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With 2,855 residents, it is a town in Buckinghamshire, South East.
The picture is mixed. Its strongest subject is jobs & income: mean household income £78,243; 2.3% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. With a B+ overall, Stoke Mandeville is better than 67% of UK towns and ranks #27 of 39 in Buckinghamshire. Health is another plus — life expectancy is 79.9 for men and 85.4 for women. Housing is expensive (C): the median home sold for £540,000, 7.7 years of area income. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: on the way to work, 11% walk, cycle or take a bus or train.
Figures: income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · commuting, Census 2021.
The 3 things Stoke Mandeville 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 Stoke Mandeville is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 31 buildings inside Stoke Mandeville’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Stoke Mandeville. Best known first.
Historic houseChequers2.7 km outside town, to the south
Historic houseHalton House2.6 km outside town, to the east
FortCymbeline's Castle2.6 km outside town, to the south
CastleDinton Folly2.8 km outside town, to the west
MuseumBuckinghamshire County Museum1.8 km outside town, to the northwest
MuseumRoald Dahl Children's Gallery1.8 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Stoke Mandeville.
82% of Stoke Mandeville’s residents described their health as good or very good at the census, below Buckinghamshire’s towns (86%) and close to England’s towns (82%). This Buckinghamshire town has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 1.7 miles away. Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 4.6% of the town.
| Census 2021 | Stoke Mandeville | Buckinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 86% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.6% | 3.6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 18% | 14% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Self-reported health favours young towns, since these answers ignore age; the Health Grade leans on age-adjusted measures such as life expectancy and early deaths.
There is one school here; it is shown below. 60% of pupils at the 17 primary schools within 3 km met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Attainment 8 at the 6 secondary schools within 3 km averages 57.4, and nearly two thirds of pupils get grade 5 or above in English and maths.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke Mandeville Combined SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 218 | B− |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 40% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
There are 0.7 jobs in Stoke Mandeville for each resident in work. Of the commuters living here, 3% work in the town itself. Two in five workers worked mainly from home at the census.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
11% live in social housing, below both Buckinghamshire’s towns (15%) and England’s towns (18%). The private rented sector houses 12% of households. Private rents average £1,475 a month across the Buckinghamshire council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £635,000 | 65 |
| Semi-detached | £500,000 | 23 |
| Terraced | £405,000 | 11 |
| Flat or maisonette | £215,000 | 13 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Stoke Mandeville logged 137 reported offences in a year (to August 2026), plus 23 complaints of anti-social conduct. Per 1,000 residents, 12.1 burglaries and acts of damage are recorded a year. 47% of the crimes fell under 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 heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up 8% of the total, below both Buckinghamshire’s towns (12%) and England’s towns (16%). Stoke Mandeville’s listed buildings include Hartwell House, Grade I. Relative to its size, Stoke Mandeville keeps 109 listed buildings per 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Nearly a tenth of the population is aged 15 to 24, lower than both Buckinghamshire’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%). The under-15s are 16% of the population here. Stoke Mandeville has a median age of 46.8.
52% women, 48% men
About 94 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.
| Stoke Mandeville | Buckinghamshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 24% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.6% | 4.8% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 38% | 39% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Buckinghamshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
31 listed buildings in Stoke Mandeville, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of St Mary: Photo: Rbirkby at en · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bugle Horn Inn: Photo: Basher Eyre · CC BY-SA 2.0
3 notable people were born in Stoke Mandeville.
James Roberts: Mattythewhite, CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke Mandeville | 2,855 | — | B+ | C | C | B+ |
| Weston Turville | 1,835 | 1.3 | — | C | A− | A− |
| Aylesbury | 87,966 | 2.3 | B | B+ | C− | C |
| Broughton | 2,168 | 2.5 | — | C+ | D | A |
| Wendover | 8,729 | 2.7 | A | C | A− | A+ |
| Bierton | 1,251 | 2.9 | — | C+ | A− | A− |
| Aston Clinton | 5,511 | 3 | B+ | C | B | A− |
| Stone | 2,081 | 3.6 | — | C | A− | A |
Weston Turville, Broughton, Bierton and Stone have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 4.5 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Hartwell House.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £540,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £215,000, terraced houses £405,000, semi-detached houses £500,000 and detached houses £635,000.
It has more crime per resident than most places its size: 67% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people report less. Burglary was rare, with 4 reports in the year.
Town in Buckinghamshire, England
Stoke Mandeville is a built-up area of 2,855 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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