Tattenhoe & Emerson Valley

Milton Keynes · South East · population 10,280 · 5 LSOAs

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

82Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,232 of 6,856 in England
  • #353 of 1,119 in South East
  • #3 of 35 in Milton Keynes
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,189
Median age (est.)38
Density2,477per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above42%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 12%25–44 29%45–64 28%65+ 9%

Tenure

Own outright: 19%Mortgage/shared: 50%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 19%Mortgage/shared 50%Social rent 11%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 38%Lone parent: 12%Other: 11%
One person 22%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 38%Lone parent 12%Other 11%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 26% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 14%

All occupation groups
Professional26%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors14%
Administrative10%
Elementary9%
Skilled trades7%
Caring & leisure7%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 67%Asian: 17%Black: 9%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 67%Asian 17%Black 9%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 41% · No religion 39% · Hindu 8%

Born outside the UK: 27%

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

Tattenhoe & Emerson Valley is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,232 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #3 of 35 in Milton Keynes. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (100) but weak on Housing & access (29). Typical homes here sold for about £405,000 over the past year, down 2% across five years (from 113 sales), 17% above the wider Milton Keynes median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £51,413 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 50 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 66 · #2,315
Employment 83 · #1,143
Education 82 · #1,239
Health 70 · #2,061
Crime 64 · #2,493
Housing & access 29 · #4,865
Living environment 100 · #12

House prices ?

£405,000median (12m) · -2.4% yr · n=113
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£405,000113-2.4%-1.5%
Detached£505,00048+1.4%+1.5%
Semi-detached£343,50034-14.4%+9.2%
Terraced£353,75024+7.2%+23.0%
Flat£165,0007-23.7%+189.5%
This area£405,000
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)£51,413±£7,368 · #852 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,873
Price-to-income ?7.9×typical home ÷ net income — similar to 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 ?

60Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

50 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 518 offences
Milton Keynes93
South East71
England83

Rank #2,154 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences257
Theft91
Burglary26
Vehicle crime31
Criminal damage & arson48
Public order & weapons33
Drugs16
Robbery10
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 78 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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