Electoral wardE05015795
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield ward, Wokingham
Spencers Wood & Swallowfield is one of 18 electoral wards of Wokingham Borough Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 10,647 residents in 4,216 households — 408 people per km², the 6th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Wokingham and Earley and Woodley constituencies.
Residents, 202110,647council ward average 9,861
Households4,2162.53 residents per household
Density408/ km²about 26.08 km² · Wokingham 992
Aged 65+14.1%Wokingham: 17.2% · under 16: 22.6%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–47.8% · 833
5–97.5% · 803
10–157.2% · 768
16–193.2% · 336
20–243.9% · 416
25–3416.2% · 1,729
35–4922.9% · 2,442
50–6417.1% · 1,820
65–747.8% · 831
75–844.7% · 496
85+1.6% · 172
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van5.2% · 220
1 car or van36.5% · 1,540
2 cars or vans44.1% · 1,860
3 or more14.1% · 594
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wokingham overall: 76.0% owned, 7.7% social rented, 14.1% private rented.
Owned outright27.1% · 1,142
With mortgage47.4% · 1,998
Shared ownership6.0% · 253
Social rented8.4% · 355
Private rented11.1% · 467
Lives rent free0.0% · 2
Type of home
Detached house39.0% · 1,646
Semi-detached house30.6% · 1,291
Terraced house12.9% · 546
Purpose-built flat11.3% · 477
Converted house1.0% · 41
Other conversion0.8% · 34
Above shop / office0.3% · 13
Caravan, mobile4.1% · 171
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015795- Council
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Constituency
- Wokingham, Earley and Woodley
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 16 of 18
Parishes in the ward
ShinfieldSwallowfield
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
BBarkham & Arborfield12.1% aged 65+ · 68.2% owned7,632BBulmershe & Coronation22.4% aged 65+ · 81.7% owned8,744EEmmbrook20.1% aged 65+ · 74.7% owned9,931EEvendons17.2% aged 65+ · 79.3% owned9,527FFinchampstead20.9% aged 65+ · 84.4% owned11,752HHawkedon12.0% 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% owned9,376NNorreys19.3% aged 65+ · 64.6% owned8,577SShinfield10.1% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned9,050SSouth Lake19.9% aged 65+ · 75.9% owned10,869TThames23.0% aged 65+ · 79.2% owned8,857TTwyford, Ruscombe & Hurst19.9% aged 65+ · 73.2% owned10,494
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.