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Some 3,920 people live in this town, in Buckinghamshire, South East.
Plenty to like here, at a price. Its strongest subject is schools: primary results beat 87% of towns in England; secondary results beat 92% of towns in England. Buying in is costly: the median home sold for £577,000, 8.3 years of area income. All told, that adds up to an A− overall, better than 84% of UK towns. In the ranking it comes #19 of 39 in Buckinghamshire.
Figures: prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
The 3 things Stoke Poges 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 Poges is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 30 buildings inside Stoke Poges’s built-up area, 2 of them Grade I.
11% 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 Stoke Poges.
At the 16 primary schools within 3 km, 70% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Pioneer Secondary Academy’s results beat just over four in five schools in England like it. GCSE results at the 11 secondary schools within 3 km: 60% of pupils get a strong pass (grade 5+) in English and maths, and the Attainment 8 average is 55.3. Both of its schools are shown below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Stoke Poges SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 423 | B |
| Pioneer Secondary AcademyLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 612 | A− |
12% rent privately, below Buckinghamshire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (21%) alike. Social housing holds 7% of households. Also worth knowing: the median sale, £577,000, comes from 150 standard sales inside Stoke Poges’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £1,100,000 | 46 |
| Semi-detached | £580,000 | 53 |
| Terraced | £448,000 | 14 |
| Flat or maisonette | £315,000 | 37 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 42% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Jobs per working resident: 0.8. 86% of commuters drove, higher than both Buckinghamshire’s towns (78%) and England’s towns (70%). Working from home was the norm for 42% of workers at the census. Of the commuters living in Stoke Poges, 4% work in the town itself.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
One GP practice serves the town; nine in ten patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. 88% of Stoke Poges’ residents described their health as good or very good at the census, above both Buckinghamshire’s towns (86%) and England’s towns (82%). Poor health, by residents’ own account, affects 2.8% of the town. Men in Stoke Poges can expect to live to 81.1, women to 85.4 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Stoke Poges | Buckinghamshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 88% | 86% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 2.8% | 3.6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 12% | 14% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
Violence and sexual offences were 50% of the crimes. 155 crimes and 12 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside Stoke Poges’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Homes saw 10.5 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year, above Buckinghamshire’s towns (8.4) and England’s towns (9.4) alike.
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.
Stoke Poges’s listed buildings include the Church of St Giles, Grade I. Of Stoke Poges’ land, 22% lies in conservation areas, higher than both Buckinghamshire’s towns (8%) and England’s towns (7%). Just over one in ten homes date from before 1919.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
9.6% of the population is aged 15 to 24, below both Buckinghamshire’s towns (11%) and England’s towns (12%). One measure of family life: 16% of residents are under 15. Half the people of Stoke Poges are older than 46.1. Over-65s are just over a fifth of the population.
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Stoke Poges | Buckinghamshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 27% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 31% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 4.6% | 4.8% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 43% | 39% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Buckinghamshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Stoke Poges. Best known first.
GardenStoke Poges Memorial Gardens100 m outside town, to the south
MuseumEton Natural History Museum4.6 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumEton College Collections4.4 km outside town, to the southMuseumMuseumSlough Museum2.2 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumMuseum of Antiquities4.7 km outside town, to the southPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
30 listed buildings in Stoke Poges, 2 of them Grade I.
Manor House: Photo: WikiQueen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · School: Photo: Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Stoke Place: Photo: WikiQueen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Stoke Court: Photo: Andrew Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoke Poges | 3,920 | — | A− | C | B | B+ |
| Farnham Common and Farnham Royal | 6,711 | 1.1 | B+ | C | B− | B+ |
| Gerrards Cross | 8,117 | 2.4 | A | C− | B | A+ |
| Slough | 166,868 | 2.5 | C | D | D | C− |
| Iver Heath | 5,150 | 2.8 | B+ | C− | B− | B− |
| Iver | 3,267 | 3.9 | B− | C+ | D | B− |
| Denham | 1,482 | 3.9 | — | C | C | B− |
| Eton | 2,461 | 4.1 | — | C+ | B− | A |
Denham and Eton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 3.1 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I buildings include Church of St Giles.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £577,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £315,000, terraced houses £448,000, semi-detached houses £580,000 and detached houses £1,100,000.
GCSE results beat 92% of towns in England, and primary results beat 87% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). Stoke Poges has 2 state schools; places are handled by Buckinghamshire council.
Town in Buckinghamshire, England
Stoke Poges is a built-up area of 3,920 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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