Lower Earley South

Wokingham · South East · population 7,454 · 5 LSOAs

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

99Area Score / 100 ?
  • #73 of 6,856 in England
  • #25 of 1,119 in South East
  • #4 of 20 in Wokingham
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents7,491
Median age (est.)40
Density4,546per km²
No qualifications8%
Degree or above48%
No car or van9%

Age

0–14 19%15–24 10%25–44 31%45–64 29%65+ 11%

Tenure

Own outright: 32%Mortgage/shared: 42%Social rent: 2%Private rent: 24%
Own outright 32%Mortgage/shared 42%Social rent 2%Private rent 24%

Households

One person: 30%Couple, no children: 20%Couple with children: 33%Lone parent: 7%Other: 9%
One person 30%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 33%Lone parent 7%Other 9%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 30% · Associate professional 17% · Managers & directors 13%

All occupation groups
Professional30%
Associate professional17%
Managers & directors13%
Administrative11%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure7%
Elementary5%
Sales & customer service5%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 69%Asian: 22%Black: 3%Mixed: 3%Other: 3%
White 69%Asian 22%Black 3%Mixed 3%Other 3%

Religion & identity

No religion 37% · Christian 37% · Hindu 10%

Born outside the UK: 27%

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

Lower Earley South is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England — #73 of 6,856 nationally, among the most-advantaged neighbourhoods on the index, and #4 of 20 in Wokingham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Employment (99) but weak on Housing & access (44). Typical homes here sold for about £350,000 over the past year, up 17% across five years (from 106 sales), 29% below the wider Wokingham median of £490,000. Typical household take-home income is around £54,143 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 50 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 97 · #197
Employment 99 · #46
Education 95 · #334
Health 97 · #183
Crime 98 · #108
Housing & access 44 · #3,871
Living environment 96 · #259

House prices ?

£350,000median (12m) · -10.3% yr · n=106
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£350,000106-10.3%+16.7%
Detached£548,25028-3.5%+23.2%
Semi-detached£379,50014-10.3%+16.8%
Terraced£306,25054-9.3%+9.2%
Flat£200,00010+5.3%+25.0%
This area£350,000
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)£54,143±£7,593 · #541 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£36,861
Price-to-income ?6.5×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 ?

86Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
Best-value areas in England →

Recorded crime ?

50 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 370 offences
Wokingham41
South East71
England83

Rank #2,081 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences185
Theft36
Burglary2
Vehicle crime23
Criminal damage & arson30
Public order & weapons26
Drugs53
Robbery1
Other14

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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