Cookham & Waltham

Windsor and Maidenhead · South East · population 12,026 · 7 LSOAs

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

85Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,026 of 6,856 in England
  • #306 of 1,119 in South East
  • #10 of 18 in Windsor and Maidenhead
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents11,850
Median age (est.)48
Density168per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above48%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 19%45–64 32%65+ 23%

Tenure

Own outright: 42%Mortgage/shared: 34%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 42%Mortgage/shared 34%Social rent 8%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 25%Couple, no children: 18%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 7%Other: 19%
One person 25%Couple, no children 18%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 7%Other 19%

Work (top occupations)

Managers & directors 28% · Professional 23% · Associate professional 17%

All occupation groups
Managers & directors28%
Professional23%
Associate professional17%
Administrative8%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service4%
Elementary4%
Process & plant3%

Ethnic group

White: 94%Asian: 2%Black: 1%Mixed: 2%Other: 1%
White 94%Asian 2%Black 1%Mixed 2%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 57% · No religion 34% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 12%

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

Cookham & Waltham is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,026 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #10 of 18 in Windsor and Maidenhead. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (100) but weak on Living environment (21). Typical homes here sold for about £730,000 over the past year, broadly flat over five years (+3%) (from 127 sales), 34% above the wider Windsor and Maidenhead median of £545,000. It pairs low deprivation with well-above-average prices, so on our affordability-adjusted measure it lands at #6,293 of 6,851 — you pay for the postcode here. Typical household take-home income is around £56,278 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 32 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 96 · #300
Employment 97 · #190
Education 86 · #958
Health 100 · #32
Crime 87 · #917
Housing & access 26 · #5,036
Living environment 21 · #5,420

House prices ?

£730,000median (12m) · +4.3% yr · n=127
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£730,000127+4.3%+3.1%
Detached£1,195,00051-4.4%-4.4%
Semi-detached£665,00033-2.2%+12.2%
Terraced£535,00034+1.9%+9.7%
Flat£345,0009+1.5%+19.0%
This area£730,000
Windsor and Maidenhead£545,000
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)£56,278±£8,190 · #366 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£46,115
Price-to-income ?13.0×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 ?

8Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

32 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 391 offences
Windsor and Maidenhead61
South East71
England83

Rank #601 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences168
Theft51
Burglary34
Vehicle crime28
Criminal damage & arson39
Public order & weapons43
Drugs11
Robbery3
Other14

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 65 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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