Electoral wardE05015791
Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates ward, Wokingham
Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates is one of 18 electoral wards of Wokingham Borough Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,376 residents in 3,278 households — 2,874 people per km², the 11th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Earley and Woodley constituency.
Residents, 20219,376council ward average 9,861
Households3,2782.86 residents per household
Density2,874/ km²about 3.26 km² · Wokingham 992
Aged 65+16.0%Wokingham: 17.2% · under 16: 21.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–45.1% · 475
5–97.0% · 653
10–158.9% · 839
16–194.6% · 434
20–245.3% · 493
25–3410.6% · 991
35–4923.3% · 2,189
50–6419.2% · 1,798
65–747.7% · 718
75–845.5% · 520
85+2.8% · 267
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van10.8% · 353
1 car or van38.3% · 1,255
2 cars or vans36.2% · 1,189
3 or more14.8% · 484
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wokingham overall: 76.0% owned, 7.7% social rented, 14.1% private rented.
Owned outright39.1% · 1,283
With mortgage39.5% · 1,295
Shared ownership0.9% · 31
Social rented3.7% · 121
Private rented16.6% · 544
Lives rent free0.1% · 4
Type of home
Detached house30.2% · 991
Semi-detached house55.9% · 1,835
Terraced house5.3% · 175
Purpose-built flat6.9% · 228
Converted house0.9% · 31
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office0.4% · 13
Caravan, mobile0.1% · 4
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015791- Council
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 8 of 18
Parishes in the ward
Earley
Other wards in the same constituency
BBulmershe & Coronation22.4% aged 65+ · 81.7% owned8,744HHawkedon12.0% aged 65+ · 74.7% owned10,729HHillside16.9% aged 65+ · 82.1% owned12,539LLoddon13.2% aged 65+ · 79.1% owned9,232SShinfield10.1% 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 6 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.