n=4)
This area£805,000
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)£57,636±£8,447 · #286 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£46,492
Price-to-income ?14.0×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 ?

5Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

39 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 228 offences
Buckinghamshire57
South East71
England83

Rank #1,156 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences82
Theft32
Burglary10
Vehicle crime53
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons19
Drugs5
Robbery3
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 20 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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