Woughton & Woolstone

Milton Keynes · South East · population 9,114 · 5 LSOAs

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

68Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,157 of 6,856 in England
  • #554 of 1,119 in South East
  • #16 of 35 in Milton Keynes
  • Less deprived (top 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents9,015
Median age (est.)38
Density2,175per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above40%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 21%15–24 12%25–44 29%45–64 27%65+ 12%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 33%Social rent: 18%Private rent: 23%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 33%Social rent 18%Private rent 23%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 13%Other: 17%
One person 23%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 13%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Associate professional 14% · Elementary 13%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Associate professional14%
Elementary13%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative10%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure7%
Process & plant7%
Skilled trades6%

Ethnic group

White: 67%Asian: 13%Black: 12%Mixed: 4%Other: 2%
White 67%Asian 13%Black 12%Mixed 4%Other 2%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 35% · Muslim 7%

Born outside the UK: 30%

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

Woughton & Woolstone is in the less-deprived top 40% of England, ranked #2,157 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 35 in Milton Keynes. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (96) but weak on Housing & access (32). Typical homes here sold for about £425,000 over the past year, up 20% across five years (from 72 sales), 23% above the wider Milton Keynes median of £345,000. Typical household take-home income is around £48,868 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 71 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 54 · #3,179
Employment 69 · #2,144
Education 71 · #2,013
Health 63 · #2,514
Crime 49 · #3,474
Housing & access 32 · #4,694
Living environment 96 · #259

House prices ?

£425,000median (12m) · +1.5% yr · n=72
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£425,00072+1.5%+20.5%
Detached£540,00041-6.5%-1.1%
Semi-detached£440,00015+26.8%+45.5%
Terraced£300,00011-1.6%+22.4%
Flat£124,9955-39.0%-37.1%
This area£425,000
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)£48,868±£6,907 · #1,267 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,095
Price-to-income ?8.7×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 ?

47Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

71 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 649 offences
Milton Keynes93
South East71
England83

Rank #3,614 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences275
Theft117
Burglary32
Vehicle crime78
Criminal damage & arson57
Public order & weapons37
Drugs33
Robbery6
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 87 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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