Electoral wardE05013866
Caversham ward, Reading
Caversham is one of 16 electoral wards of Reading Borough Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,411 residents in 4,672 households — 5,653 people per km², the 8th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Reading Central constituency.
Residents, 202111,411council ward average 10,889
Households4,6722.44 residents per household
Density5,653/ km²about 2.02 km² · Reading 4,313
Aged 65+14.7%Reading: 12.0% · under 16: 21.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.8% · 667
5–96.6% · 749
10–158.7% · 992
16–194.2% · 478
20–244.5% · 517
25–3414.4% · 1,644
35–4923.9% · 2,727
50–6417.2% · 1,965
65–747.6% · 868
75–844.9% · 559
85+2.2% · 249
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van20.4% · 952
1 car or van49.7% · 2,320
2 cars or vans24.2% · 1,132
3 or more5.7% · 268
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Reading overall: 50.4% owned, 16.1% social rented, 31.9% private rented.
Owned outright30.5% · 1,423
With mortgage33.7% · 1,575
Shared ownership1.3% · 59
Social rented12.8% · 598
Private rented21.7% · 1,013
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house13.7% · 640
Semi-detached house32.9% · 1,536
Terraced house30.9% · 1,444
Purpose-built flat16.5% · 773
Converted house3.8% · 176
Other conversion0.9% · 41
Above shop / office1.2% · 58
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013866- Council
- Reading Borough Council
- Constituency
- Reading Central
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 6 of 16
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbbey5.6% aged 65+ · 20.1% owned10,153BBattle6.4% aged 65+ · 41.9% owned11,445CCaversham Heights19.6% aged 65+ · 85.7% owned9,531CColey10.9% aged 65+ · 44.2% owned11,029EEmmer Green21.8% aged 65+ · 80.4% owned9,563KKatesgrove6.5% aged 65+ · 31.5% owned11,931NNorcot12.5% aged 65+ · 49.9% owned11,419PPark9.9% aged 65+ · 47.9% owned11,445RRedlands7.3% aged 65+ · 34.5% owned14,714SSouthcote16.2% aged 65+ · 53.5% owned10,985TThames8.6% aged 65+ · 37.2% owned7,808
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0Census figures for this ward as published on 2022 ward boundaries, which still apply.