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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003451

Wokingham Town

Wokingham Town is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,718 residents in Wokingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wokingham
9,718

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

4,536

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,417.5

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

57.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

20.7%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

43.3%

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.

Abingdon Town & West, Vale of White Horse10,981 residents · 52.2% owned · 23.3% no carHorsham Central, Horsham11,286 residents · 53.0% owned · 26.6% no carPortishead Central, North Somerset9,782 residents · 66.4% owned · 14.6% no carHitchin Town & West, North Hertfordshire11,485 residents · 63.3% owned · 21.6% no carStratford North, Stratford-on-Avon12,299 residents · 55.2% owned · 21.2% no carEast Grinstead Central & North, Mid Sussex13,280 residents · 60.6% owned · 19.4% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wokingham Town

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

Tenure

Owned57.1%
2,590 households
Private rented22%
999 households
Social rented19%
863 households
Shared ownership1.8%
82 households
Lives rent free0%
2 households
Wokingham Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement31.8%
1,441 households
Terraced22%
996 households
Semi-detached21%
952 households
Detached19.1%
867 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits3.2%
144 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop1.7%
77 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse1.3%
58 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Wokingham Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

1 car or van in household47.4%
2,148 households
2 cars or vans in household25.1%
1,138 households
No cars or vans in household20.7%
938 households
3 or more cars or vans in household6.9%
311 households
Wokingham Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

2 bedrooms35.3%
1,603 households
3 bedrooms28.4%
1,287 households
4 or more bedrooms18.4%
835 households
1 bedroom17.9%
810 households
Wokingham Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household58.7%
2,661 households
One-person household37.3%
1,689 households
Other household types4.1%
184 households
Wokingham Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

1 person in household37.2%
1,689 households
2 people in household33.5%
1,518 households
3 people in household14.8%
671 households
4 people in household10.7%
484 households
5 people in household2.7%
121 households
6 people in household0.9%
41 households
7 people in household0.2%
8 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wokingham Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1517%
1,654 residents
15–2916.4%
1,595 residents
30–4422.3%
2,169 residents
45–6423.5%
2,287 residents
65 and over20.7%
2,017 residents
Wokingham Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White85.8%
8,335 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh6.7%
650 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.4%
333 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.6%
253 residents
Other ethnic group1.5%
147 residents
Wokingham Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above43.3%
3,457 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications14.6%
1,161 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications13.5%
1,074 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.2%
973 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications8.8%
699 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship4.2%
333 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications3.5%
278 residents aged 16 and over
Wokingham Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)62.4%
4,976 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive36.3%
2,893 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.3%
107 residents aged 16 and over
Wokingham Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations24.6%
1,959 residents aged 16 and over
L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations21.5%
1,718 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.2%
976 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations10.1%
807 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers9.4%
746 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations7.3%
582 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed5.9%
471 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations4.7%
373 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students4.3%
343 residents aged 16 and over
Wokingham Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health49.3%
4,792 residents
Good health34.5%
3,350 residents
Fair health12%
1,163 residents
Bad health3.3%
319 residents
Very bad health1%
93 residents
Wokingham Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act83.3%
8,091 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act16.7%
1,627 residents
Wokingham Town · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension54%
2,447 households
Household is deprived in one dimension31%
1,406 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions12.3%
556 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions2.6%
117 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0.2%
9 households
Wokingham Town · 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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