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Homes rented privately

8.1% to 33.3%

Homes rented privately ranged from 8.1% in Bierton, Kingsbrook & Wing to 33.3% in Abbey — a gap of 25.3 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 49 of 49 current wards with comparable figures.

A larger private-rented sector changes the mix of housing advice, enforcement and tenant support needed. It does not tell us whether individual homes are affordable or safe.

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Homes rented privately · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Bierton, Kingsbrook & Wing	8.1%	309	3,827
Aston Clinton & Weston Turville	8.7%	309	3,557
Hazlemere	8.9%	339	3,803
Ivinghoe	9.5%	434	4,555
The Missendens	9.9%	669	6,789
Chalfont St Peter	10%	481	4,798
Chalfont St Giles & Little Chalfont	10.1%	641	6,331
Downley	10.4%	242	2,327
Ridgeway East	10.9%	458	4,214
Horwood	11%	219	1,999
Chesham North	11%	696	6,334
Princes Risborough	11.1%	502	4,526
Quainton	11.4%	223	1,952
Haddenham & Stone	11.5%	490	4,269
Grendon Underwood & The Claydons	11.5%	486	4,230
Newton Longville	11.8%	445	3,784
Long Crendon	12.1%	260	2,149
Aylesbury East	12.3%	572	4,646
Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater	12.6%	649	5,134
West Wycombe & Lane End	12.8%	296	2,309
Booker & Cressex	12.9%	321	2,487
Farnhams & Stoke Poges	13.1%	776	5,912
Berryfields, Buckingham Park & Watermead	13.5%	680	5,051
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns	14%	1,015	7,267
Marlow	15.2%	1,144	7,548
Iver	15.2%	676	4,453
Amersham & Chesham Bois	15.4%	1,126	7,313
Ridgeway West	15.4%	693	4,490
Burnham	16%	1,030	6,430
Waddesdon	16.1%	403	2,502
Gerrards Cross & Denham	16.4%	1,148	7,014
Chesham South	16.5%	861	5,208
Aylesbury North West	16.7%	770	4,618
Aylesbury South East	16.9%	852	5,039
Disraeli	17.1%	389	2,279
Winslow	17.1%	400	2,339
Totteridge & Bowerdean	17.4%	742	4,271
Aylesbury South West	17.9%	805	4,509
Beaconsfield	17.9%	872	4,881
Buckingham	17.9%	1,302	7,275
Wendover, Halton & Stoke Mandeville	19.5%	889	4,564
Marsh & Micklefield	20.4%	1,023	5,008
Chiltern Villages	22.5%	514	2,284
Aylesbury West	22.8%	1,193	5,232
Sands	23.5%	573	2,441
Aylesbury North	28.1%	1,611	5,725
Terriers & Amersham Hill	30.9%	1,354	4,381
Castlefield & Oakridge	33.1%	1,244	3,763
Abbey	33.3%	1,486	4,456

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People reporting bad or very bad health

1.8% to 5.4%

People reporting bad or very bad health ranged from 1.8% in Berryfields, Buckingham Park & Watermead to 5.4% in Booker & Cressex — a gap of 3.6 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 49 of 49 current wards with comparable figures.

Residents described their own health. Differences in age matter, so this is a prompt to investigate needs, not a score for local health services.

