Housing in RG7 1AY
What the homes in RG7 1AY are, who owns them, how many people share them and what they rent for.
- Neighbourhood
- Spencers Wood & Swallowfield
- Council
- Wokingham
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,967 (2024)
RG7 1AYReading
What homes look like here
The most common homes here are semi-detached houses (30%). Flats make up 17.4%, below the 22.2% across England.
Owning vs renting
73.4% of households in the RG7 1AY area own their home, above the England average of 61.3%. Private renting makes up 8.4% of households, less than half the England figure of 20.5%. 11.5% own outright and 62% with a mortgage.
- Owned73.4%61.3%
- Shared ownership8.4%1%
- Private rented8.4%20.5%
- Social rented9.8%17.1%
- Lives rent free0%0.1%
By mortgage and landlord type
How many people live in each home
The average home here has 2.4 people living in it. 24.3% 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 (33%). 39% of households include dependent children.
Private rents in Wokingham
Average monthly rent for a new or renewed tenancy in Wokingham (August 2026, +1.8% 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 RG7 1AY (Spencers Wood & Swallowfield) (about 1,967 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.