Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns
vs Totteridge & Bowerdean
Totteridge & Bowerdean has the younger population: 20% of residents are aged 15–29, against 14% in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns. Homes in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns sold for a median of £530,000, 37% above Totteridge & Bowerdean. Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns has more green space nearby (29% within 500 m, against 13%).
People
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns has 17,172 residents in 7,267 households; Totteridge & Bowerdean has 11,678 in 4,180. Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns has the higher share of residents aged 65 and over: 23%, 10.7 percentage points more than Totteridge & Bowerdean (Buckinghamshire: 19%). Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns has the higher share of people living alone: 29%, 4.1 percentage points more than Totteridge & Bowerdean (Buckinghamshire: 26%).
Homes and prices
The most common type of home is detached houses in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns (35%) and semi-detached houses in Totteridge & Bowerdean (57%). Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns has the higher share of owner-occupied homes: 75%, 16.5 percentage points more than Totteridge & Bowerdean (Buckinghamshire: 70%). Totteridge & Bowerdean has the higher share of private renting: 17%, 2.6 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 £387,500 in Totteridge & Bowerdean, against £460,000 across Buckinghamshire.
Surroundings
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns has the higher share of land within 500 m that is green space: 29%, 16.3 percentage points more than Totteridge & Bowerdean (Buckinghamshire: 22%). A typical postcode has 46 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns, and 81 in Totteridge & Bowerdean. The typical postcode is 450 m from the nearest school in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns and 317 m in Totteridge & Bowerdean. The typical postcode is 1,983 m from the nearest tram stop or railway station in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns and 1,380 m in Totteridge & Bowerdean. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 82% of premises in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns and 90% in Totteridge & Bowerdean.
Safety
Over 12 months, police recorded 49 crimes and incidents per 1,000 residents in Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns and 60 in Totteridge & Bowerdean, 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.
Totteridge & Bowerdean is one of 49 wards in Buckinghamshire, home to 11,678 people in 4,180 households (Census 2021). Homes sold for a median of £387,500 over the past two years, 16% below the Buckinghamshire median. On average 13% of the land within 500 metres of a home postcode is green space — 42% below the Buckinghamshire average.
More comparisons.
Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns and Totteridge & Bowerdean next to other wards of Buckinghamshire.