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People reporting bad or very bad health · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Berryfields, Buckingham Park & Watermead	1.8%	246	13,918
Chiltern Villages	2.3%	128	5,645
Ridgeway East	2.5%	257	10,427
Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater	2.6%	330	12,829
Long Crendon	2.8%	146	5,264
Abbey	2.8%	351	12,400
Buckingham	2.8%	516	18,225
Chalfont St Giles & Little Chalfont	2.8%	453	15,998
Marlow	2.8%	514	18,118
Amersham & Chesham Bois	2.9%	523	18,129
The Missendens	2.9%	484	16,565
Horwood	2.9%	145	4,954
Waddesdon	3%	181	6,110
Terriers & Amersham Hill	3%	326	10,950
Aylesbury East	3%	359	12,020
Ridgeway West	3%	346	11,497
Ivinghoe	3%	339	11,217
Sands	3.1%	197	6,404
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns	3.1%	534	17,171
Hazlemere	3.1%	297	9,536
Grendon Underwood & The Claydons	3.1%	343	10,949
Bierton, Kingsbrook & Wing	3.2%	305	9,588
Aylesbury South East	3.2%	394	12,348
Haddenham & Stone	3.2%	327	10,191
Beaconsfield	3.3%	404	12,235
Aylesbury West	3.3%	415	12,541
Gerrards Cross & Denham	3.3%	589	17,799
Newton Longville	3.3%	314	9,485
Wendover, Halton & Stoke Mandeville	3.3%	391	11,725
Disraeli	3.3%	204	6,107
Aston Clinton & Weston Turville	3.4%	299	8,804
Burnham	3.4%	537	15,653
Quainton	3.5%	164	4,717
Winslow	3.5%	183	5,234
Downley	3.6%	221	6,192
Farnhams & Stoke Poges	3.6%	555	15,320
Chesham South	3.7%	458	12,346
Chesham North	3.8%	607	16,053
Marsh & Micklefield	3.8%	454	11,949
Chalfont St Peter	3.8%	469	12,321
West Wycombe & Lane End	3.9%	223	5,678
Totteridge & Bowerdean	4%	478	11,879
Iver	4.1%	477	11,670
Princes Risborough	4.2%	429	10,317
Castlefield & Oakridge	4.4%	499	11,448
Aylesbury North	4.4%	574	12,900
Aylesbury South West	4.5%	524	11,677
Aylesbury North West	4.5%	550	12,208
Booker & Cressex	5.4%	339	6,315

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People aged 65 or over

5.3% to 26.9%

People aged 65 or over ranged from 5.3% in Berryfields, Buckingham Park & Watermead to 26.9% in Princes Risborough — a gap of 21.6 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 49 of 49 current wards with comparable figures.

Age helps locate demand for accessible homes, transport and support. Being older does not itself mean someone needs care.

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People aged 65 or over · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Berryfields, Buckingham Park & Watermead	5.3%	736	13,917
Castlefield & Oakridge	8.1%	930	11,454
Sands	10.1%	651	6,414
Marsh & Micklefield	10.5%	1,252	11,957
Aylesbury North West	11.1%	1,359	12,214
Aylesbury South West	11.3%	1,319	11,693
Aylesbury West	11.5%	1,440	12,540
Abbey	11.7%	1,451	12,407
Totteridge & Bowerdean	11.8%	1,397	11,878
Terriers & Amersham Hill	12.2%	1,341	10,977
Aylesbury North	13.1%	1,689	12,902
Disraeli	15.1%	923	6,110
Aylesbury South East	16.6%	2,042	12,330
Downley	17.5%	1,085	6,187
Iver	18%	2,106	11,678
Buckingham	18.2%	3,313	18,246
Chesham South	18.4%	2,275	12,347
Grendon Underwood & The Claydons	18.6%	2,039	10,966
Bierton, Kingsbrook & Wing	18.8%	1,800	9,594
Aylesbury East	19%	2,288	12,014
Chesham North	19.2%	3,085	16,047
West Wycombe & Lane End	19.3%	1,097	5,682
Booker & Cressex	20%	1,262	6,318
Wendover, Halton & Stoke Mandeville	20.1%	2,361	11,729
Beaconsfield	20.4%	2,491	12,233
Ivinghoe	20.4%	2,295	11,239
Amersham & Chesham Bois	20.6%	3,736	18,130
Ridgeway West	20.8%	2,398	11,504
Waddesdon	20.9%	1,274	6,097
Burnham	20.9%	3,279	15,680
Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater	21%	2,703	12,856
Chalfont St Giles & Little Chalfont	21.2%	3,391	16,021
Horwood	21.6%	1,068	4,944
Farnhams & Stoke Poges	21.8%	3,345	15,357
Chalfont St Peter	22.1%	2,718	12,291
Newton Longville	22.3%	2,114	9,499
Gerrards Cross & Denham	22.5%	4,000	17,812
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns	22.8%	3,903	17,155
Aston Clinton & Weston Turville	22.8%	2,008	8,825
Winslow	23.2%	1,215	5,247
Hazlemere	23.5%	2,245	9,536
Marlow	23.6%	4,280	18,103
Long Crendon	23.7%	1,251	5,269
Chiltern Villages	24%	1,353	5,636
Quainton	24.3%	1,145	4,714
Haddenham & Stone	24.8%	2,527	10,171
Ridgeway East	25.5%	2,655	10,406
The Missendens	25.9%	4,294	16,549
Princes Risborough	26.9%	2,772	10,311

