Electoral wardE05015793
Shinfield ward, Wokingham
Shinfield is one of 18 electoral wards of Wokingham Borough Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 9,050 residents in 3,341 households — 1,430 people per km², the 13th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Earley and Woodley constituency.
Residents, 20219,050council ward average 9,861
Households3,3412.71 residents per household
Density1,430/ km²about 6.33 km² · Wokingham 992
Aged 65+10.1%Wokingham: 17.2% · under 16: 24.0%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.7% · 695
5–98.0% · 727
10–158.3% · 748
16–193.7% · 337
20–244.7% · 422
25–3416.7% · 1,508
35–4926.0% · 2,350
50–6414.9% · 1,348
65–745.6% · 503
75–842.9% · 263
85+1.6% · 144
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van8.9% · 296
1 car or van40.1% · 1,341
2 cars or vans39.5% · 1,321
3 or more11.5% · 383
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wokingham overall: 76.0% owned, 7.7% social rented, 14.1% private rented.
Owned outright20.8% · 694
With mortgage45.7% · 1,525
Shared ownership4.9% · 163
Social rented14.6% · 486
Private rented14.1% · 470
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house29.9% · 999
Semi-detached house38.6% · 1,289
Terraced house15.5% · 519
Purpose-built flat14.8% · 494
Converted house0.7% · 25
Other conversion0.3% · 10
Above shop / office0.1% · 5
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015793- Council
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 12 of 18
Parishes in the ward
Shinfield
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% owned9,232MMaiden Erlegh & Whitegates16.0% aged 65+ · 78.6% owned9,376SSouth 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.