Burghfield Common

West Berkshire · South East · population 6,189 · 4 LSOAs

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

85Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,047 of 6,856 in England
  • #310 of 1,119 in South East
  • #9 of 22 in West Berkshire
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,113
Median age (est.)43
Density357per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above40%
No car or van8%

Age

0–14 20%15–24 10%25–44 23%45–64 28%65+ 18%

Tenure

Own outright: 35%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 12%Private rent: 16%
Own outright 35%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 12%Private rent 16%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 19%Couple with children: 35%Lone parent: 9%Other: 16%
One person 22%Couple, no children 19%Couple with children 35%Lone parent 9%Other 16%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 24% · Managers & directors 18% · Associate professional 18%

All occupation groups
Professional24%
Managers & directors18%
Associate professional18%
Administrative10%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary6%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 93%Asian: 3%Black: 1%Mixed: 3%Other: 0%
White 93%Asian 3%Black 1%Mixed 3%Other 0%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 42% · Muslim 1%

Born outside the UK: 10%

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

Burghfield Common is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,047 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #9 of 22 in West Berkshire. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (90) but weak on Housing & access (23). Typical homes here sold for about £500,500 over the past year, up 11% across five years (from 82 sales), 24% above the wider West Berkshire median of £404,250. Typical household take-home income is around £54,442 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 67 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 84 · #1,095
Employment 89 · #752
Education 78 · #1,479
Health 90 · #718
Crime 72 · #1,938
Housing & access 23 · #5,256
Living environment 85 · #1,040

House prices ?

£500,500median (12m) · +5.4% yr · n=82
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£500,50082+5.4%+11.0%
Detached£627,50040+17.8%+20.7%
Semi-detached£457,50024+1.7%+20.4%
Terraced£320,00013+12.3%+8.5%
Flat£297,0005
This area£500,500
West Berkshire£404,250
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)£54,442±£8,015 · #518 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£41,850
Price-to-income ?9.2×typical home ÷ net income — more 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 ?

35Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

67 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 417 offences
West Berkshire57
South East71
England83

Rank #3,362 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences146
Theft104
Burglary10
Vehicle crime23
Criminal damage & arson65
Public order & weapons39
Drugs14
Robbery3
Other13

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 97 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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