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications

8.7% to 27.6%

People aged 16+ with no qualifications ranged from 8.7% in Chiltern Villages to 27.6% in Castlefield & Oakridge — a gap of 19 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 49 of 49 current wards with comparable figures.

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People aged 16+ with no qualifications · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Chiltern Villages	8.7%	402	4,644
Berryfields, Buckingham Park & Watermead	8.7%	861	9,886
Chalfont St Giles & Little Chalfont	9.5%	1,206	12,685
Amersham & Chesham Bois	9.7%	1,383	14,313
Horwood	9.8%	402	4,120
Ridgeway East	10%	876	8,756
Beaconsfield	10.6%	1,025	9,676
Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater	10.8%	1,119	10,319
Ivinghoe	10.9%	997	9,134
Long Crendon	11%	470	4,261
Aston Clinton & Weston Turville	11.1%	793	7,164
Wendover, Halton & Stoke Mandeville	11.2%	1,070	9,568
Marlow	11.4%	1,644	14,473
Terriers & Amersham Hill	11.5%	999	8,716
The Missendens	11.7%	1,579	13,535
Chalfont St Peter	11.7%	1,161	9,881
Buckingham	11.8%	1,712	14,553
Hazlemere	12%	926	7,719
Quainton	12%	476	3,958
Bierton, Kingsbrook & Wing	12%	916	7,615
Haddenham & Stone	12%	1,002	8,328
Ridgeway West	12.4%	1,176	9,459
Gerrards Cross & Denham	12.4%	1,815	14,588
Aylesbury South East	13.4%	1,324	9,917
Waddesdon	13.4%	666	4,968
Grendon Underwood & The Claydons	13.5%	1,209	8,946
Newton Longville	13.6%	1,045	7,704
Abbey	13.6%	1,332	9,787
Farnhams & Stoke Poges	14%	1,742	12,453
Princes Risborough	14%	1,202	8,580
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns	14%	1,966	14,032
Winslow	14.2%	614	4,316
Burnham	14.4%	1,852	12,839
West Wycombe & Lane End	14.6%	677	4,630
Chesham South	14.6%	1,451	9,915
Aylesbury East	14.7%	1,396	9,518
Downley	14.8%	712	4,806
Aylesbury West	15.3%	1,526	9,994
Marsh & Micklefield	15.9%	1,469	9,237
Chesham North	16.2%	2,086	12,910
Iver	16.3%	1,552	9,540
Disraeli	17.1%	840	4,912
Sands	18.4%	930	5,048
Totteridge & Bowerdean	18.8%	1,738	9,267
Aylesbury North	18.8%	1,970	10,501
Booker & Cressex	21.5%	1,096	5,107
Aylesbury North West	22.6%	2,086	9,247
Aylesbury South West	23.2%	2,098	9,055
Castlefield & Oakridge	27.6%	2,436	8,820

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent

26% to 55.4%

People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent ranged from 26% in Aylesbury South West to 55.4% in Amersham & Chesham Bois — a gap of 29.5 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 49 of 49 current wards with comparable figures.

Qualifications show local skills, not whether people have secure jobs or use those skills at work.

