Housing in RG4 5BJ
What the homes in RG4 5BJ are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Lower Caversham
- Council
- Reading
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,599 (2024)
RG4 5BJReading
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are terraced houses (49.1%). Flats make up 18.8%, below the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
59.9% of households in the RG4 5BJ area own their home, broadly in line with the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 22% of households, broadly in line with the England figure of 20.5%. 23.1% own outright and 36.7% with a mortgage.
- Owned59.9%61.3%
- Shared ownership2%1%
- Private rented22%20.5%
- Social rented15.9%17.1%
- Lives rent free0.3%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.4 people living in it. 28.1% of households are one person living alone, against 30.1% across England.
Who lives together
The most common household is a couple without children (21.4%). 28.6% 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 RG4 5BJ (Lower Caversham) (about 1,599 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.