Electoral wardE05013878
Tilehurst ward, Reading
Tilehurst is one of 16 electoral wards of Reading Borough Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,869 residents in 3,937 households — 4,694 people per km², the 12th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Reading West and Mid Berkshire constituency.
Residents, 20219,869council ward average 10,889
Households3,9372.51 residents per household
Density4,694/ km²about 2.10 km² · Reading 4,313
Aged 65+19.0%Reading: 12.0% · under 16: 20.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.9% · 586
5–97.0% · 694
10–157.9% · 781
16–194.4% · 430
20–244.6% · 453
25–3411.4% · 1,125
35–4919.9% · 1,962
50–6419.9% · 1,968
65–749.4% · 924
75–846.7% · 665
85+2.9% · 283
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van21.0% · 826
1 car or van38.7% · 1,523
2 cars or vans30.2% · 1,190
3 or more10.1% · 398
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Reading overall: 50.4% owned, 16.1% social rented, 31.9% private rented.
Owned outright36.9% · 1,450
With mortgage34.4% · 1,354
Shared ownership0.2% · 9
Social rented13.9% · 546
Private rented14.3% · 563
Lives rent free0.3% · 12
Type of home
Detached house18.4% · 725
Semi-detached house39.4% · 1,553
Terraced house27.4% · 1,078
Purpose-built flat11.6% · 455
Converted house1.7% · 66
Other conversion0.6% · 22
Above shop / office1.0% · 38
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013878- Council
- Reading Borough Council
- Constituency
- Reading West and Mid Berkshire
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 9 of 16
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.