Windsor and Maidenhead: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£1,126,843

Semi-detached

£602,082

Terraced

£481,881

Flat or maisonette

£304,000

First-time buyers

£427,828

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

  133,695 in 1991 → 158,943 in 2024 (+18.9%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £293,288 in 2005 → £575,036 in 2026 (+96.1%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £523 in 2008 → £754 in 2025 (+44.2%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  77.4% in 2004 → 82.3% in 2023 (+6.3%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  1.0% in 2001 → 2.5% in 2025 (+150.0%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £17,780 in 1997 → £38,211 in 2024 (+114.9%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Windsor and Maidenhead; 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

• Healthy life expectancy, women · Health & wellbeing68.9 years (2022 to 2024) · 5th highest of 195
• Disposable income per head · Economy & work£38,211 (2024) · 17th highest of 361
• Healthy life expectancy, men · Health & wellbeing67.3 years (2022 to 2024) · 8th highest of 195
• Job density · Economy & work1.14 jobs per resident (2024) · 22nd highest of 350

Where it ranks worst

• Home gas use · Environment12,106 kWh (2024/25) · 332nd lowest of 347
• Housing affordability · Housing11.6× earnings (April 2025) · 295th lowest of 316
• Business births · Economy & work9.4% (2024) · 256th highest of 361
• Anxiety · Health & wellbeing3.4 out of 10 (2022/23) · 230th lowest of 363

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)81.2 years · England 80.0 · 29th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)85.3 years · England 83.8 · 20th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)67.3 years · England 60.9 · 5th highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)68.9 years · England 61.3 · 3rd highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)270.9 per 100k · England 321.0 · 26th lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)6.7% · England 10.4 · 7th lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)59.3% · England 64.6 · 32nd lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)71.0% · England 68.3 · 32nd highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)51.6 score · England 46.0 · 15th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)5.6% · England 5.8 · 97th lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)7.7% · England 19.8 · 4th lowest of 153