Town Centre & Marlow Hill

Buckinghamshire · South East · population 13,608 · 6 LSOAs

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

60Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,767 of 6,856 in England
  • #660 of 1,119 in South East
  • #51 of 67 in Buckinghamshire
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,919
Median age (est.)33
Density2,835per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above43%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 16%25–44 33%45–64 20%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 23%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 9%Private rent: 33%
Own outright 23%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 9%Private rent 33%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 9%Other: 19%
One person 26%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 9%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service8%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 50%Asian: 35%Black: 7%Mixed: 6%Other: 3%
White 50%Asian 35%Black 7%Mixed 6%Other 3%

Religion & identity

Christian 37% · Muslim 24% · No religion 23%

Born outside the UK: 37%

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

Town Centre & Marlow Hill is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,767 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #51 of 67 in Buckinghamshire. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Health (85) and lowest on Housing & access (34). Typical homes here sold for about £450,000 over the past year, up 22% across five years (from 117 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 199 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well above the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 49 · #3,467
Employment 64 · #2,459
Education 53 · #3,247
Health 85 · #1,033
Crime 44 · #3,871
Housing & access 34 · #4,557
Living environment 57 · #2,959

House prices ?

£450,000median (12m) · +10.4% yr · n=117
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£450,000117+10.4%+21.6%
Detached£670,00037+8.1%+12.9%
Semi-detached£489,75032+13.9%+27.9%
Terraced£381,7506-5.7%+38.8%
Flat£227,50042+11.0%+12.3%
This area£450,000
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±£6,912 · #1,410 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,289
Price-to-income ?9.3×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 ?

35Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

199 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 2,704 offences
Buckinghamshire57
South East71
England83

Rank #6,174 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences956
Theft819
Burglary46
Vehicle crime135
Criminal damage & arson163
Public order & weapons324
Drugs154
Robbery61
Other46

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 300 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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