Housing in RG1 5PP
What the homes in RG1 5PP 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
- 1,791 (2024)
RG1 5PPReading
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are purpose-built flats (31.8%). Flats make up 38.2%, well above the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
52.1% of households in the RG1 5PP area own their home, below the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 37.4% of households, well above the England figure of 20.5%. 26.6% own outright and 25.4% with a mortgage.
- Owned52.1%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.6%1%
- Private rented37.4%20.5%
- Social rented9.9%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.5 people living in it. 25.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple with dependent children (22.5%). 26.1% 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 5PP (Southampton Street & Redlands Road) (about 1,791 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.