Electoral wardE05015796
Thames ward, Wokingham
Thames is one of 18 electoral wards of Wokingham Borough Council (South East). At the 2021 Census it had 8,857 residents in 3,496 households — 299 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Earley and Woodley and Wokingham constituencies.
Residents, 20218,857council ward average 9,861
Households3,4962.53 residents per household
Density299/ km²about 29.59 km² · Wokingham 992
Aged 65+23.0%Wokingham: 17.2% · under 16: 18.8%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.3% · 381
5–96.0% · 536
10–158.5% · 751
16–194.4% · 394
20–243.4% · 299
25–347.6% · 670
35–4919.6% · 1,737
50–6423.2% · 2,058
65–7411.0% · 979
75–848.1% · 714
85+3.8% · 341
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van7.4% · 257
1 car or van31.0% · 1,083
2 cars or vans42.4% · 1,480
3 or more19.3% · 674
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Wokingham overall: 76.0% owned, 7.7% social rented, 14.1% private rented.
Owned outright43.0% · 1,502
With mortgage36.2% · 1,266
Shared ownership0.4% · 15
Social rented9.1% · 319
Private rented11.2% · 390
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house57.5% · 2,010
Semi-detached house20.1% · 704
Terraced house13.4% · 468
Purpose-built flat6.0% · 210
Converted house1.2% · 41
Other conversion0.7% · 24
Above shop / office0.6% · 22
Caravan, mobile0.5% · 19
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05015796- Council
- Wokingham Borough Council
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley, Wokingham
- Region
- South East
- Density rank in council
- 18 of 18
Parishes in the ward
CharvilRemenhamSonningWargrave
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% owned10,869SSpencers Wood & Swallowfield14.1% aged 65+ · 74.5% owned10,647TTwyford, 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 5 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.