Hazlemere was a small hamlet in the ancient Desborough Hundred, and the name is recorded as long ago as the 13th century.

The crossroads at the centre of the village was originally the meeting point of three different parishes, Penn, Hughenden, and Chepping Wycombe.

Prior to the creation of a single unitary authority in April 2020, Hazlemere's two electoral wards each elected two councillors to Wycombe District Council,[7] and a single councillor to Buckinghamshire County Council.

The place of birth of residents was 92.4% United Kingdom, 0.5% Republic of Ireland, 1.8% other European Union countries, and 5.3% elsewhere.

[1] The economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 40.8% in full-time employment, 15.5% in part-time employment, 12.9% self-employed, 1.9% unemployed, 2.8% students with jobs, 3.5% students without jobs, 16.5% retired, 3.8% looking after home or family, 1.2% permanently sick or disabled and 1.1% economically inactive for other reasons.