Housing in RG17 7SD
What the homes in RG17 7SD are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Lambourn & Great Shefford
- Council
- West Berkshire
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,574 (2024)
RG17 7SDHungerford
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are detached houses (45%). Flats make up 14.1%, well below the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
57.5% of households in the RG17 7SD area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 24.4% of households, above the England figure of 20.5%. 34.9% own outright and 22.5% with a mortgage.
- Owned57.5%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.1%1%
- Private rented24.4%20.5%
- Social rented18%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.3 people living in it. 27.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple without children (22.5%). 22.6% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in West Berkshire
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in West Berkshire (August 2026, +5% 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 RG17 7SD (Lambourn & Great Shefford) (about 1,574 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.