Electoral wardE05015794
South Lake ward, Wokingham
South Lake is one of 18 electoral wards of Wokingham Borough Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,869 residents in 4,337 households — 4,164 people per km², the 4th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Earley and Woodley constituency.
Residents, 202110,869council ward average 9,861
Households4,3372.51 residents per household
Density4,164/ km²about 2.61 km² · Wokingham 992
Aged 65+19.9%Wokingham: 17.2% · under 16: 21.1%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–46.0% · 647
5–97.5% · 814
10–157.6% · 828
16–193.7% · 404
20–244.2% · 461
25–3410.9% · 1,188
35–4921.9% · 2,378
50–6418.3% · 1,988
65–749.7% · 1,055
75–847.4% · 802
85+2.8% · 306
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van14.3% · 618
1 car or van41.8% · 1,809
2 cars or vans32.4% · 1,403
3 or more11.6% · 501
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wokingham overall: 76.0% owned, 7.7% social rented, 14.1% private rented.
Owned outright38.4% · 1,666
With mortgage37.4% · 1,622
Shared ownership1.0% · 44
Social rented10.8% · 469
Private rented12.3% · 532
Lives rent free0.0% · 1
Type of home
Detached house19.1% · 829
Semi-detached house50.2% · 2,173
Terraced house14.9% · 645
Purpose-built flat13.4% · 578
Converted house1.1% · 48
Other conversion0.1% · 4
Above shop / office1.2% · 50
Caravan, mobile0.0% · 2
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015794- Council
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 1 of 18
Parishes in the ward
Woodley
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% owned9,376SShinfield10.1% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned9,050SSpencers 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 7 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.