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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003400

Wokingham Road

Wokingham Road is a Census neighbourhood of about 8,973 residents in Reading. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Reading
8,973

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,092

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

9,082.6

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

42.6%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

30.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

42.7%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Closest matches elsewhere in England and Wales, across 14 Census themes. Similarity is statistical, not a recommendation, and says nothing about how anywhere feels to live in.

Southsea Fawcett Road, Portsmouth8,785 residents · 40.3% owned · 36.1% no carEast Central Oxford, Oxford11,137 residents · 32.7% owned · 44.9% no carRoath, Cardiff7,516 residents · 46.6% owned · 31.2% no carHighfield & University, Southampton6,799 residents · 49.5% owned · 26.4% no carOldfield Park West, Bath and North East Somerset8,330 residents · 42.6% owned · 33.5% no carBevois Town, Southampton6,759 residents · 24.8% owned · 38.0% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wokingham Road

People, households and homes at the stated Census geography. These describe the 2021 population, not the occupants of a particular home.

Tenure

Private rented53.4%
1,651 households
Owned42.6%
1,318 households
Social rented3.5%
107 households
Shared ownership0.5%
16 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Wokingham Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Terraced35.7%
1,102 households
Semi-detached23.5%
727 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement19.9%
615 households
Detached9.5%
293 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits9.1%
281 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.1%
35 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1%
31 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.2%
5 households
Wokingham Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household43.7%
1,350 households
No cars or vans in household30.6%
946 households
2 cars or vans in household19.1%
591 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.6%
205 households
Wokingham Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms36.7%
1,136 households
2 bedrooms22.4%
693 households
3 bedrooms21.3%
660 households
1 bedroom19.5%
603 households
Wokingham Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household45.9%
1,421 households
Other household types27.3%
844 households
One-person household26.8%
829 households
Wokingham Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household26.9%
832 households
1 person in household26.8%
829 households
3 people in household16.1%
498 households
4 people in household15.1%
468 households
5 people in household7%
217 households
6 people in household4.4%
137 households
7 people in household1.9%
60 households
8 or more people in household1.6%
51 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wokingham Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1511.9%
1,065 residents
15–2943.6%
3,909 residents
30–4418.3%
1,644 residents
45–6416.4%
1,474 residents
65 and over9.8%
880 residents
Wokingham Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White68.6%
6,160 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh18.9%
1,695 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African5.2%
464 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups4.1%
368 residents
Other ethnic group3.2%
287 residents
Wokingham Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above42.7%
3,341 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications33.5%
2,622 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications9%
702 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications6.6%
513 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications4.7%
369 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.9%
147 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship1.7%
136 residents aged 16 and over
Wokingham Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)45.8%
3,586 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive43.2%
3,378 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student11%
863 residents aged 16 and over
Wokingham Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L15 Full-time students36.3%
2,845 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations17%
1,328 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations15.3%
1,199 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations6.6%
519 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations6.3%
492 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations5.5%
427 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.4%
421 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers5.3%
415 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations2.4%
185 residents aged 16 and over
Wokingham Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health55.2%
4,947 residents
Good health33.4%
2,995 residents
Fair health8.9%
797 residents
Bad health2%
181 residents
Very bad health0.5%
48 residents
Wokingham Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act86.6%
7,767 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act13.4%
1,203 residents
Wokingham Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension55%
1,699 households
Household is deprived in one dimension32.2%
994 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions10.1%
311 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.6%
79 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.3%
8 households
Wokingham Road · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Each percentage uses its Census table’s own total. Rounding and source categories can affect totals. ONS Census data · OGL v3.0.

How the similarity is worked out

Alike on the Census, which is not the same as alike to live in.

Every neighbourhood is described by its shares across the Census themes above — tenure, housing, cars, household make-up, age, ethnic group, qualifications, work, health and deprivation — each theme weighted equally, which is the approach ONS takes in its own Output Area Classification. The neighbourhoods listed are the closest on those numbers, published in full rather than folded into a score. Nothing here measures schools, crime, prices or what a place is like to be in, and a close match is a statistical fact rather than a suggestion to move.

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