City Profile • Local Authority

Reading

Reading is a local authority district comprising 7 postcode areas. The current median house price across the city is £386k, reflecting a downward trend of 1.2% over the past year. Crime levels sit at a moderate 101 per 1,000 residents, typical for an area of this size and population density.

Use our interactive district explorer below to dive deeper into street-level metrics, schools, and hyper-local census demographics.

Population Trajectory

Annual residents (1991 – 2022)

174,820
Residents (2022)

Constituent Districts

7 Areas

Population Composition

Detailed breakdown of the residents within the Reading authority according to the Census 2021.

Top Ethnicities

White: English53.5%
White: Other White12.1%
Indian6.2%
Pakistani4.8%
Other Asian4.6%
African4.4%

Age Profile

30-34 years9.0%
20-24 years8.4%
35-39 years8.4%
25-29 years8.4%
40-44 years7.4%
45-49 years6.5%

Top Occupations

Professional25.6%
Associate professional13.5%
Elementary occupations12.1%
Managers and directors10.6%
Caring and leisure9.1%
Administrative and secretarial8.0%

Housing Tenure

Private rented: Landlord30.1%
Owned: Mortgage27.6%
Owned: Outright22.8%
Social rented: Council9.1%
Social rented: Other7.0%
Private rented: Other1.9%

Area DNA

health9/10
safety3/10
transit10/10
investment4/10