City Profile • Local Authority

Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes is a local authority district comprising 20 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £349k, reflecting a downward trend of 0.8% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 95 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.

Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.

Population Trajectory

Annual residents (1991 – 2022)

292,180
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

20 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Milton Keynes authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English62.2%
White: Other White8.5%
African7.5%
Indian5.4%
Pakistani2.5%
Other Asian2.4%

Age Profile

35-39 years8.0%
40-44 years7.8%
30-34 years7.7%
10-14 years7.2%
5-9 years7.1%
45-49 years7.0%

Top Occupations

Professional21.3%
Associate professional13.9%
Managers and directors12.8%
Elementary occupations12.6%
Administrative and secretarial9.6%
Sales and customer service7.9%

Housing Tenure

Owned: Mortgage30.7%
Owned: Outright24.0%
Private rented: Landlord19.3%
Social rented: Council9.7%
Social rented: Other8.3%
Shared ownership6.1%

Area DNA

family7/10
health5/10
safety3/10
homeown2/10
transit6/10
affluence7/10
diversity9/10
employment8/10
investment6/10