Walnut Tree & Tilbrook

Milton Keynes · South East · population 7,948 · 5 LSOAs

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

59Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,836 of 6,856 in England
  • #680 of 1,119 in South East
  • #20 of 35 in Milton Keynes
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,152
Median age (est.)39
Density2,141per km²
No qualifications12%
Degree or above38%
No car or van11%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 11%25–44 29%45–64 30%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 39%Social rent: 21%Private rent: 20%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 39%Social rent 21%Private rent 20%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 15%Other: 10%
One person 27%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 15%Other 10%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 21% · Associate professional 14% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional21%
Associate professional14%
Managers & directors13%
Elementary12%
Administrative11%
Caring & leisure8%
Sales & customer service7%
Skilled trades7%
Process & plant6%

Ethnic group

White: 78%Asian: 8%Black: 8%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 78%Asian 8%Black 8%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

No religion 44% · Christian 42% · Muslim 5%

Born outside the UK: 22%

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

Walnut Tree & Tilbrook is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,836 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #20 of 35 in Milton Keynes. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (98) but weak on Housing & access (18). Typical homes here, about £365,000 over the past year, have climbed steeply — up 40% in five years (from 78 sales), 6% above the wider Milton Keynes median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £45,847 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 68 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 50 · #3,453
Employment 56 · #2,987
Education 59 · #2,822
Health 59 · #2,788
Crime 66 · #2,315
Housing & access 18 · #5,605
Living environment 98 · #135

House prices ?

£365,000median (12m) · +21.3% yr · n=78
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£365,00078+21.3%+40.4%
Detached£500,00036-3.8%+21.2%
Semi-detached£307,50020+10.8%+19.6%
Terraced£250,00016-3.5%+11.7%
Flat£116,0006-25.2%+71.9%
This area£365,000
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)£45,847±£6,474 · #1,888 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,103
Price-to-income ?8.0×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 ?

56Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

68 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 541 offences
Milton Keynes93
South East71
England83

Rank #3,402 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences270
Theft54
Burglary22
Vehicle crime45
Criminal damage & arson55
Public order & weapons63
Drugs8
Robbery8
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 110 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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