Loudwater & Wooburn Green

Buckinghamshire · South East · population 6,863 · 4 LSOAs

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

78Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,540 of 6,856 in England
  • #414 of 1,119 in South East
  • #36 of 67 in Buckinghamshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,750
Median age (est.)42
Density926per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above36%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 27%45–64 27%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 12%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 31%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 11%Other: 14%
One person 31%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 11%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional16%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 5%Black: 2%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 87%Asian 5%Black 2%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 41% · Muslim 2%

Born outside the UK: 11%

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

Loudwater & Wooburn Green is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,540 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #36 of 67 in Buckinghamshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (94) but weak on Housing & access (18). Typical homes here sold for about £475,000 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 112 sales), in line with the wider Buckinghamshire median of £460,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,206 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 65 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 77 · #1,568
Employment 80 · #1,342
Education 64 · #2,452
Health 94 · #375
Crime 76 · #1,678
Housing & access 18 · #5,605
Living environment 64 · #2,486

House prices ?

£475,000median (12m) · +8.6% yr · n=112
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£475,000112+8.6%+23.4%
Detached£650,00022+4.0%+24.7%
Semi-detached£507,50032+13.4%+14.0%
Terraced£420,000420.0%+12.0%
Flat£245,25016-0.9%+8.5%
This area£475,000
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)£48,206±£6,825 · #1,411 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,910
Price-to-income ?9.9×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 ?

38Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

65 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 449 offences
Buckinghamshire57
South East71
England83

Rank #3,241 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences171
Theft86
Burglary8
Vehicle crime39
Criminal damage & arson36
Public order & weapons35
Drugs61
Robbery4
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 51 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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