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People aged 16+ with a degree or equivalent · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Aylesbury South West	26%	2,350	9,055
Castlefield & Oakridge	27.1%	2,390	8,820
Aylesbury North West	28.3%	2,621	9,247
Aylesbury West	31.7%	3,164	9,994
Booker & Cressex	32.7%	1,670	5,107
Aylesbury North	32.9%	3,459	10,501
Aylesbury East	33%	3,138	9,518
Disraeli	33.3%	1,637	4,912
Totteridge & Bowerdean	33.9%	3,138	9,267
Marsh & Micklefield	35.4%	3,271	9,237
Sands	35.4%	1,789	5,048
Grendon Underwood & The Claydons	35.9%	3,212	8,946
Aylesbury South East	37.1%	3,676	9,917
West Wycombe & Lane End	37.2%	1,722	4,630
Winslow	37.5%	1,617	4,316
Iver	37.6%	3,590	9,540
Hazlemere	37.6%	2,906	7,719
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns	38%	5,328	14,032
Chesham North	38.1%	4,925	12,910
Bierton, Kingsbrook & Wing	38.9%	2,963	7,615
Downley	39.3%	1,887	4,806
Newton Longville	40.1%	3,089	7,704
Burnham	40.2%	5,165	12,839
Waddesdon	40.3%	2,001	4,968
Buckingham	40.4%	5,874	14,553
Ridgeway West	41.3%	3,907	9,459
Princes Risborough	41.4%	3,554	8,580
Aston Clinton & Weston Turville	41.5%	2,974	7,164
Wendover, Halton & Stoke Mandeville	41.8%	3,998	9,568
Ivinghoe	42.1%	3,848	9,134
Chesham South	42.7%	4,231	9,915
Quainton	42.7%	1,690	3,958
Ridgeway East	43.2%	3,781	8,756
Berryfields, Buckingham Park & Watermead	43.3%	4,281	9,886
Farnhams & Stoke Poges	43.4%	5,404	12,453
The Missendens	44.3%	5,994	13,535
Abbey	45%	4,408	9,787
Horwood	45.8%	1,887	4,120
Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater	45.8%	4,729	10,319
Haddenham & Stone	45.9%	3,821	8,328
Terriers & Amersham Hill	46.3%	4,032	8,716
Chalfont St Peter	46.4%	4,587	9,881
Long Crendon	46.9%	1,997	4,261
Marlow	47.2%	6,829	14,473
Gerrards Cross & Denham	48.3%	7,052	14,588
Chalfont St Giles & Little Chalfont	51.5%	6,531	12,685
Chiltern Villages	51.6%	2,398	4,644
Beaconsfield	54.2%	5,247	9,676
Amersham & Chesham Bois	55.4%	7,936	14,313

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages

6% to 23.8%

Households facing two or more measured disadvantages ranged from 6% in Chiltern Villages to 23.8% in Castlefield & Oakridge — a gap of 17.8 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 49 of 49 current wards with comparable figures.

These households met at least two census conditions covering education, employment, health and housing. This is not an income or poverty measure.

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Households facing two or more measured disadvantages · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Chiltern Villages	6%	137	2,283
Ridgeway East	7.1%	297	4,205
Quainton	7.7%	151	1,955
Chalfont St Giles & Little Chalfont	8.3%	524	6,313
Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater	8.5%	435	5,146
Berryfields, Buckingham Park & Watermead	8.6%	433	5,055
Chalfont St Peter	8.6%	413	4,794
Beaconsfield	8.8%	427	4,873
Aston Clinton & Weston Turville	8.8%	314	3,557
Haddenham & Stone	8.9%	378	4,264
Long Crendon	9%	193	2,147
Hazlemere	9.2%	351	3,807
Marlow	9.2%	696	7,543
Amersham & Chesham Bois	9.3%	680	7,314
Bierton, Kingsbrook & Wing	9.3%	356	3,817
Horwood	9.4%	188	2,003
The Missendens	9.5%	646	6,793
Gerrards Cross & Denham	9.6%	668	6,990
Ridgeway West	9.6%	429	4,486
Ivinghoe	9.6%	435	4,542
Wendover, Halton & Stoke Mandeville	9.8%	445	4,557
Grendon Underwood & The Claydons	10%	425	4,229
Buckingham	10.3%	749	7,282
Waddesdon	10.4%	261	2,498
Newton Longville	10.6%	405	3,808
Farnhams & Stoke Poges	10.7%	632	5,902
Aylesbury South East	11.2%	565	5,026
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns	11.3%	820	7,275
West Wycombe & Lane End	11.3%	260	2,306
Downley	11.8%	274	2,320
Burnham	12%	770	6,435
Winslow	12.2%	283	2,327
Terriers & Amersham Hill	12.2%	535	4,385
Aylesbury West	12.7%	665	5,247
Aylesbury East	13.2%	614	4,638
Princes Risborough	13.4%	606	4,533
Abbey	13.4%	595	4,450
Iver	13.9%	618	4,458
Chesham South	13.9%	722	5,206
Chesham North	14.6%	926	6,338
Sands	15.7%	382	2,432
Marsh & Micklefield	16.4%	823	5,004
Disraeli	17.7%	405	2,291
Totteridge & Bowerdean	17.7%	759	4,290
Aylesbury North	18.7%	1,070	5,729
Booker & Cressex	18.8%	465	2,480
Aylesbury South West	21%	947	4,513
Aylesbury North West	21.1%	976	4,616
Castlefield & Oakridge	23.8%	894	3,757

