Electoral wardE05015783
Barkham & Arborfield ward, Wokingham
Barkham & Arborfield is one of 18 electoral wards of Wokingham Borough Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 7,632 residents in 2,911 households — 426 people per km², the 18th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wokingham constituency.
Residents, 20217,632council ward average 9,861
Households2,9112.62 residents per household
Density426/ km²about 17.94 km² · Wokingham 992
Aged 65+12.1%Wokingham: 17.2% · under 16: 22.9%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.5% · 494
5–97.5% · 575
10–158.9% · 679
16–194.7% · 358
20–244.7% · 362
25–3413.1% · 1,000
35–4923.4% · 1,786
50–6419.1% · 1,457
65–746.8% · 517
75–844.0% · 307
85+1.3% · 98
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van5.0% · 146
1 car or van33.1% · 962
2 cars or vans45.3% · 1,317
3 or more16.6% · 484
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wokingham overall: 76.0% owned, 7.7% social rented, 14.1% private rented.
Owned outright27.4% · 798
With mortgage40.8% · 1,188
Shared ownership2.7% · 80
Social rented6.6% · 193
Private rented22.4% · 653
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house46.1% · 1,343
Semi-detached house22.9% · 667
Terraced house17.8% · 519
Purpose-built flat10.2% · 298
Converted house0.6% · 17
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.2% · 6
Caravan, mobile2.0% · 59
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015783- Council
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Constituency
- Wokingham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 15 of 18
Parishes in the ward
Arborfield and NewlandBarkhamFinchampstead
Other wards in the same constituency
EEmmbrook20.1% aged 65+ · 74.7% owned9,931EEvendons17.2% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned9,527FFinchampstead20.9% aged 65+ · 84.4% owned11,752NNorreys19.3% aged 65+ · 64.6% owned8,577SSpencers Wood & Swallowfield14.1% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned10,647TThames23.0% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned8,857TTwyford, Ruscombe & Hurst19.9% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned10,494WWescott16.3% aged 65+ · 70.7% owned10,254WWinnersh14.5% aged 65+ · 73.8% owned10,871WWokingham Without21.8% aged 65+ · 86.6% owned8,421
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.