Chobham & Windlesham

Surrey Heath · South East · population 8,373 · 6 LSOAs

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

81Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,287 of 6,856 in England
  • #363 of 1,119 in South East
  • #9 of 12 in Surrey Heath
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,384
Median age (est.)49
Density257per km²
No qualifications13%
Degree or above43%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 16%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 32%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 43%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 12%
Own outright 43%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 8%Private rent 12%

Households

One person: 26%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 29%Lone parent: 7%Other: 18%
One person 26%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 29%Lone parent 7%Other 18%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 27% · Professional 23% · Associate professional 15%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors27%
Professional23%
Associate professional15%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service5%
Elementary4%
Process & plant2%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 4%Black: 0%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 93%Asian 4%Black 0%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 58% · No religion 33% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 13%

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

Chobham & Windlesham is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,287 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 12 in Surrey Heath. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (97) but weak on Housing & access (20). Typical homes here sold for about £655,000 over the past year, down 1% across five years (from 93 sales), 38% above the wider Surrey Heath median of £475,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #5,994 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £55,417 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 36 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 89 · #766
Employment 86 · #958
Education 78 · #1,520
Health 97 · #183
Crime 74 · #1,760
Housing & access 20 · #5,496
Living environment 68 · #2,226

House prices ?

£655,000median (12m) · +1.9% yr · n=93
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£655,00093+1.9%-0.8%
Detached£807,50047+8.0%-1.6%
Semi-detached£602,50026+7.6%+24.3%
Terraced£394,5008-7.2%+4.9%
Flat£286,00012-21.9%-15.9%
This area£655,000
Surrey Heath£475,000
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)£55,417±£7,933 · #435 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,407
Price-to-income ?11.8×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 ?

12Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

36 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 302 offences
Surrey Heath52
South East71
England83

Rank #926 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences114
Theft39
Burglary26
Vehicle crime28
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons48
Drugs9
Robbery2
Other6

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 165 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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