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Homes rented from a council or housing association

2.9% to 28.2%

Homes rented from a council or housing association ranged from 2.9% in Ridgeway East to 28.2% in Aylesbury North West — a gap of 25.3 percentage points.

21 March 2021 · 49 of 49 current wards with comparable figures.

The share of social housing describes the homes already here. It does not show the current waiting list or whether enough suitable homes are available.

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Homes rented from a council or housing association · 21 March 2021
Ward	Share	Count	Population or households covered
Ridgeway East	2.9%	124	4,214
Chiltern Villages	4.6%	104	2,284
Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater	5.7%	294	5,134
Hazlemere	5.9%	226	3,803
Quainton	7.8%	153	1,952
Horwood	8%	160	1,999
Ridgeway West	8.5%	381	4,490
The Missendens	9.3%	629	6,789
Aston Clinton & Weston Turville	9.4%	333	3,557
Aylesbury East	9.4%	435	4,646
Terriers & Amersham Hill	9.4%	414	4,381
Chalfont St Peter	9.7%	467	4,798
Ivinghoe	10%	455	4,555
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns	10.1%	733	7,267
Gerrards Cross & Denham	10.1%	709	7,014
Downley	10.2%	237	2,327
Marlow	10.2%	770	7,548
Haddenham & Stone	10.4%	443	4,269
Farnhams & Stoke Poges	10.6%	624	5,912
Aylesbury South East	10.9%	550	5,039
Grendon Underwood & The Claydons	10.9%	463	4,230
Abbey	11.1%	496	4,456
Waddesdon	11.5%	287	2,502
Aylesbury West	11.5%	604	5,232
Newton Longville	11.7%	444	3,784
Amersham & Chesham Bois	11.7%	859	7,313
Chalfont St Giles & Little Chalfont	12%	760	6,331
Buckingham	12.2%	885	7,275
Wendover, Halton & Stoke Mandeville	12.3%	563	4,564
Long Crendon	12.4%	266	2,149
Bierton, Kingsbrook & Wing	12.7%	485	3,827
Iver	12.7%	565	4,453
Winslow	13.5%	316	2,339
Beaconsfield	13.8%	673	4,881
Princes Risborough	14.1%	636	4,526
Burnham	14.4%	928	6,430
Sands	14.8%	361	2,441
West Wycombe & Lane End	14.9%	344	2,309
Castlefield & Oakridge	16.1%	604	3,763
Berryfields, Buckingham Park & Watermead	16.9%	852	5,051
Booker & Cressex	18%	447	2,487
Chesham North	18%	1,140	6,334
Chesham South	18.7%	976	5,208
Aylesbury North	19.1%	1,092	5,725
Disraeli	20.8%	473	2,279
Totteridge & Bowerdean	22.4%	955	4,271
Marsh & Micklefield	24.9%	1,245	5,008
Aylesbury South West	28.2%	1,270	4,509
Aylesbury North West	28.2%	1,302	4,618

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