Byfleet

Woking · South East · population 8,038 · 5 LSOAs

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

72Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,945 of 6,856 in England
  • #497 of 1,119 in South East
  • #9 of 12 in Woking
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,022
Median age (est.)41
Density2,812per km²
No qualifications16%
Degree or above32%
No car or van12%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 9%25–44 27%45–64 26%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 34%Mortgage/shared: 40%Social rent: 11%Private rent: 14%
Own outright 34%Mortgage/shared 40%Social rent 11%Private rent 14%

Households

One person: 28%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 31%Lone parent: 11%Other: 15%
One person 28%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 31%Lone parent 11%Other 15%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 19% · Associate professional 15% · Managers & directors 15%

All occupation groups
Professional19%
Associate professional15%
Managers & directors15%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Elementary8%
Sales & customer service7%
Process & plant5%

Ethnic group

White: 88%Asian: 6%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 88%Asian 6%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 51% · No religion 38% · Muslim 3%

Born outside the UK: 15%

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

Byfleet is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,945 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 12 in Woking. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Employment (77) and lowest on Housing & access (40). Typical homes here sold for about £462,000 over the past year, up 14% across five years (from 103 sales), in line with the wider Woking median of £445,500. Typical household take-home income is around £48,315 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 45 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 72 · #1,883
Employment 77 · #1,568
Education 59 · #2,781
Health 66 · #2,329
Crime 55 · #3,076
Housing & access 40 · #4,118
Living environment 46 · #3,713

House prices ?

£462,000median (12m) · +5.6% yr · n=103
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£462,000103+5.6%+13.7%
Detached£650,00012+16.1%+23.8%
Semi-detached£480,00043-0.6%+10.6%
Terraced£440,00028+4.5%+14.3%
Flat£242,50020-8.5%-12.9%
This area£462,000
Woking£445,500
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)£48,315±£6,770 · #1,390 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£40,321
Price-to-income ?9.6×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 ?

39Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

45 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 363 offences
Woking63
South East71
England83

Rank #1,701 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences167
Theft50
Burglary19
Vehicle crime27
Criminal damage & arson26
Public order & weapons46
Drugs18
Robbery2
Other8

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 71 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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