Housing in RG1 2RD
What the homes in RG1 2RD are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Southampton Street & Redlands Road
- Council
- Reading
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,173 (2024)
RG1 2RDReading
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (54.1%). Flats make up 32.3%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
30.8% of households in the RG1 2RD area own their home, well below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 64.6% of households, more than double the England figure of 20.5%. 10.2% own outright and 20.6% with a mortgage.
- Owned30.8%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.9%1%
- Private rented64.6%20.5%
- Social rented3.7%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.6 people living in it. 25.2% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is sharers or another multi-adult household (27.1%). 20% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Reading
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Reading (August 2026, +1.4% on a year earlier). ONS publishes rent figures at council level rather than by neighbourhood.
Census figures aren’t published for single postcodes, so the neighbourhood figures on this tab cover the area around RG1 2RD (Southampton Street & Redlands Road) (about 2,173 residents).
Source: Census 2021, Office for National Statistics. Population: ONS mid-year estimates. Open Government Licence v3.0. Rents: ONS Price Index of Private Rents.