Sands

Buckinghamshire · South East · population 6,804 · 4 LSOAs

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

48Area Score / 100 ?
  • #3,576 of 6,856 in England
  • #797 of 1,119 in South East
  • #60 of 67 in Buckinghamshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,751
Median age (est.)35
Density2,002per km²
No qualifications19%
Degree or above35%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 11%25–44 34%45–64 24%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 15%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 12%Other: 15%
One person 27%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 12%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 11%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors11%
Skilled trades11%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service9%
Administrative9%
Process & plant7%

Ethnic group

White: 57%Asian: 28%Black: 6%Mixed: 6%Other: 2%
White 57%Asian 28%Black 6%Mixed 6%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 39% · No religion 28% · Muslim 24%

Born outside the UK: 29%

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

Sands sits close to the national midpoint for deprivation, #3,576 of 6,856 in England, and #60 of 67 in Buckinghamshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (75) but weak on Housing & access (20). Typical homes here sold for about £388,000 over the past year, up 21% across five years (from 80 sales), 16% below the wider Buckinghamshire median of £460,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,573 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 86 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 40 · #4,104
Employment 54 · #3,172
Education 34 · #4,495
Health 75 · #1,691
Crime 40 · #4,118
Housing & access 20 · #5,462
Living environment 63 · #2,521

House prices ?

£388,000median (12m) · +12.1% yr · n=80
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£388,00080+12.1%+21.2%
Detached£510,00012-5.1%-5.6%
Semi-detached£418,000340.0%+19.4%
Terraced£375,00011+9.5%+15.4%
Flat£205,00023-4.2%+2.2%
This area£388,000
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)£45,573±£6,506 · #1,945 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£35,499
Price-to-income ?8.5×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 ?

41Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

86 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 583 offences
Buckinghamshire57
South East71
England83

Rank #4,358 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences277
Theft81
Burglary18
Vehicle crime40
Criminal damage & arson58
Public order & weapons42
Drugs52
Robbery5
Other10

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 111 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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