Stokenchurch

Buckinghamshire · South East · population 5,844 · 4 LSOAs

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

57Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,939 of 6,856 in England
  • #702 of 1,119 in South East
  • #54 of 67 in Buckinghamshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents5,853
Median age (est.)46
Density219per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above33%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 29%65+ 22%

Tenure

Own outright: 39%Mortgage/shared: 38%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 13%
Own outright 39%Mortgage/shared 38%Social rent 11%Private rent 13%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 8%Other: 17%
One person 26%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 8%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades14%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 4%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 4%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 54% · No religion 36% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 8%

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

Stokenchurch is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,939 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #54 of 67 in Buckinghamshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (84) but weak on Housing & access (4). Typical homes here, about £420,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 31% in five years (from 66 sales), 9% below the wider Buckinghamshire median of £460,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,716 a year, in the top third of England. 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 71 · #2,000
Employment 72 · #1,917
Education 52 · #3,282
Health 84 · #1,109
Crime 80 · #1,390
Housing & access 4 · #6,579
Living environment 38 · #4,221

House prices ?

£420,000median (12m) · -11.6% yr · n=66
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£420,00066-11.6%+31.2%
Detached£595,00017+10.2%+6.7%
Semi-detached£406,00016-3.3%+22.7%
Terraced£347,50012+1.5%+12.8%
Flat£216,50021-59.3%+15.5%
This area£420,000
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)£46,716±£6,587 · #1,694 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,921
Price-to-income ?9.0×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 ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 210 offences
Buckinghamshire57
South East71
England83

Rank #898 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences96
Theft32
Burglary6
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson19
Public order & weapons18
Drugs15
Robbery2
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 30 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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