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Administrative Areas

Ward
Whitley
Local Authority
Reading
Constituency
Reading West
Region
South East
Country
England

Demographics

Area Type
Urban city and town
Households
148
Population
381
Males
50%
Females
50%
Index of Multiple Deprivation (1 = most deprived, 32844 = least deprived in England)
32844

Social Grade

People aged 16 - 64
121
England❚RG2 8PW❚
AB Higher/intermediate managerial, administrative and professional
17
C1 Supervisory, clerical and junior managerial, administrative and professional
48
C2 Skilled manual workers
29
DE Semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers, casual and lowest grade workers, unemployed with state benefits only, state pensioners
27

Age Groups

Population
381
Under 16
19%
16 - 64
70%
65 or over
11%
Under 4
8%
5 - 15
12%
16 - 29
19%
30 - 44
22%
45 - 59
23%
60 - 74
12%
75 or over
5%

Relationship status

People aged 16 or over
307
Single
92
Married
160
Separated
10
Divorced
32
Widowed
13

Health

Population
381
Very good
175
Good
150
Fair
36
Bad
15
Very bad
32

Qualifications

People aged 16 or over
307
England❚RG2 8PW❚
Degree or above
24
2+ A Levels or equivalent
16
5+ GCSEs or equivalent
42
1-4 GCSEs or equivalent
43
Apprenticeship
64
Other qualifications
32
No qualifications
86

Ethnicity

Population
381
White British
233
White Irish
7
White Other
33
Mixed Black Caribbean
5
Mixed Asian
4
Mixed Other
3
Asian Indian
18
Asian Pakistani
18
Asian Bangladeshi
6
Asian Chinese
10
Asian Other
10
Black African
21
Black Caribbean
7
Black Other
4
Arab
1
Other
1

Country of Birth

Population
381
England
277
Nortern Ireland
1
Scotland
4
Wales
2
Ireland
3
Germany
1
Portugal
2
Spain
1
Poland
16
Ghana
4
Nigeria
5
Kenya
2
South Africa
4
Zimbabwe
5
China
5
Hong Kong
2
Bangladesh
4
India
7
Pakistan
7
Philippines
3
USA
2
North America - Other
1
Carribean
4
Antarctica and Oceanea
2
Australia
2

Religion

Population
381
Christian
224
Buddhist
3
Hindu
17
Muslim
26
No religion
85
Not stated
26

Industry

Population
212
Manufacturing
17
Electricity, gas, steam, air conditioning supply
1
Water supply and waste management
1
Construction
27
Wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles
41
Transport and storage
16
Accommodation and food
8
Information and communication
11
Financial and insurance
6
Real estate
1
Professional, scientific and technical
15
Administrative and support
6
Public administration and defence, compulsory social security
10
Education
24
Human health and social work
24

Economic Activity

Population
289
England❚RG2 8PW❚
Full-Time employee
125
Part-Time employee
46
Self employed
31
Unemployed
12
Retired
28
Looking after home/family
12
Long-term sick/disabled
11
Student
17
Unemployed 16 - 24
4
Unemployed 50 - 74
4
Unemployed - never worked
1
Unemployed - Long term
5

Housing Tenure

All categoies
148
Owned outright
39
Owned with mortgage
67
Shared ownership
9
Rented - council
5
Rented - other social
6
Rented - private landlord
19
Rented - other private
2
Living rent free
1

Housing Types

All categoies
154
Occupied
148
Unoccupied
6
Detached
28
Semi detached
90
Terraced
22
Flat - purpose built
7
Flat - converted
6
Flat - in commerical building
1

Household Size

All categoies
148
One person
31
Two people
55
Three people
25
Four people
27
Five people
5
Six people
3
Seven people
2

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Data Sources

  • Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2019
  • Contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and Database right 2019
  • Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2019