Waddesdon & Whitchurch

Buckinghamshire · South East · population 9,824 · 7 LSOAs

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

62Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,617 of 6,856 in England
  • #631 of 1,119 in South East
  • #50 of 67 in Buckinghamshire
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,788
Median age (est.)42
Density90per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above40%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 30%65+ 16%

Tenure

Own outright: 31%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 31%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 15%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 32%Lone parent: 10%Other: 17%
One person 22%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 32%Lone parent 10%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional15%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative9%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 6%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 87%Asian 6%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 53% · No religion 36% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Waddesdon & Whitchurch is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,617 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #50 of 67 in Buckinghamshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (84) but weak on Housing & access (11). Typical homes here sold for about £415,000 over the past year, up 15% across five years (from 120 sales), 10% below the wider Buckinghamshire median of £460,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,506 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 40 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 69 · #2,137
Employment 79 · #1,451
Education 73 · #1,835
Health 84 · #1,088
Crime 76 · #1,664
Housing & access 11 · #6,099
Living environment 23 · #5,290

House prices ?

£415,000median (12m) · -1.2% yr · n=120
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£415,000120-1.2%+15.3%
Detached£562,75052-16.0%+15.1%
Semi-detached£400,00023-3.0%+15.3%
Terraced£350,00031+7.5%+9.0%
Flat£175,00014-5.9%+9.4%
This area£415,000
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)£48,506±£6,838 · #1,355 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£39,736
Price-to-income ?8.6×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 ?

45Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

40 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 395 offences
Buckinghamshire57
South East71
England83

Rank #1,270 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences184
Theft51
Burglary12
Vehicle crime25
Criminal damage & arson56
Public order & weapons42
Drugs16
Robbery1
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 43 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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