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Census 2021 neighbourhood · E02003452

Wokingham East

Wokingham East is a Census neighbourhood of about 9,494 residents in Wokingham. This is a statistical area, not an administrative boundary or a postcode district.

Area evidence brief for Wokingham
9,494

Usual residents

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,694

Households

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

3,284.3

Residents per km²

ONS Census 2021 · MSOA

77.1%

Households owning their home

ONS Census 2021 · tenure

6.6%

Households with no car or van

ONS Census 2021 · car availability

50.9%

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.

Kingswood & Whittle Hall, Warrington11,238 residents · 80.5% owned · 6.7% no carHedge End North & Botley North, Eastleigh11,784 residents · 71.0% owned · 5.0% no carBromham & Biddenham, Bedford12,828 residents · 77.8% owned · 7.1% no carDickens Heath, Cheswick Green & Hockley Heath, Solihull12,134 residents · 74.3% owned · 6.8% no carBinfield & Popeswood, Bracknell Forest12,093 residents · 75.0% owned · 6.0% no carEmersons Green, South Gloucestershire12,403 residents · 73.1% owned · 7.0% no car

Most similar within Wokingham

The closest matches in the same local authority.

Woodley East, Wokingham8,489 residents · 80.4% owned · 7.0% no carShinfield, Wokingham13,192 residents · 70.5% owned · 9.0% no carWinnersh, Wokingham10,716 residents · 71.8% owned · 7.7% no car

Census 2021 · Census neighbourhood (MSOA)

Life in Wokingham East

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

Tenure

Owned77.1%
2,847 households
Private rented10.8%
399 households
Social rented8.2%
304 households
Shared ownership3.9%
144 households
Lives rent free0%
0 households
Wokingham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Accommodation type

Detached44%
1,625 households
Semi-detached27.5%
1,017 households
Terraced14.4%
533 households
In a purpose-built block of flats or tenement12.3%
454 households
Part of a converted or shared house, including bedsits1.1%
40 households
In a commercial building, for example, in an office building, hotel or over a shop0.4%
15 households
Part of another converted building, for example, former school, church or warehouse0.2%
8 households
A caravan or other mobile or temporary structure0%
0 households
Wokingham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Car or van availability

2 cars or vans in household43.8%
1,619 households
1 car or van in household37.4%
1,383 households
3 or more cars or vans in household12.2%
449 households
No cars or vans in household6.6%
243 households
Wokingham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Number of bedrooms

4 or more bedrooms39.9%
1,474 households
3 bedrooms33.7%
1,245 households
2 bedrooms22.9%
846 households
1 bedroom3.5%
129 households
Wokingham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household composition

Single family household74.1%
2,738 households
One-person household21.6%
798 households
Other household types4.3%
158 households
Wokingham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household size

2 people in household34.1%
1,260 households
1 person in household21.6%
798 households
4 people in household19.2%
710 households
3 people in household18.8%
693 households
5 people in household4.9%
182 households
6 people in household1%
36 households
7 people in household0.3%
12 households
8 or more people in household0.1%
3 households
0 people in household0%
0 households
Wokingham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Age

Under 1521.9%
2,079 residents
15–2915.4%
1,460 residents
30–4423.3%
2,215 residents
45–6425.4%
2,407 residents
65 and over14%
1,331 residents
Wokingham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Ethnic group

White85.2%
8,085 residents
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh8.2%
782 residents
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups3.1%
297 residents
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African2.2%
211 residents
Other ethnic group1.3%
120 residents
Wokingham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Highest qualification

Level 4 qualifications or above50.9%
3,714 residents aged 16 and over
Level 3 qualifications16.5%
1,201 residents aged 16 and over
Level 2 qualifications12.6%
919 residents aged 16 and over
No qualifications7.6%
551 residents aged 16 and over
Level 1 and entry level qualifications7.5%
549 residents aged 16 and over
Apprenticeship3.2%
233 residents aged 16 and over
Other qualifications1.8%
129 residents aged 16 and over
Wokingham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Economic activity

Economically active (excluding full-time students)69.7%
5,085 residents aged 16 and over
Economically inactive28.5%
2,084 residents aged 16 and over
Economically active and a full-time student1.8%
131 residents aged 16 and over
Wokingham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Occupational class (NS-SeC)

L1, L2 and L3 Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations28.2%
2,060 residents aged 16 and over
L4, L5 and L6 Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations26.8%
1,958 residents aged 16 and over
L7 Intermediate occupations12.2%
889 residents aged 16 and over
L8 and L9 Small employers and own account workers8.2%
598 residents aged 16 and over
L12 Semi-routine occupations7%
512 residents aged 16 and over
L15 Full-time students5.4%
397 residents aged 16 and over
L13 Routine occupations4.9%
354 residents aged 16 and over
L10 and L11 Lower supervisory and technical occupations3.7%
270 residents aged 16 and over
L14.1 and L14.2 Never worked and long-term unemployed3.5%
258 residents aged 16 and over
Wokingham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

General health

Very good health58.9%
5,591 residents
Good health32.1%
3,044 residents
Fair health7.2%
681 residents
Bad health1.4%
137 residents
Very bad health0.4%
40 residents
Wokingham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Disability

Not disabled under the Equality Act89.2%
8,467 residents
Disabled under the Equality Act10.8%
1,027 residents
Wokingham East · Census neighbourhood (MSOA) · ONS Census 2021

Household deprivation

Household is not deprived in any dimension66.8%
2,468 households
Household is deprived in one dimension26.3%
973 households
Household is deprived in two dimensions5.9%
219 households
Household is deprived in three dimensions0.9%
34 households
Household is deprived in four dimensions0%
0 households
Wokingham East · 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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