Grendon Underwood & The Claydons
vs Quainton
Grendon Underwood & The Claydons has the younger population: 14% of residents are aged 15–29, against 13% in Quainton. Homes in Quainton sold for a median of £490,000, 20% above Grendon Underwood & The Claydons. Grendon Underwood & The Claydons has more green space nearby (10% within 500 m, against 4%).
People
Grendon Underwood & The Claydons has 10,968 residents in 4,230 households; Quainton has 4,714 in 1,952. Quainton has the higher share of residents aged 65 and over: 24%, 5.7 percentage points more than Grendon Underwood & The Claydons (Buckinghamshire: 19%). The share of people living alone is about the same in both (23% and 22%).
Homes and prices
In both, detached houses are the most common type of home: 48% of homes in Grendon Underwood & The Claydons and 57% in Quainton. Quainton has the higher share of owner-occupied homes: 80%, 4.1 percentage points more than Grendon Underwood & The Claydons (Buckinghamshire: 70%). The share of private renting is about the same in both (12% and 11%). Over two years, homes sold for a median of £407,375 in Grendon Underwood & The Claydons and £490,000 in Quainton, against £460,000 across Buckinghamshire.
Surroundings
Grendon Underwood & The Claydons has the higher share of land within 500 m that is green space: 10%, 6.1 percentage points more than Quainton (Buckinghamshire: 22%). A typical postcode has 14 everyday shops and services within a 15-minute walk in Grendon Underwood & The Claydons, and 11 in Quainton. The typical postcode is 1,028 m from the nearest school in Grendon Underwood & The Claydons and 1,001 m in Quainton. The typical postcode is 8,705 m from the nearest tram stop or railway station in Grendon Underwood & The Claydons and 4,841 m in Quainton. Gigabit-capable broadband reaches 68% of premises in Grendon Underwood & The Claydons and 25% in Quainton.
Safety
Over 12 months, police recorded 35 crimes and incidents per 1,000 residents in Grendon Underwood & The Claydons and 30 in Quainton, 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.
Grendon Underwood & The Claydons is one of 49 wards in Buckinghamshire, home to 10,968 people in 4,230 households (Census 2021). Homes sold for a median of £407,375 over the past two years, 11% below the Buckinghamshire median. On average 10% of the land within 500 metres of a home postcode is green space — 56% below the Buckinghamshire average.
Quainton is one of 49 wards in Buckinghamshire, home to 4,714 people in 1,952 households (Census 2021). Homes sold for a median of £490,000 over the past two years, 7% above the Buckinghamshire median. On average 4% of the land within 500 metres of a home postcode is green space — 84% below the Buckinghamshire average.
More comparisons.
Grendon Underwood & The Claydons and Quainton next to other wards of Buckinghamshire.