Electoral wardE05013868
Church ward, Reading
Church is one of 16 electoral wards of Reading Borough Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 12,161 residents in 4,210 households — 4,717 people per km², the 2nd largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Earley and Woodley constituency.
Residents, 202112,161council ward average 10,889
Households4,2102.89 residents per household
Density4,717/ km²about 2.58 km² · Reading 4,313
Aged 65+11.9%Reading: 12.0% · under 16: 23.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.2% · 756
5–97.5% · 914
10–159.3% · 1,125
16–195.4% · 655
20–246.7% · 816
25–3414.6% · 1,775
35–4921.1% · 2,566
50–6417.3% · 2,101
65–746.8% · 823
75–843.6% · 441
85+1.6% · 189
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van23.8% · 1,002
1 car or van43.3% · 1,821
2 cars or vans24.2% · 1,019
3 or more8.7% · 368
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Reading overall: 50.4% owned, 16.1% social rented, 31.9% private rented.
Owned outright20.5% · 863
With mortgage25.7% · 1,083
Shared ownership0.9% · 36
Social rented36.0% · 1,518
Private rented16.6% · 699
Lives rent free0.3% · 12
Type of home
Detached house8.8% · 371
Semi-detached house54.2% · 2,285
Terraced house24.6% · 1,035
Purpose-built flat10.4% · 440
Converted house1.4% · 57
Other conversion0.0% · 2
Above shop / office0.5% · 22
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013868- Council
- Reading Borough Council
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 16
Other wards in the same constituency
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.