Datchet

Windsor and Maidenhead · South East · population 7,028 · 4 LSOAs

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

59Area Score / 100 ?
  • #2,802 of 6,856 in England
  • #672 of 1,119 in South East
  • #18 of 18 in Windsor and Maidenhead
  • Around the England average
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,008
Median age (est.)42
Density635per km²
No qualifications15%
Degree or above41%
No car or van10%

Age

0–14 17%15–24 9%25–44 28%45–64 28%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 29%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 15%Private rent: 19%
Own outright 29%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 15%Private rent 19%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 16%Couple with children: 28%Lone parent: 10%Other: 17%
One person 28%Couple, no children 16%Couple with children 28%Lone parent 10%Other 17%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 22% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 16%

All occupation groups
Professional22%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional16%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary7%
Process & plant5%
Sales & customer service5%

Ethnic group

White: 69%Asian: 22%Black: 1%Mixed: 4%Other: 4%
White 69%Asian 22%Black 1%Mixed 4%Other 4%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 25% · Sikh 11%

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

Datchet is close to the England average for deprivation, ranked #2,802 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 18 in Windsor and Maidenhead. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (94) but weak on Housing & access (21). Typical homes here sold for about £542,500 over the past year, up 23% across five years (from 71 sales), in line with the wider Windsor and Maidenhead median of £545,000. Typical household take-home income is around £49,878 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 61 · #2,658
Employment 71 · #1,993
Education 51 · #3,384
Health 94 · #430
Crime 40 · #4,118
Housing & access 21 · #5,420
Living environment 28 · #4,941

House prices ?

£542,500median (12m) · +13.0% yr · n=71
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£542,50071+13.0%+23.3%
Detached£727,00025+2.5%+14.7%
Semi-detached£561,50021+8.0%+9.0%
Terraced£403,00010+2.7%+33.9%
Flat£247,50015-20.5%+6.2%
This area£542,500
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)£49,878±£7,137 · #1,086 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,043
Price-to-income ?10.9×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 ?

21Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

71 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 498 offences
Windsor and Maidenhead61
South East71
England83

Rank #3,594 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences203
Theft48
Burglary25
Vehicle crime66
Criminal damage & arson67
Public order & weapons59
Drugs13
Robbery4
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 116 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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