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This town in Buckinghamshire, South East has a population of 13,654.
A good place to live, if you can afford it. Chalfont St Peter’s overall A− puts it #21 of 39 in Buckinghamshire. It comes out better than 78% of UK towns. Its best grade is for jobs & income (A+): the mean household earns £75,987 a year. People here tend to be in good health: men here can expect to live to 80.6, women to 85.1. Housing is expensive (C−): a typical home costs £762,250 and rent runs £1,475 a month. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety, B− for schools, B for walkability and B− for hazard risk.
Figures: income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021 · flood risk, Environment Agency.
The 3 things Chalfont St Peter does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Chalfont St Peter is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 21 buildings inside Chalfont St Peter’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade II*.
10% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Chalfont St Peter.
4 GP practices serve the town; nearly nine in ten patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. 13% of residents have a disability, near Buckinghamshire’s towns (14%) and lower than England’s towns (17%). Also worth knowing: the nearest A&E to Chalfont St Peter is Wexham Park Hospital, 5.3 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Chalfont St Peter | Buckinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 87% | 86% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.6% | 3.6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 13% | 14% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · These answers aren’t adjusted for age, so young towns look healthier; the Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, including life expectancy and early deaths.
71% of pupils at the town’s 3 primary schools met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Below are three of its 5 schools, each with why it was picked. Between them, four primaries and one secondary teach 2,346 pupils in Chalfont St Peter.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robertswood SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 411 | B− |
| The Chalfonts Community CollegeLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,058 | C− |
| Chalfont St Peter CofE AcademyTop results in townPrimary | Primary | 317 | A |
Social housing holds 9% of households, below Buckinghamshire’s towns (15%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. The private rented sector houses 10% of households. Half of the 522 standard sales inside Chalfont St Peter’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £762,250.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £925,000 | 276 |
| Semi-detached | £675,000 | 86 |
| Terraced | £548,750 | 54 |
| Flat or maisonette | £385,000 | 106 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Per 10,000 residents, Chalfont St Peter counts 15 listed buildings, below Buckinghamshire’s towns (78) and England’s towns (39) alike. Grade II* covers 1 of them.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 49% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
1.9% of 16 to 64s claimed unemployment benefits in 2026, lower than both Buckinghamshire’s towns (2.2%) and England’s towns (2.3%). The car carried 81% of commuters at the census. Working from home was the norm for nearly half of workers at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Violent crime comes to 15.6 per 1,000 residents a year. Burglary and damage came to 11.9 per 1,000 residents a year, higher than both Buckinghamshire’s towns (8.4) and England’s towns (9.4). A year of reports to August 2026 adds up to 475 offences in Chalfont St Peter and 67 cases of nuisance behaviour. Of all the crimes, 40% were violence and sexual offences.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The age that splits Chalfont St Peter in two is 46.5. People 65 and over make up 23% of the town, above Buckinghamshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for a tenth of the town.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Chalfont St Peter | Buckinghamshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 20% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 29% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.4% | 4.8% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 48% | 39% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Buckinghamshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
21 listed buildings in Chalfont St Peter.
The Greyhound Inn: Photo: Bryn Holmes · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Chalfont Park House (Premises of British Aluminium Company Limited): Photo: Thomas Girtin · Public domain · Bridge House: Photo: Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gott's Monument at the National Society for Epilepsy: Photo: Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0
4 notable people were born in Chalfont St Peter.
Richard Waring: Ince Publishing Company, Inc., no photographer credited but likely to be Vandamm Studio, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chalfont St Peter | 13,654 | — | A− | C− | B | A− |
| Chalfont St Giles | 4,707 | 1.8 | A+ | C− | A− | A+ |
| Gerrards Cross | 8,117 | 1.9 | A | C− | B | A+ |
| Maple Cross | 2,580 | 2.1 | C | C | C− | C− |
| Seer Green | 2,582 | 2.1 | A+ | C− | A | A+ |
| Denham | 1,482 | 3.8 | — | C | C | B− |
| Beaconsfield | 14,142 | 3.9 | A | C− | C+ | A |
| Chorleywood | 12,632 | 4 | A+ | D | B+ | A |
Denham has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £762,250, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £385,000, terraced houses £548,750, semi-detached houses £675,000 and detached houses £925,000.
Band D council tax in Chalfont St Peter is £2,518 for 2026–27, more than in 69% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Town in Buckinghamshire, England
Chalfont St Peter is a built-up area of 13,654 people, in the Buckinghamshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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