Area guide

Living in RG6, Wokingham

What the open data says about house prices, schools, crime and flood risk around RG6 in Wokingham. Built from the same sources as every property report on this site, not opinion or marketing copy.

Figures gathered 15 October 2026, each from the source named in its section.

House prices

Average price in Wokingham: £496,537, down 0.9% on a year ago (July 2026). The wider South East average is £380,878.

Check sold prices for a specific address in RG6 →
See where RG6 ranks across South East →

Council tax at Band D in Wokingham: £2,498 a year (2026-27). Running costs by postcode: council tax, energy, tenure, and the estate charge no listing shows →

Schools nearby

59 schools within 3 miles , of which 80% are rated Outstanding or Good by Ofsted.

Nearest well-rated schoolsStageOfstedDistanceAdmitted from
Maiden Erlegh School Secondary Outstanding 0.2 mi away no figure
Reading School Secondary Outstanding 1.4 mi away no figure
St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School Primary Outstanding 1.7 mi away 2.49 mi 2025/26
Kendrick School Secondary Outstanding 1.8 mi away no figure
Radstock Primary School Primary Good 0.6 mi away no figure
Loddon Primary School Primary Good 0.7 mi away no figure

Schools in RG6 with a published admission distance

How far away the last child offered a place lived, as the council published it. Tightest first; each name opens the school's page and its postcode checker.

SchoolStageAdmitted fromRound
Aldryngton Primary School Primary 1.21 mi 2025/26
Hawkedon Primary School Primary 2.37 mi 2025/26

Will an address here get a place? How far Wokingham schools admitted from, school by school →

34 state primary and 10 state secondary schools within range, plus 8 fee-paying schools.

See the full school breakdown for RG6 →

Private schools

8 fee-paying schools within 3 miles: Crosfields School, Leighton Park School, OneSchool Global Reading Senior Campus, Queen Anne's School, Reading Blue Coat School, Red Balloon Learner Centre Reading and others.

All 8 fee-paying schools near RG6, with ages and admissions →

Fee-paying schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed. That is why they carry no rating here. A missing grade means we cannot see one, not that the school was judged poorly.

Universities

1 higher education institution within 3 miles: University of Reading.

Relevant beyond study: a large student population shapes rental demand, and term-time letting is a different market from family letting.

What people here do for work

The most common occupations among working residents, from the 2021 Census. This is occupation rather than industry: it says what people do, not which industries employ them.

Occupation groupShare of workers
Professional occupations40.3%
Associate professional and technical15.7%
Managers, directors and senior officials13.5%
Administrative and secretarial7.1%
Caring, leisure and other service6.3%

Source: ONS Census 2021, table TS063, for this district's small area.

How RG6 has changed since 2011

The biggest move: white residents, down 21.1 points since 2011, with England's change beside each line.

How to read this

The census neighbourhood at the centre of RG6 (E01016664, 1,318 residents in 2021, up 3.5% on 2011) on the 2011 and 2021 censuses, with England's own change over the same decade for scale. Each line is a share of the neighbourhood's households or residents, so a growing area and a shrinking one compare fairly. The biggest move here: white residents, down 21.1 points.

Measure20112021ChangeEngland
Households that own their home 92.4% 86.8% -5.6 pts -2.0 pts
Households renting privately 6.1% 11.2% +5.1 pts +3.7 pts
Households renting socially 0.4% 1.7% +1.3 pts -0.6 pts
Residents under 15 22.1% 23.4% +1.3 pts -0.3 pts
Residents 65 and over 20.2% 16.4% -3.8 pts +2.1 pts
Adults with a degree or equivalent 42.8% 56.1% +13.3 pts +6.5 pts
Residents born outside the UK 15.9% 28.5% +12.6 pts +3.6 pts
Residents in good or very good health 86.2% 87.9% +1.7 pts +0.8 pts
Residents in a white ethnic group 82.1% 61.0% -21.1 pts -4.4 pts

Office for National Statistics, Census 2011 and Census 2021, Open Government Licence. A district holds many neighbourhoods; the full report for an address shows the one it sits in.

Crime

147 crimes recorded within roughly a mile of central RG6 in August 2026, most commonly violent crime.

