Social housing in Wokingham
7.7% of households in Wokingham are social housing — council or housing-association homes — according to the 2021–22 Census. That is below the UK average of 17.5%.
How much social housing is there in Wokingham?
Wokingham ranks 372nd of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 69,213 households, 5,342 are social homes (7.7%) — renting from the council or a housing association.
How does Wokingham compare with the UK average?
At -9.8 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Wokingham sits below the national level. It is among the lowest shares in the country.
Wokingham at a glance
Beyond housing, here is what the map's other datasets say about Wokingham.
Schools
On the Department for Education's register, Wokingham has 84 schools — 72 state-funded and 12 independent. That includes 54 primary and 9 secondary schools. Of the 24 with a published Ofsted grade, 92% are Good or Outstanding.
Nurseries
There are 135 nurseries and pre-schools on Ofsted's childcare register in Wokingham, offering about 5,714 registered childcare places. Childminders are not counted — Ofsted withholds their addresses.
Deprivation
The median neighbourhood in Wokingham sits in decile 10 of 10 on its nation's deprivation index, and 0% of its 103 neighbourhoods fall in the most-deprived national fifth.
House prices
The median neighbourhood price is about £5,038 per m², from Land Registry sold prices matched to EPC floor areas.
Broadband
Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).
Explore Wokingham
See Wokingham through the other lenses on the interactive map — house prices, recorded crime and anti-social behaviour, road & rail noise, deprivation and broadband:
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Figures: 2021–22 Census · Page updated 15 August 2026 · Download the full dataset (CSV, all 374 councils).