Electoral wardE05015789
Hillside ward, Wokingham
Hillside is one of 18 electoral wards of Wokingham Borough Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 12,539 residents in 4,289 households — 3,414 people per km², the 1st largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Earley and Woodley constituency.
Residents, 202112,539council ward average 9,861
Households4,2892.92 residents per household
Density3,414/ km²about 3.67 km² · Wokingham 992
Aged 65+16.9%Wokingham: 17.2% · under 16: 16.3%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–43.6% · 453
5–95.1% · 644
10–157.5% · 946
16–199.5% · 1,190
20–2410.5% · 1,312
25–348.3% · 1,042
35–4919.6% · 2,453
50–6419.0% · 2,380
65–749.4% · 1,173
75–845.4% · 679
85+2.1% · 268
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.8% · 376
1 car or van39.7% · 1,702
2 cars or vans38.9% · 1,666
3 or more12.7% · 544
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wokingham overall: 76.0% owned, 7.7% social rented, 14.1% private rented.
Owned outright44.2% · 1,896
With mortgage37.9% · 1,625
Shared ownership0.5% · 23
Social rented2.6% · 113
Private rented14.8% · 633
Type of home
Detached house55.1% · 2,361
Semi-detached house27.6% · 1,184
Terraced house9.2% · 395
Purpose-built flat7.2% · 308
Converted house0.6% · 27
Other conversion0.1% · 6
Above shop / office0.1% · 5
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 1
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015789- Council
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 3 of 18
Parishes in the ward
EarleyShinfield
Other wards in the same constituency
BBulmershe & Coronation22.4% aged 65+ · 81.7% owned8,744HHawkedon12.0% aged 65+ · 74.7% owned10,729LLoddon13.2% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned9,232MMaiden Erlegh & Whitegates16.0% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned9,376SShinfield10.1% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned9,050SSouth Lake19.9% aged 65+ · 75.9% owned10,869SSpencers Wood & Swallowfield14.1% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned10,647TThames23.0% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned8,857
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 8 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.