Flood risk

Zone 1 (low probability). This is the Environment Agency's flood zone for the area's centre point, an individual property's own risk can differ, especially near a specific watercourse.

Deprivation

This area falls in decile 10 of 10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation (least deprived nationally), based on Wokingham's figures.

Getting around & nearby essentials

6 supermarkets, 5 pharmacies, 32 restaurants and cafés, 11 pubs, 4 hospitals within a mile of central RG6, hospitals within three miles.

Buses from the centre of RG6

Best-served stop: Ramsbury Drive, with 2.0 buses an hour on weekday daytimes.

Evenings, Sundays and routes

The best-served stop within 800 m of the centre of RG6 is Ramsbury Drive: 2.0 buses an hour on a weekday daytime, 0.5 in the evening and 0.0 on Sunday daytime; first bus 06:13, last 20:07. Routes there: 19b, 19a, 81. 5 stops with a scheduled service within that distance.

Departures a passenger can board, from the timetables operators publish to the Department for Transport's Bus Open Data Service, for Tuesday 8 Sep 2026 and Sunday 13 Sep 2026. Scheduled, not observed. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two stops. The full report does this for the stops within 500 m of an address.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport)

GP practices and A&E

3 GP practices within 3.0 km of the centre of RG6. The nearest, Parkside Practice, has 16,606 registered patients and 2,821 patients per fully qualified GP, against an England median of 2,186.

PracticeFrom the centrePatientsPer qualified GP
Parkside Practice0.6 mi16,6062,821
Brookside Group Practice0.8 mi30,7462,470
University Medical Group1.1 mi31,1052,814

Nearest A&E: Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, where 60.7% of type 1 attendances were seen within four hours in July 2026; then Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at 70.1%.

How to read this

NHS England: patients registered at a GP practice (1 Aug 2026), the general practice workforce (July 2026), and A&E attendances by provider, monthly. Fully qualified GPs exclude trainees. Practices are matched by postcode.

Source: NHS England, monthly releases

Council tax and the council's finances

A Band D household in Wokingham pays £2,498 for 2026-27, all precepts included, a rise of 5.1% on the year before against an England median rise of 4.8%. Every band for Wokingham, and how it compares.

Band D bill a year at Wokingham, all precepts included, from MHCLG. Every year and its rise is in the table below.
YearBand D billRise
2021-22£1,989+5.1%
2022-23£2,053+3.2%
2023-24£2,157+5.1%
2024-25£2,263+4.9%
2025-26£2,376+5.0%
2026-27£2,498+5.1%

No exceptional financial support from government since 2020-21 and no section 114 notice on record for Wokingham, as at 7 Sep 2026.

How to read this

A home's own band is on its council tax bill, free to look up at gov.uk/council-tax-bands; the report shows every band's bill at the council beside the home's other checks.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, live council tax tables (Band D, area averages) and the Exceptional Financial Support lists published each year; section 114 notices as published by the councils.

Source: MHCLG live council tax tables and Exceptional Financial Support lists

Common questions about RG6

What is the average house price in RG6?

The average sold price in Wokingham is £496,537 as of July 2026, according to the UK House Price Index.

Are house prices rising in RG6?

Prices in Wokingham are down 0.9% on a year ago (UK House Price Index).

Are the schools good in RG6?

59 schools sit within 3 miles of central RG6, and 80% are rated Outstanding or Good by Ofsted.

How much crime is there in RG6?

147 crimes were recorded within roughly a mile of central RG6 in August 2026, most commonly violent crime (Police.uk).

Is RG6 at risk of flooding?

Central RG6 sits in Zone 1 (low probability) for river and sea flooding (Environment Agency). Individual addresses vary, so check the full report for a specific property.

Is RG6 a good place to live?

That depends on what you need, so here is what the official data says rather than an opinion: 80% of nearby schools are rated Outstanding or Good by Ofsted; the area sits in decile 10 of 10 on the Index of Multiple Deprivation; 147 crimes were recorded within about a mile. Every one of those figures names its source on this page.

Is RG6 safe?

147 crimes were recorded within roughly a mile of central RG6 in August 2026, according to Police.uk. The most common category was violent crime. Crime counts follow how many people are around, so a busy district records more than a quiet one of the same size.

Neighbouring districts

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