Wokingham Road

Reading · South East · population 9,218 · 5 LSOAs

Approximate neighbourhood (MSOA) boundary. © OpenStreetMap contributors; boundary © ONS / Crown copyright.

71Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,959 of 6,856 in England
  • #503 of 1,119 in South East
  • #5 of 19 in Reading
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,972
Median age (est.)26
Density9,083per km²
No qualifications9%
Degree or above43%
No car or van31%

Age

0–14 12%15–24 36%25–44 26%45–64 16%65+ 10%

Tenure

Own outright: 21%Mortgage/shared: 22%Social rent: 3%Private rent: 53%
Own outright 21%Mortgage/shared 22%Social rent 3%Private rent 53%

Households

One person: 27%Couple, no children: 15%Couple with children: 20%Lone parent: 6%Other: 33%
One person 27%Couple, no children 15%Couple with children 20%Lone parent 6%Other 33%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 33% · Associate professional 14% · Elementary 12%

All occupation groups
Professional33%
Associate professional14%
Elementary12%
Managers & directors9%
Sales & customer service8%
Caring & leisure7%
Administrative7%
Skilled trades5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 69%Asian: 19%Black: 5%Mixed: 4%Other: 3%
White 69%Asian 19%Black 5%Mixed 4%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 41% · Christian 32% · Muslim 11%

Born outside the UK: 31%

Census 2021 (ONS), Crown copyright, OGL v3.0. Shares are of each question's own respondents (e.g. education is % of residents aged 16+). Figures date from March 2021 and change slowly between censuses.

In summary

Wokingham Road is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,959 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #5 of 19 in Reading. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (94) but weak on Living environment (15). Typical homes here sold for about £305,000 over the past year, up 16% across five years (from 79 sales), 13% below the wider Reading median of £350,000. Typical household take-home income is around £53,113 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 77 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, close to the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

Each 0–100, higher = less deprived on that theme. National rank shown.

Income 79 · #1,431
Employment 94 · #437
Education 71 · #2,007
Health 65 · #2,384
Crime 54 · #3,158
Housing & access 35 · #4,461
Living environment 15 · #5,811

House prices ?

£305,000median (12m) · -13.8% yr · n=79
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£305,00079-13.8%+16.5%
DetachedToo few sales to report (n=1)
Semi-detached£585,75014+9.1%-0.3%
Terraced£333,00044+2.3%+20.6%
Flat£211,87520-7.9%-5.4%
This area£305,000
Reading£350,000
South East£385,000
England£300,000
Annual median price, all homes. Small samples can be volatile.

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Household income

Net household income (a year)£53,113±£8,097 · #654 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£33,363
Price-to-income ?5.7×typical home ÷ net income — less stretched than the England figure of 7.5×

Model-based ONS estimates (FYE 2023) with 95% confidence intervals — a guide to the typical household, not a measurement. How income estimates work →

Affordability-adjusted Score ?

82Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

77 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 710 offences
Reading103
South East71
England83

Rank #3,921 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences273
Theft218
Burglary41
Vehicle crime43
Criminal damage & arson34
Public order & weapons56
Drugs13
Robbery16
Other16

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 36 incidents.

Recorded incidents, not convictions. Crimes are counted where they happen while residents are counted where they live, so busy town-centre, retail and nightlife areas show high per-resident rates because visitors bring incidents with them. Street-level crime data © Crown copyright, data.police.uk, OGL v3.0. More on crime figures →

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