United Kingdom · South East · Local Authority
Wokingham
Unitary authority · South East, England · population ~174k · 71 state-funded schools
High earnings come with high housing costs. Wokingham offers median weekly pay of £953.70, higher than 95% of England authorities, and a low deprivation score of 5.85, below the South East median. However, this comes at the price of housing; median house prices are £490,000, 9.9 times annual pay, and monthly rents consume 35.8% of gross median earnings. Recorded crime is low at 40.4 per 1,000, and school quality is excellent at 97.1% Good or Outstanding. This suits those prioritising high incomes and educational outcomes, and who can afford the significant property premium.
Written from the indicators on this page, 2026-08 data.
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How Wokingham ranks across 361 UK Local Authorities
Pay
£49,592/yr
Very high
Better than 95% of UK LAs
House price
£490,000
Very expensive
Worse than 90% of UK LAs
Rent
£1,479/mo
Very expensive
Worse than 81% of UK LAs
Council tax
£2,498/yr
Expensive
Worse than 69% of UK LAs
Crime
40.4/1k
Safest
Better than 97% of UK LAs
Deprivation
5.8
Least deprived
Better than 100% of UK LAs
Schools
95.7%
Strong
Better than 72% of UK LAs
Colour shows quintile position against 361 UK Local Authorities. Green is the best position for someone moving here; red is the worst. Direction is set per indicator — higher pay, lower rent, less crime, less deprivation are all green.
Schools
69 state-funded schools · Ofsted Feb 2026
66 of 69 (95.7%) rated Good or Outstanding under Ofsted's legacy framework. How we count →
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71 schools · pins coloured by Ofsted grade
Grades, phase and pupil numbers for all 71 schools, sortable and filterable.
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Commute times · GP appointment availability · broadband speeds · air quality at LA level · green-space proximity · public transport coverage. These matter for a relocation decision. We'll add them when the source data is reliable nationally and consistent across LA boundaries.