Housing in RG4 8TH
What the homes in RG4 8TH are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Caversham Balmore Park
- Council
- Reading
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,873 (2024)
RG4 8THReading
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (34.2%). Flats make up 21.6%, broadly in line with the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
70.6% of households in the RG4 8TH area own their home, above the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 12.4% of households, well below the England figure of 20.5%. 36.1% own outright and 34.5% with a mortgage.
- Owned70.6%61.3%
- Shared ownership0.3%1%
- Private rented12.4%20.5%
- Social rented16.4%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. 30.6% 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 (23%). 30.7% 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 8TH (Caversham Balmore Park) (about 1,873 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.