# RG6 1ZQ: area report for a postcode in Wokingham

RG6 1ZQ is a postcode in Wokingham.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Wokingham. Open the map at RG6 1ZQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham) › [RG6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6) › [RG6 1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/rg6-1)

## Around this postcode

- **24 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 29% on July. Wokingham 006A: 79 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-0.9456,51.4576,RG61ZQ
- **Reading, 1.8 km**: About 23 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-0.9456,51.4576,RG61ZQ
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 320 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-0.9456,51.4576,RG61ZQ
- **No property in RG6 1ZQ listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-0.9456,51.4576,RG61ZQ
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, Wokingham 006A. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-0.9456,51.4576,RG61ZQ
- **£496,537 average price**: For the whole of Wokingham, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-0.9456,51.4576,RG61ZQ
- **No GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 1.1 km away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-0.9456,51.4576,RG61ZQ
- **5 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 550 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-0.9456,51.4576,RG61ZQ
- **99% can get gigabit broadband**: Of homes and businesses in this output area, January 2026. (Output area) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gigabit-broadband?around=-0.9456,51.4576,RG61ZQ
- **Moderate road and rail noise at RG6 1ZQ**: Road 50 dB, rail 62 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-0.9456,51.4576,RG61ZQ
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-0.9456,51.4576,RG61ZQ
- **12.8 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-0.9456,51.4576,RG61ZQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [New Town Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/new-town-primary-school-e142682) | Primary | 320 m (4 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade | 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St John's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-church-of-england-primary-school-e142735) | Primary | 620 m (8 minutes on foot) | Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met | 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Red Balloon Learner Centre Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/school/red-balloon-learner-centre-reading-e137999) | Independent | 950 m (12 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |
| [Caversham Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/caversham-nursery-school-e109750) | Nursery | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | – |
| [Maiden Erlegh School in Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/school/maiden-erlegh-school-in-reading-e141886) | Secondary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, September 2023 | Attainment 8 of 47.5 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Alfred Sutton Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/alfred-sutton-primary-school-e109776) | Primary | 1.2 km (14 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, October 2023 | 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [UTC Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/school/utc-reading-e139268) | Secondary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | Attainment 8 of 34.5 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Reading School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/reading-school-e136449) | Secondary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Outstanding (overall), November 2023 | Attainment 8 of 80.6 (2025/26, provisional) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2025 | £341,450 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 110 m |
| October 2025 | £322,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| August 2025 | £290,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 160 m |
| June 2026 | £265,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |
| October 2025 | £300,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 170 m |
| November 2025 | £310,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 180 m |
| March 2026 | £320,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 180 m |
| March 2026 | £310,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 210 m |

## Within 1 km

- Pharmacies: ORANGE PHARMACY (460 m); FOURWAYS PHARMACY (560 m); ERLEIGH ROAD PHARMACY (950 m)
- Dental practices: BUPA HEALTH AND DENTAL CENTRE (960 m); THE ORTHODONTIC CENTRE (READING) LTD (960 m)
- Supermarkets: Co-op London Road (550 m, The Co-operative Group); Tesco Reading Rd Express (620 m, Tesco); Tesco Reading Extra (770 m, Tesco); Aldi North Earley Reading (850 m, Aldi); Co-op Erleigh Road (910 m, The Co-operative Group)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £496,537** (July 2026). Wokingham’s average house price was £496,537 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Down 0.9% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £52,222** (2025). Full-time workers living in Wokingham earned a median of £52,222 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 7th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 9.5×** (2025). A home in Wokingham costs 9.5 times local full-time pay. Joint 66th least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 6.1** (2025). Wokingham has a deprivation score of 6.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 2nd least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Wokingham 006A (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 12.6** (2025). Wokingham 006A has a deprivation score of 12.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 11,816th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Population: 1,527** (2021). Wokingham 006A had 1,527 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 22,048th most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.6%** (January 2026). In Wokingham 006A, 99.6% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.
- **Claimant rate: 3.4%** (August 2026). In Wokingham 006A, 3.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026 (ONS via Nomis). UK 3.9%. Source: Claimant count (Nomis), August 2026. Published 15 September 2026.

## RG6 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £450,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in RG6 was £450,000 in 2025. Joint 412th most expensive of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 39,922** (2021). RG6 had 39,922 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 462nd most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 8%** (2022). About 8% of people in RG6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 99.5%** (January 2026). In RG6, 99.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham)
- Centre: 51.4576, -0.9456

Council: [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Earley and Woodley](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/earley-and-woodley): Yuan Yang (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Gigabit broadband coverage](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gigabit-broadband), January 2026 (Output area)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-0.9456,51.4576,RG61ZQ

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