Electoral wardE05013867
Caversham Heights ward, Reading
Caversham Heights is one of 16 electoral wards of Reading Borough Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,531 residents in 3,623 households — 2,800 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Reading Central constituency.
Residents, 20219,531council ward average 10,889
Households3,6232.63 residents per household
Density2,800/ km²about 3.40 km² · Reading 4,313
Aged 65+19.6%Reading: 12.0% · under 16: 21.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.5% · 433
5–97.0% · 669
10–159.8% · 932
16–194.1% · 394
20–244.0% · 384
25–346.7% · 640
35–4922.2% · 2,118
50–6422.0% · 2,097
65–749.8% · 930
75–847.1% · 681
85+2.7% · 255
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.1% · 366
1 car or van39.9% · 1,446
2 cars or vans37.3% · 1,350
3 or more12.7% · 461
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Reading overall: 50.4% owned, 16.1% social rented, 31.9% private rented.
Owned outright44.3% · 1,604
With mortgage41.4% · 1,499
Shared ownership0.3% · 11
Social rented4.8% · 175
Private rented9.1% · 331
Lives rent free0.1% · 2
Type of home
Detached house53.1% · 1,924
Semi-detached house29.4% · 1,064
Terraced house8.3% · 302
Purpose-built flat7.3% · 266
Converted house1.5% · 55
Other conversion0.1% · 5
Above shop / office0.1% · 3
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013867- Council
- Reading Borough Council
- Constituency
- Reading Central
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 14 of 16
Other wards in the same constituency
AAbbey5.6% aged 65+ · 20.1% owned10,153BBattle6.4% aged 65+ · 41.9% owned11,445CCaversham14.7% aged 65+ · 64.2% owned11,411CColey10.9% 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.