West Berkshire: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£715,036

Semi-detached

£417,700

Terraced

£336,683

Flat or maisonette

£209,670

First-time buyers

£316,293

The claimant count is people claiming unemployment-related benefits as a share of residents aged 16 to 64; the unemployment rate is the survey measure of people out of work and looking. Pay is for full-time employees who live in the area.

• Residents

  138,764 in 1991 → 165,112 in 2024 (+19.0%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £206,736 in 2005 → £403,682 in 2026 (+95.3%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £476 in 2008 → £716 in 2025 (+50.3%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  79.7% in 2004 → 81.6% in 2023 (+2.4%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  0.6% in 2001 → 2.3% in 2025 (+283.3%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £13,895 in 1997 → £32,258 in 2024 (+132.2%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for West Berkshire; 33 of them have a better and a worse direction and are ranked here. A rank of 1st is the best (lowest unemployment, highest pay, and so on).

Where it ranks best

• Job density · Economy & work1.17 jobs per resident (2024) · 17th highest of 350
• Healthy life expectancy, men · Health & wellbeing65.5 years (2022 to 2024) · 13th highest of 195
• Healthy life expectancy, women · Health & wellbeing66.5 years (2022 to 2024) · 15th highest of 195
• Productivity · Economy & work£50.8 per hour (2023) · 34th highest of 361

Where it ranks worst

• Business births · Economy & work8.7% (2024) · 304th highest of 361
• Home gas use · Environment10,784 kWh (2024/25) · 280th lowest of 347
• Greenhouse gas emissions · Environment6.5 t per person (2024) · 268th lowest of 361
• Time to a job centre · Connectivity & access13 min (2019) · 232nd lowest of 326

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)82.0 years · England 80.0 · 15th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)84.9 years · England 83.8 · 32nd highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)65.5 years · England 60.9 · 10th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)66.5 years · England 61.3 · 13th highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)258.6 per 100k · England 321.0 · 18th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)8.0% · England 10.4 · 26th lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)58.7% · England 64.6 · 26th lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)72.1% · England 68.3 · 17th highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)48.3 score · England 46.0 · 42nd highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)3.7% · England 5.8 · 42nd lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)9.6% · England 19.8 · 11th lowest of 153