Buckden & Perry

Huntingdonshire · East of England · population 7,609 · 4 LSOAs

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

79Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,431 of 6,856 in England
  • #190 of 746 in East of England
  • #7 of 22 in Huntingdonshire
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,457
Median age (est.)50
Density157per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above35%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 8%25–44 22%45–64 32%65+ 26%

Tenure

Own outright: 46%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 46%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 8%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 25%Lone parent: 7%Other: 19%
One person 27%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 25%Lone parent 7%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional16%
Skilled trades10%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Sales & customer service6%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 2%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 2%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 40% · Muslim 2%

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

Buckden & Perry is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,431 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 22 in Huntingdonshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (92) but weak on Housing & access (11). Typical homes here sold for about £370,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+7%) (from 93 sales), 17% above the wider Huntingdonshire median of £315,000. Typical household take-home income is around £44,500 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 35 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 · #718
Employment 92 · #526
Education 66 · #2,315
Health 87 · #876
Crime 85 · #1,019
Housing & access 11 · #6,085
Living environment 58 · #2,870

House prices ?

£370,000median (12m) · +1.4% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£370,00093+1.4%+6.6%
Detached£458,75044+10.5%+11.3%
Semi-detached£316,25032+2.0%+11.0%
Terraced£270,00011-6.9%+11.3%
Flat£205,0006+53.9%
This area£370,000
Huntingdonshire£315,000
East of England£348,000
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)£44,500±£6,373 · #2,199 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,653
Price-to-income ?8.3×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 ?

69Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

35 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 269 offences
Huntingdonshire58
East of England70
England83

Rank #851 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences161
Theft21
Burglary8
Vehicle crime15
Criminal damage & arson28
Public order & weapons12
Drugs11
Robbery0
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 49 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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