St John's

Woking · South East · population 6,774 · 4 LSOAs

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

81Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,294 of 6,856 in England
  • #365 of 1,119 in South East
  • #7 of 12 in Woking
  • Least deprived 10-20%
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People living here Census 2021

Residents6,814
Median age (est.)43
Density2,355per km²
No qualifications14%
Degree or above38%
No car or van14%

Age

0–14 18%15–24 10%25–44 25%45–64 28%65+ 19%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 37%Social rent: 16%Private rent: 15%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 37%Social rent 16%Private rent 15%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 17%Couple with children: 30%Lone parent: 9%Other: 14%
One person 30%Couple, no children 17%Couple with children 30%Lone parent 9%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 23% · Managers & directors 15% · Associate professional 14%

All occupation groups
Professional23%
Managers & directors15%
Associate professional14%
Skilled trades11%
Administrative10%
Caring & leisure9%
Sales & customer service7%
Elementary7%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 6%Black: 2%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 87%Asian 6%Black 2%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 49% · No religion 40% · Muslim 4%

Born outside the UK: 16%

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

St John's is in the least-deprived 10–20% of England, ranked #1,294 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #7 of 12 in Woking. Across the seven themes it scores highest on Living environment (82) and lowest on Crime (56). Typical homes here sold for about £435,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 83 sales), in line with the wider Woking median of £445,500. Typical household take-home income is around £46,942 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 48 incidents per 1,000 residents over the past year, well below the England rate of 83.

Themed scores ?

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

Income 71 · #1,986
Employment 75 · #1,719
Education 79 · #1,438
Health 71 · #1,965
Crime 56 · #2,987
Housing & access 71 · #2,013
Living environment 82 · #1,198

House prices ?

£435,000median (12m) · +4.2% yr · n=83
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£435,00083+4.2%+17.1%
Detached£820,00013+22.3%+24.7%
Semi-detached£501,00025+3.6%+20.0%
Terraced£395,00023-0.6%+14.5%
Flat£211,50022-7.0%-7.1%
This area£435,000
Woking£445,500
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)£46,942±£6,533 · #1,645 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£38,409
Price-to-income ?9.3×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 ?

51Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

48 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 326 offences
Woking63
South East71
England83

Rank #1,951 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences154
Theft49
Burglary12
Vehicle crime10
Criminal damage & arson54
Public order & weapons30
Drugs3
Robbery5
Other9

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 66 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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