Wokingham: house prices, jobs and local statistics

Detached

£769,081

Semi-detached

£500,061

Terraced

£373,826

Flat or maisonette

£246,509

First-time buyers

£387,288

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

  141,144 in 1991 → 187,200 in 2024 (+32.6%)

  England over the same years: +22.4%

• Average house price

  £247,416 in 2005 → £496,537 in 2026 (+100.7%)

  England over the same years: +85.9%

• Median weekly pay

  £518 in 2008 → £811 in 2025 (+56.5%)

  England over the same years: +63.7%

• Employment rate

  80.2% in 2004 → 78.6% in 2023 (−2.0%)

  England over the same years: +4.4%

• Claimant count

  0.6% in 2001 → 1.9% in 2025 (+216.7%)

  England over the same years: +60.0%

• Disposable income per head

  £14,958 in 1997 → £32,259 in 2024 (+115.7%)

  England over the same years: +143.8%

40 official indicators are published for Wokingham; 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

• Fuel poverty · Economy & work5.6% (2024) · 1st lowest of 296
• Children in relative poverty · Economy & work10.7% (2024/25) · 6th lowest of 363
• No qualifications · Education & skills1.7% (2023) · 5th lowest of 293
• Smokers · Health & wellbeing6.0% (2020 to 2024) · 4th lowest of 373

Where it ranks worst

• Home gas use · Environment11,759 kWh (2024/25) · 324th lowest of 347
• Housing affordability · Housing9.4× earnings (April 2025) · 239th lowest of 316
• Business births · Economy & work10.0% (2024) · 206th highest of 361
• Time to a job centre · Connectivity & access12 min (2019) · 179th lowest of 326

• Life expectancy (male) (2025)82.7 years · England 80.0 · 7th highest of 151
• Life expectancy (female) (2025)87.3 years · England 83.8 · 1st highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (male) (2022 - 24)68.0 years · England 60.9 · 3rd highest of 151
• Healthy life expectancy (female) (2022 - 24)69.4 years · England 61.3 · 2nd highest of 151
• Under-75 mortality, all causes (2025)212.2 per 100k · England 321.0 · 3rd lowest of 151
• Adult smoking prevalence (2024)7.1% · England 10.4 · 12th lowest of 148
• Adults overweight or obese (2024/25)57.5% · England 64.6 · 21st lowest of 153

• School readiness (good development at Reception) (2024/25)77.3% · England 68.3 · 3rd highest of 153
• GCSE Attainment 8 score (2024/25)55.6 score · England 46.0 · 7th highest of 153
• 16–17 year-olds NEET or activity not known (2025/26)3.5% · England 5.8 · 34th lowest of 150
• Children in absolute low-income families (2024/25)6.4% · England 19.8 · 2nd lowest of 153