Electoral wardE05013879
Whitley ward, Reading
Whitley is one of 16 electoral wards of Reading Borough Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 11,508 residents in 4,512 households — 2,155 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Earley and Woodley constituency.
Residents, 202111,508council ward average 10,889
Households4,5122.55 residents per household
Density2,155/ km²about 5.34 km² · Reading 4,313
Aged 65+10.5%Reading: 12.0% · under 16: 21.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.9% · 791
5–96.6% · 757
10–157.7% · 885
16–194.4% · 504
20–246.5% · 752
25–3419.2% · 2,208
35–4922.7% · 2,616
50–6415.6% · 1,790
65–746.6% · 765
75–843.0% · 342
85+0.8% · 96
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van22.9% · 1,034
1 car or van48.1% · 2,169
2 cars or vans22.6% · 1,019
3 or more6.4% · 290
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Reading overall: 50.4% owned, 16.1% social rented, 31.9% private rented.
Owned outright15.7% · 707
With mortgage28.2% · 1,273
Shared ownership3.1% · 142
Social rented27.0% · 1,219
Private rented25.5% · 1,151
Lives rent free0.4% · 17
Type of home
Detached house4.2% · 188
Semi-detached house36.6% · 1,651
Terraced house26.5% · 1,195
Purpose-built flat31.3% · 1,411
Converted house1.0% · 46
Other conversion0.2% · 7
Above shop / office0.3% · 12
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 3
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05013879- Council
- Reading Borough Council
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 16 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.