Flackwell Heath

Buckinghamshire · South East · population 5,856 · 4 LSOAs

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

87Area Score / 100 ?
  • #896 of 6,856 in England
  • #276 of 1,119 in South East
  • #23 of 67 in Buckinghamshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,901
Median age (est.)47
Density1,358per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above36%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 20%45–64 28%65+ 25%

Tenure

Own outright: 49%Mortgage/shared: 36%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 7%
Own outright 49%Mortgage/shared 36%Social rent 8%Private rent 7%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 8%Other: 21%
One person 24%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 8%Other 21%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional16%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service6%
Elementary5%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 52% · No religion 38% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 7%

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

Flackwell Heath is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #896 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #23 of 67 in Buckinghamshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (99) but weak on Housing & access (26). Typical homes here sold for about £570,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 85 sales), 24% above the wider Buckinghamshire median of £460,000. Typical household take-home income is around £53,395 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 86 · #944
Employment 88 · #834
Education 70 · #2,027
Health 99 · #87
Crime 91 · #642
Housing & access 26 · #5,057
Living environment 93 · #464

House prices ?

£570,000median (12m) · -1.7% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£570,00085-1.7%+14.0%
Detached£655,00041-12.1%+1.2%
Semi-detached£541,00023+3.5%+15.7%
Terraced£436,75014+4.5%+24.8%
Flat£270,0007-34.0%-1.8%
This area£570,000
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)£53,395±£7,531 · #627 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,272
Price-to-income ?10.7×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 ?

24Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 211 offences
Buckinghamshire57
South East71
England83

Rank #912 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences87
Theft20
Burglary6
Vehicle crime24
Criminal damage & arson32
Public order & weapons22
Drugs14
Robbery0
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 36 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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