Spencers Wood & Swallowfield

Wokingham · South East · population 11,247 · 6 LSOAs

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

91Area Score / 100 ?
  • #629 of 6,856 in England
  • #200 of 1,119 in South East
  • #16 of 20 in Wokingham
  • Least deprived 10% in England
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People living here Census 2021

Residents10,643
Median age (est.)37
Density408per km²
No qualifications10%
Degree or above46%
No car or van5%

Age

0–14 22%15–24 8%25–44 33%45–64 23%65+ 14%

Tenure

Own outright: 27%Mortgage/shared: 53%Social rent: 8%Private rent: 11%
Own outright 27%Mortgage/shared 53%Social rent 8%Private rent 11%

Households

One person: 23%Couple, no children: 21%Couple with children: 35%Lone parent: 8%Other: 13%
One person 23%Couple, no children 21%Couple with children 35%Lone parent 8%Other 13%

Work (top occupations)

Professional 28% · Managers & directors 20% · Associate professional 17%

All occupation groups
Professional28%
Managers & directors20%
Associate professional17%
Administrative9%
Skilled trades8%
Caring & leisure6%
Sales & customer service4%
Elementary4%
Process & plant4%

Ethnic group

White: 82%Asian: 10%Black: 3%Mixed: 4%Other: 1%
White 82%Asian 10%Black 3%Mixed 4%Other 1%

Religion & identity

Christian 45% · No religion 40% · Hindu 4%

Born outside the UK: 17%

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

Spencers Wood & Swallowfield is one of the least-deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, ranked #629 of 6,856 neighbourhoods nationally, and #16 of 20 in Wokingham. It is highly uneven across the seven themes — strong on Health (98) but weak on Housing & access (23). Typical homes here sold for about £472,500 over the past year, up 13% across five years (from 184 sales), in line with the wider Wokingham median of £490,000. Typical household take-home income is around £54,603 a year, among England's highest. Recorded crime ran at 35 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 86 · #944
Employment 97 · #197
Education 84 · #1,095
Health 98 · #163
Crime 78 · #1,506
Housing & access 23 · #5,249
Living environment 74 · #1,774

House prices ?

£472,500median (12m) · -3.8% yr · n=184
TypeMedian (12m)Sales1yr5yr
All homes£472,500184-3.8%+13.2%
Detached£640,00077+0.8%+18.3%
Semi-detached£475,00039+6.7%+17.0%
Terraced£374,25032-1.0%+14.3%
Flat£252,50036-2.9%+2.6%
This area£472,500
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)£54,603±£7,739 · #498 of 6,856
After housing costs (equivalised)£44,491
Price-to-income ?8.7×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 ?

45Affordability-adjusted Score / 100
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Recorded crime ?

35 crimes per 1,000 residents · 12 months · 391 offences
Wokingham41
South East71
England83

Rank #791 of 6,427 areas with published data (1 = lowest recorded rate).

Category (12 months)Recorded
Violence & sexual offences190
Theft64
Burglary11
Vehicle crime16
Criminal damage & arson45
Public order & weapons45
Drugs5
Robbery4
Other11

Anti-social behaviour, recorded separately: 91 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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