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Electoral wardE05012153

Tilehurst & Purley ward, West Berkshire

Tilehurst & Purley is one of 24 electoral wards of West Berkshire Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,640 residents in 4,166 households — 1,703 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Reading West and Mid Berkshire constituency.

Residents, 202110,640council ward average 6,727
Households4,1662.55 residents per household
Density1,703/ km²about 6.25 km² · West Berkshire 229
Aged 65+20.9%West Berkshire: 19.5% · under 16: 18.2%
Census 2021

Age of residents

0–44.9% · 518
5–95.7% · 604
10–157.6% · 813
16–194.4% · 469
20–244.5% · 478
25–349.3% · 994
35–4919.6% · 2,083
50–6423.1% · 2,453
65–7411.2% · 1,197
75–847.1% · 753
85+2.6% · 278

Car or van availability

Share of households.

No car or van7.7% · 322
1 car or van36.4% · 1,518
2 cars or vans39.9% · 1,663
3 or more15.9% · 663
Census 2021

Housing tenure

Share of households; West Berkshire overall: 67.6% owned, 14.0% social rented, 17.1% private rented.

Owned outright46.2% · 1,923
With mortgage40.6% · 1,691
Shared ownership0.6% · 24
Social rented3.8% · 159
Private rented8.8% · 368

Type of home

Detached house45.2% · 1,885
Semi-detached house40.4% · 1,682
Terraced house8.8% · 367
Purpose-built flat4.6% · 191
Converted house0.4% · 18
Other conversion0.2% · 9
Above shop / office0.2% · 9
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 6
Electoral geography

Ward facts

Ward code (GSS)
E05012153
Region
South East
Density rank in council
8 of 24

Parishes in the ward

Purley on ThamesTilehurst

Other wards in the same constituency

AAldermaston21.2% aged 65+ · 71.3% owned3,995BBasildon21.6% aged 65+ · 78.0% owned3,493BBradfield15.6% aged 65+ · 63.9% owned4,471BBucklebury25.2% aged 65+ · 74.6% owned3,623BBurghfield & Mortimer20.0% aged 65+ · 71.5% owned10,763DDownlands22.3% aged 65+ · 64.8% owned3,697PPangbourne23.7% aged 65+ · 71.9% owned3,761RRidgeway16.9% aged 65+ · 59.7% owned4,273TTheale18.4% aged 65+ · 58.7% owned3,053TTilehurst Birch Copse22.7% aged 65+ · 79.7% owned7,864TTilehurst South & Holybrook18.3% aged 65+ · 74.0% owned7,400

All 24 wards of West Berkshire

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.