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Wokingham Borough Council

Local authority area: Wokingham

Wokingham is an unitary authority, in the South East England region of England. It covers 179.0 km² and had 180,967 residents in 2022 — about 1,011 people per km². The council is based in Wokingham.

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Town hall in the administrative centreWokingham Town Hall
Wokingham Town Hall
Photo: Tom Bastin from Reading, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
People

Population

Estimates recorded for Wokingham, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022180,967+15.5% since 2012
Land area179.0km²69.1 sq mi
Density1,011/ km²people per square kilometre
Rank by population#153of 382 UK councils · #136 in England
Population estimates4 data points
156.7K160.4K168K181K
2012201520182022
Same region, same type

Other unitary authorities in South East

All councils in South East
Buckinghamshire560,409City of Milton Keynes292,180Medway282,702Brighton and Hove277,965City of Southampton252,689City of Portsmouth208,420Reading174,820West Berkshire162,215Slough159,182Windsor and Maidenhead154,738Isle of Wight140,794Bracknell Forest126,881
Elections

18 electoral wards

Census 2021: 177,502 residents in 69,171 households across the wards; 17.2% aged 65+, 76.0% of homes owned, 9.0% of households without a car.

1Hillside4,289 households · 16.9% aged 65+12,5392Finchampstead4,538 households · 20.9% aged 65+11,7523Winnersh4,061 households · 14.5% aged 65+10,8714South Lake4,337 households · 19.9% aged 65+10,8695Hawkedon4,283 households · 12.0% aged 65+10,7296Spencers Wood & Swallowfield4,216 households · 14.1% aged 65+10,647

All wards of Wokingham

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CWokingham Borough CouncilCouncil office · Wokingham RG40 1BN · hours listedCWokingham Borough Council Environmental HealthCouncil office · Berkshire RG40 1WW · hours listedTRiseley Memorial HallTown hall · Reading RG7 1SD · hours listedPFinchampstead Parish CouncilParish council · Wokingham RG40 4ES · hours listed
Westminster

Constituencies

Wokingham · 11 wardsEarley and Woodley · 9 wards
Source: Wikidata Q1758432 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.