Electoral wardE05013874
Park ward, Reading
Park is one of 16 electoral wards of Reading Borough Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,445 residents in 3,822 households — 8,603 people per km², the 5th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Reading Central constituency.
Residents, 202111,445council ward average 10,889
Households3,8222.99 residents per household
Density8,603/ km²about 1.33 km² · Reading 4,313
Aged 65+9.9%Reading: 12.0% · under 16: 18.4%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.6% · 639
5–95.9% · 677
10–156.9% · 795
16–195.4% · 613
20–2414.4% · 1,648
25–3416.4% · 1,880
35–4921.8% · 2,500
50–6413.6% · 1,560
65–745.3% · 606
75–843.0% · 346
85+1.6% · 180
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van29.7% · 1,136
1 car or van45.9% · 1,756
2 cars or vans19.0% · 726
3 or more5.3% · 204
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Reading overall: 50.4% owned, 16.1% social rented, 31.9% private rented.
Owned outright21.4% · 818
With mortgage26.5% · 1,013
Shared ownership1.0% · 40
Social rented5.9% · 226
Private rented45.1% · 1,725
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house9.7% · 371
Semi-detached house20.0% · 763
Terraced house48.7% · 1,862
Purpose-built flat13.3% · 510
Converted house6.6% · 252
Other conversion0.5% · 19
Above shop / office1.2% · 44
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013874- Council
- Reading Borough Council
- Constituency
- Reading Central
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 1 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% owned11,411CCaversham 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% owned11,419RRedlands7.3% 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.