Marlow East

Buckinghamshire · South East · population 5,759 · 4 LSOAs

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

90Area Score / 100 ?
  • #677 of 6,856 in England
  • #216 of 1,119 in South East
  • #19 of 67 in Buckinghamshire
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,665
Median age (est.)44
Density2,816per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above45%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 9%25–44 24%45–64 28%65+ 21%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 12%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 11%Other: 15%
One person 29%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 11%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 22% · Associate professional 18%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors22%
Associate professional18%
Skilled trades8%
Administrative8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 91%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 91%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 40% · Muslim 2%

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

Marlow East is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #677 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #19 of 67 in Buckinghamshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (96) and lowest on Housing & access (57). Typical homes here sold for about £545,000 over the past year, up 12% across five years (from 85 sales), 18% above the wider Buckinghamshire median of £460,000. Typical household take-home income is around £54,005 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 49 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 80 · #1,369
Employment 87 · #869
Education 75 · #1,726
Health 96 · #265
Crime 82 · #1,205
Housing & access 57 · #2,959
Living environment 72 · #1,931

House prices ?

£545,000median (12m) · -10.7% yr · n=85
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£545,00085-10.7%+12.4%
Detached£1,000,00017-13.1%+17.6%
Semi-detached£669,00016-3.0%+20.0%
Terraced£500,00036-14.5%+24.2%
Flat£290,50016-17.0%-18.1%
This area£545,000
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)£54,005±£7,598 · #560 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,462
Price-to-income ?10.1×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 ?

29Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

49 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 282 offences
Buckinghamshire57
South East71
England83

Rank #2,035 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences120
Theft68
Burglary6
Vehicle crime18
Criminal damage & arson27
Public order & weapons27
Drugs11
Robbery0
Other5

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 32 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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