Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns
vs Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns has the younger population: 14% of residents are aged 15–29, against 13% in Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater. Homes in Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater sold for a median of £540,000, in line with Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns. Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater has more green space nearby (29% within 500 m, against 29%).
People
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns has 17,172 residents in 7,267 households; Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater has 12,835 in 5,134. Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns has the higher share of residents aged 65 and over: 23%, 1.6 percentage points more than Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater (Buckinghamshire: 19%). Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns has the higher share of people living alone: 29%, 4.9 percentage points more than Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater (Buckinghamshire: 26%).
Homes and prices
In both, detached houses are the most common type of home: 35% of homes in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns and 47% in Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater. Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater has the higher share of owner-occupied homes: 81%, 5.7 percentage points more than Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns (Buckinghamshire: 70%). Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns has the higher share of private renting: 14%, 1.4 percentage points more than Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater (Buckinghamshire: 16%). Over two years, homes sold for a median of £530,000 in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns and £540,000 in Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater, against £460,000 across Buckinghamshire.
Surroundings
The share of land within 500 m that is green space is about the same in both (29% and 29%). A typical postcode has 46 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns, and 39 in Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater. The typical postcode is 450 m from the nearest school in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns and 636 m in Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater. The typical postcode is 1,983 m from the nearest tram stop or railway station in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns and 3,283 m in Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 82% of premises in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns and 67% in Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater.
Safety
Over 12 months, police recorded 49 crimes and incidents per 1,000 residents in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns and 43 in Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater, 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.
Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater is one of 49 wards in Buckinghamshire, home to 12,835 people in 5,134 households (Census 2021). Homes sold for a median of £540,000 over the past two years, 17% above the Buckinghamshire median. On average 29% of the land within 500 metres of a home postcode is green space — 35% above the Buckinghamshire average.
More comparisons.
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns and Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater next to other wards of Buckinghamshire.