Hanslope, Castlethorpe & Sherington

Milton Keynes · South East · population 11,843 · 8 LSOAs

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

66Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,315 of 6,856 in England
  • #590 of 1,119 in South East
  • #17 of 35 in Milton Keynes
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,675
Median age (est.)43
Density91per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above39%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 9%25–44 26%45–64 27%65+ 20%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 41%Social rent: 13%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 41%Social rent 13%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 24%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 9%Other: 18%
One person 24%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 9%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional16%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades9%
Elementary7%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 89%Asian: 4%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 89%Asian 4%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 48% · No religion 43% · Muslim 2%

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

Hanslope, Castlethorpe & Sherington is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,315 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #17 of 35 in Milton Keynes. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (88) but weak on Housing & access (5). Typical homes here sold for about £391,875 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+6%) (from 148 sales), 14% above the wider Milton Keynes median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £46,192 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 58 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 73 · #1,835
Employment 88 · #834
Education 73 · #1,828
Health 77 · #1,575
Crime 72 · #1,938
Housing & access 5 · #6,531
Living environment 57 · #2,966

House prices ?

£391,875median (12m) · +1.8% yr · n=148
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£391,875148+1.8%+5.9%
Detached£498,50067-1.2%-0.3%
Semi-detached£373,00042+6.6%+23.3%
Terraced£303,75030-6.5%+4.7%
Flat£175,0009-21.0%-7.4%
This area£391,875
Milton Keynes£345,000
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)£46,192±£6,550 · #1,803 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,468
Price-to-income ?8.5×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 ?

53Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

58 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 686 offences
Milton Keynes93
South East71
England83

Rank #2,703 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences281
Theft99
Burglary47
Vehicle crime68
Criminal damage & arson84
Public order & weapons65
Drugs21
Robbery4
Other17

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 104 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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