Electoral wardE05013875
Redlands ward, Reading
Redlands is one of 16 electoral wards of Reading Borough Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 14,714 residents in 4,593 households — 7,602 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Earley and Woodley and Reading Central constituencies.
Residents, 202114,714council ward average 10,889
Households4,5933.2 residents per household
Density7,602/ km²about 1.94 km² · Reading 4,313
Aged 65+7.3%Reading: 12.0% · under 16: 10.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.5% · 515
5–93.3% · 480
10–154.2% · 616
16–1915.5% · 2,277
20–2425.5% · 3,759
25–3416.2% · 2,386
35–4914.8% · 2,185
50–649.7% · 1,425
65–743.7% · 541
75–842.5% · 365
85+1.1% · 165
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van37.7% · 1,730
1 car or van42.2% · 1,937
2 cars or vans15.4% · 706
3 or more4.8% · 221
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Reading overall: 50.4% owned, 16.1% social rented, 31.9% private rented.
Owned outright16.5% · 760
With mortgage17.9% · 823
Shared ownership0.4% · 19
Social rented13.0% · 599
Private rented51.9% · 2,383
Lives rent free0.2% · 10
Type of home
Detached house8.9% · 407
Semi-detached house13.0% · 597
Terraced house32.3% · 1,484
Purpose-built flat31.6% · 1,449
Converted house11.0% · 506
Other conversion2.3% · 104
Above shop / office0.8% · 39
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013875- Council
- Reading Borough Council
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley, Reading Central
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 3 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% owned9,531CChurch11.9% aged 65+ · 46.2% owned12,161CColey10.9% 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% owned11,445SSouthcote16.2% aged 65+ · 53.5% owned10,985TThames8.6% aged 65+ · 37.2% owned7,808WWhitley10.5% aged 65+ · 43.9% owned11,508
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.