Farnham & Hedgerley

Buckinghamshire · South East · population 7,270 · 4 LSOAs

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

86Area Score / 100 ?
  • #978 of 6,856 in England
  • #298 of 1,119 in South East
  • #25 of 67 in Buckinghamshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,293
Median age (est.)46
Density445per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above47%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 9%25–44 21%45–64 29%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 11%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 8%Other: 20%
One person 26%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 8%Other 20%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 26% · Professional 24% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors26%
Professional24%
Associate professional15%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 75%Asian: 17%Black: 1%Mixed: 4%Other: 3%
White 75%Asian 17%Black 1%Mixed 4%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 28% · Sikh 8%

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

Farnham & Hedgerley is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #978 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #25 of 67 in Buckinghamshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (97) but weak on Housing & access (27). Typical homes here sold for about £700,000 over the past year, down 4% across five years (from 90 sales), 52% 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 #6,164 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £54,067 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 47 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 88 · #793
Employment 89 · #773
Education 86 · #958
Health 97 · #190
Crime 56 · #2,980
Housing & access 27 · #5,023
Living environment 64 · #2,500

House prices ?

£700,000median (12m) · +18.6% yr · n=90
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£700,00090+18.6%-4.1%
Detached£1,177,50042+2.2%+25.3%
Semi-detached£648,00013+16.1%+1.6%
Terraced£416,50019-15.5%-2.6%
Flat£308,00016-7.4%-0.6%
This area£700,000
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)£54,067±£7,688 · #550 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,535
Price-to-income ?12.9×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 ?

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Recorded crime ?

47 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 341 offences
Buckinghamshire57
South East71
England83

Rank #1,864 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences110
Theft73
Burglary20
Vehicle crime46
Criminal damage & arson38
Public order & weapons28
Drugs17
Robbery0
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 23 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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