Housing in SL8 5UP
What the homes in SL8 5UP are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Bourne End
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,524 (2024)
SL8 5UPBourne End
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (34.1%). Flats make up 20.5%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
74.5% of households in the SL8 5UP area own their home, above the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 23.7% of households, above the England figure of 20.5%. 41.6% own outright and 32.9% with a mortgage.
- Owned74.5%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.4%1%
- Private rented23.7%20.5%
- Social rented1.3%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.1 people living in it. 33.7% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple without children (22.3%). 22.5% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Buckinghamshire
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Buckinghamshire (August 2026, +4.9% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around SL8 5UP (Bourne End) (about 1,524 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.