Arborfield & Garrison

Wokingham · South East · population 8,987 · 4 LSOAs

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

75Area Score / 100 ?
  • #1,698 of 6,856 in England
  • #445 of 1,119 in South East
  • #18 of 20 in Wokingham
  • Less deprived (top 30%)
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People living here Census 2021

Residents8,271
Median age (est.)37
Density386per km²
No qualifications11%
Degree or above42%
No car or van7%

Age

0–14 23%15–24 10%25–44 29%45–64 25%65+ 13%

Tenure

Own outright: 26%Mortgage/shared: 41%Social rent: 10%Private rent: 22%
Own outright 26%Mortgage/shared 41%Social rent 10%Private rent 22%

Households

One person: 22%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 11%Other: 14%
One person 22%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 11%Other 14%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 25% · Managers & directors 19% · Associate professional 17%

All occupation groups
Professional25%
Managers & directors19%
Associate professional17%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure8%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 87%Asian: 6%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 1%
White 87%Asian 6%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 46% · No religion 42% · Muslim 2%

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

Arborfield & Garrison is in the less-deprived top third of England, ranked #1,698 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #18 of 20 in Wokingham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (88) but weak on Housing & access (19). Typical homes here sold for about £535,000 over the past year, up 10% across five years (from 155 sales), 9% above the wider Wokingham median of £490,000. Typical household take-home income is around £52,198 a year, in the top third of England. Recorded crime ran at 59 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 65 · #2,418
Employment 82 · #1,266
Education 70 · #2,068
Health 88 · #828
Crime 50 · #3,453
Housing & access 19 · #5,530
Living environment 87 · #882

House prices ?

£535,000median (12m) · +1.9% yr · n=155
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£535,000155+1.9%+10.3%
Detached£700,00077+10.2%+20.7%
Semi-detached£462,50037-4.6%+2.2%
Terraced£385,00023-3.8%+16.1%
Flat£283,75018+3.7%+7.5%
This area£535,000
Wokingham£490,000
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)£52,198±£9,387 · #761 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£42,079
Price-to-income ?10.2×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 ?

27Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

59 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 527 offences
Wokingham41
South East71
England83

Rank #2,766 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences265
Theft78
Burglary29
Vehicle crime33
Criminal damage & arson42
Public order & weapons46
Drugs16
Robbery7
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 118 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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