Wexham Lea

Slough · South East · population 12,559 · 6 LSOAs

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

33Area Score / 100 ?
  • #4,611 of 6,856 in England
  • #941 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 15 in Slough
  • More deprived (bottom 40%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents12,505
Median age (est.)34
Density6,583per km²
No qualifications24%
Degree or above30%
No car or van21%

Age

0–14 24%15–24 13%25–44 32%45–64 21%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 20%Mortgage/shared: 28%Social rent: 26%Private rent: 26%
Own outright 20%Mortgage/shared 28%Social rent 26%Private rent 26%

Households

One person: 21%Couple, no children: 7%Couple with children: 35%Lone parent: 14%Other: 22%
One person 21%Couple, no children 7%Couple with children 35%Lone parent 14%Other 22%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Elementary 16% · Process & plant 14%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Elementary16%
Process & plant14%
Caring & leisure10%
Sales & customer service10%
Associate professional9%
Administrative8%
Managers & directors7%
Skilled trades7%

Ethnic group

White: 27%Asian: 55%Black: 6%Mixed: 4%Other: 7%
White 27%Asian 55%Black 6%Mixed 4%Other 7%

Religion & identity

Muslim 39% · Christian 27% · Sikh 15%

Born outside the UK: 45%

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

Wexham Lea is in the more-deprived bottom 40% of England, ranked #4,611 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 15 in Slough. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Living environment (81) but weak on Housing & access (4). Typical homes here sold for about £440,000 over the past year, up 24% across five years (from 41 sales), 11% above the wider Slough median of £395,000. Typical household take-home income is around £42,267 a year, around the middle of England. Recorded crime ran at 80 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 26 · #5,084
Employment 46 · #3,720
Education 24 · #5,174
Health 62 · #2,582
Crime 42 · #3,947
Housing & access 4 · #6,606
Living environment 81 · #1,314

House prices ?

£440,000median (12m) · 0.0% yr · n=41
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£440,000410.0%+24.3%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£427,50014-6.0%+12.5%
Terraced£457,20021+3.2%+31.4%
Flat£183,5005+0.5%-12.6%
This area£440,000
Slough£395,000
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)£42,267±£6,199 · #2,771 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£29,900
Price-to-income ?10.4×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 ?

23Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

80 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 1,006 offences
Slough96
South East71
England83

Rank #4,086 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences518
Theft107
Burglary23
Vehicle crime100
Criminal damage & arson82
Public order & weapons112
Drugs23
Robbery16
Other25

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 79 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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