Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003441

Sonning & Woodley North

Sonning & Woodley North is a Census neighbourhood of about 7,670 residents in Wokingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wokingham

7,670

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,017

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

1,229.9

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

83.5%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

9.1%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

42.3%

Adults with a degree or above

ONS Census 2021 · qualifications

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Sonning & Woodley North

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

Tenure

Owned83.5%

2,519 households

Private rented11.4%

344 households

Social rented4.6%

140 households

Shared ownership0.4%

12 households

Lives rent free0.1%

2 households

Sonning & Woodley North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Semi-detached41.2%

1,244 households

Detached37.2%

1,121 households

Terraced13.7%

412 households

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement6.2%

187 households

Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits0.7%

22 households

Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.5%

14 households

In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%

12 households

A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0.1%

4 households

Sonning & Woodley North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household39.2%

1,182 households

1 car or van in household35.4%

1,069 households

3 or more cars or vans in household16.3%

491 households

No cars or vans in household9.1%

274 households

Sonning & Woodley North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms41.3%

1,247 households

3 bedrooms40.8%

1,232 households

2 bedrooms15%

452 households

1 bedroom2.8%

85 households

Sonning & Woodley North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household70.8%

2,136 households

One-person household23.3%

704 households

Other household types5.8%

175 households

Sonning & Woodley North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.9%

1,054 households

1 person in household23.3%

704 households

3 people in household17.7%

533 households

4 people in household17.1%

517 households

5 people in household5%

150 households

6 people in household1.3%

40 households

7 people in household0.4%

13 households

8 or more people in household0.2%

5 households

0 people in household0%

0 households

Sonning & Woodley North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517.1%

1,314 residents

15–2913.6%

1,045 residents

30–4416%

1,225 residents

45–6430.2%

2,315 residents

65 and over23.1%

1,775 residents

Sonning & Woodley North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White84.2%

6,463 residents

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh10.1%

777 residents

Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups2.6%

199 residents

Other ethnic group1.6%

122 residents

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African1.4%

111 residents

Sonning & Woodley North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above42.3%

2,646 residents aged 16 and over

Level 3 qualifications16.3%

1,018 residents aged 16 and over

Level 2 qualifications13.2%

828 residents aged 16 and over

No qualifications12.2%

764 residents aged 16 and over

Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.9%

554 residents aged 16 and over

Apprenticeship5.1%

317 residents aged 16 and over

Other qualifications2.1%

131 residents aged 16 and over

Sonning & Woodley North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)59.7%

3,739 residents aged 16 and over

Economically inactive38.7%

2,424 residents aged 16 and over

Economically active and a full-time student1.5%

95 residents aged 16 and over

Sonning & Woodley North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations25.2%

1,574 residents aged 16 and over

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.7%

1,361 residents aged 16 and over

L7 Intermediate occupations13.6%

849 residents aged 16 and over

L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers11.3%

709 residents aged 16 and over

L12 Semi-routine occupations8.1%

505 residents aged 16 and over

L13 Routine occupations6.1%

382 residents aged 16 and over

L15 Full-time students5.1%

320 residents aged 16 and over

L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed4.8%

301 residents aged 16 and over

L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.1%

257 residents aged 16 and over

Sonning & Woodley North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health52.3%

4,013 residents

Good health33.1%

2,542 residents

Fair health10.7%

821 residents

Bad health2.9%

225 residents

Very bad health0.9%

70 residents

Sonning & Woodley North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act85.4%

6,551 residents

Disabled under the Equality Act14.6%

1,120 residents

Sonning & Woodley North · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension57.9%

1,746 households

Household is deprived in one dimension31.9%

962 households

Household is deprived in two dimensions8.9%

268 households

Household is deprived in three dimensions1.3%

39 households

Household is deprived in four dimensions0%

1 households

Sonning & Woodley North · 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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Evidence ledger

Source and date are part of the record.

All statistics on this pageONS · Census 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0
Neighbourhood nameHouse of Commons Library · MSOA Names, Open Parliament Licence
GeographyONS Middle layer Super Output Area E02003441

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Sonning & Woodley North

Usual residents

Households

Residents per km²

Households owning their home

Households with no car or van

Adults with a degree or above

Neighbourhoods most like this one

Life in Sonning & Woodley North

Tenure

Accommodation type

Car or van availability

Number of bedrooms

Household composition

Household size

Age

Ethnic group

Highest qualification

Economic activity

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

General health

Disability

Household deprivation

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

Source and date are part of the record.