Wendover

Buckinghamshire · South East · population 9,681 · 6 LSOAs

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

88Area Score / 100 ?
  • #800 of 6,856 in England
  • #253 of 1,119 in South East
  • #21 of 67 in Buckinghamshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,654
Median age (est.)41
Density398per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above43%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 13%25–44 24%45–64 26%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 32%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 21%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 32%Social rent 13%Private rent 21%

Households

One person: 29%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 7%Other: 16%
One person 29%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 7%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 20% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 19%

All occupation groups
Professional20%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional19%
Administrative13%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure6%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 92%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 92%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 42% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Wendover is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #800 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #21 of 67 in Buckinghamshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Crime (96) but weak on Housing & access (23). Typical homes here sold for about £540,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 105 sales), 17% above the wider Buckinghamshire median of £460,000. Typical household take-home income is around £56,268 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 31 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 90 · #684
Employment 92 · #519
Education 84 · #1,129
Health 91 · #608
Crime 96 · #272
Housing & access 23 · #5,297
Living environment 79 · #1,410

House prices ?

£540,000median (12m) · +9.6% yr · n=105
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£540,000105+9.6%+13.7%
Detached£755,00019+0.7%+14.4%
Semi-detached£590,25054+11.9%+38.1%
Terraced£402,50017+7.3%-7.0%
Flat£266,50015+5.5%+7.9%
This area£540,000
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)£56,268±£8,163 · #368 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£45,906
Price-to-income ?9.6×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 ?

30Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

31 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 304 offences
Buckinghamshire57
South East71
England83

Rank #509 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences149
Theft64
Burglary6
Vehicle crime13
Criminal damage & arson23
Public order & weapons26
Drugs8
Robbery3
Other12

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 35 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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