Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns
vs Marlow
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns has the younger population: 14% of residents are aged 15–29, against 13% in Marlow. Homes in Marlow sold for a median of £660,000, 25% above Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns. Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns has more green space nearby (29% within 500 m, against 19%).
People
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns has 17,172 residents in 7,267 households; Marlow has 18,106 in 7,548. The share of residents aged 65 and over is about the same in both (23% and 24%). The share of people living alone is about the same in both (29% and 28%).
Homes and prices
In both, detached houses are the most common type of home: 35% of homes in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns and 37% in Marlow. Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns has the higher share of owner-occupied homes: 75%, 1.3 percentage points more than Marlow (Buckinghamshire: 70%). Marlow has the higher share of private renting: 15%, 1.2 percentage points more than Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns (Buckinghamshire: 16%). Over two years, homes sold for a median of £530,000 in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns and £660,000 in Marlow, against £460,000 across Buckinghamshire.
Surroundings
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns has the higher share of land within 500 m that is green space: 29%, 9.6 percentage points more than Marlow (Buckinghamshire: 22%). A typical postcode has 46 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns, and 113 in Marlow. The typical postcode is 450 m from the nearest school in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns and 370 m in Marlow. The typical postcode is 1,983 m from the nearest tram stop or railway station in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns and 917 m in Marlow. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 82% of premises in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns and 92% in Marlow.
Safety
Over 12 months, police recorded 49 crimes and incidents per 1,000 residents in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns and 55 in Marlow, against 65 across Buckinghamshire. Police.uk records crimes by approximate location, not by where victims or offenders live. Busy streets, shops, stations and nightlife record more. Figures are counts, not a measure of personal risk.
Sources: Census 2021 (ONS) · HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · official school registers · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Environment Agency · data.police.uk, 12 months to Aug 2026 · Ofcom Connected Nations
In brief.
Each ward in a few lines, from its own page.
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns is one of 49 wards in Buckinghamshire, home to 17,172 people in 7,267 households (Census 2021). Homes sold for a median of £530,000 over the past two years, 15% above the Buckinghamshire median. On average 29% of the land within 500 metres of a home postcode is green space — 33% above the Buckinghamshire average.
Marlow is one of 49 wards in Buckinghamshire, home to 18,106 people in 7,548 households (Census 2021). Homes sold for a median of £660,000 over the past two years, 43% above the Buckinghamshire median. On average 19% of the land within 500 metres of a home postcode is green space — 11% below the Buckinghamshire average.
More comparisons.
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns and Marlow next to other wards of Buckinghamshire.