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West Berkshire

Unitary authority

The west of the South East. 165,523 people in 704 square kilometres.

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Deprivation by neighbourhood

English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Most deprived 10%Least

1 of West Berkshire’s 99 neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 20%.

Average house price
£403,682
Up 0.4% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Median full-time pay
£44,887
50th highest of 348
ONS earnings survey · 2025
House price to pay
9.0×
87th least affordable of 348
Worked out by Open Index
Deprivation score
11.0
34th least deprived of 296
MHCLG · England only

How West Berkshire compares

Each dot is a council. The black line marks the middle one.

West BerkshireMiddle
Average house price360 areas, UK · Jul 2026
Average house price: every council in UK360 areas from £115,401 to £1,232,640. The middle area is £272,474. West Berkshire is £403,682.
£403,68276th highest
Annual price change360 areas, UK · Jul 2026
Annual price change: every council in UK360 areas from −20.7% to 12.8%. The middle area is 2.3%. West Berkshire is 0.4%.
+0.4%joint 109th weakest
Median full-time pay348 areas, Great Britain · 2025
Median full-time pay: every council in Great Britain348 areas from £29,805 to £57,396. The middle area is £38,490. West Berkshire is £44,887.
£44,88750th highest
House price to pay348 areas, Great Britain · 2025
House price to pay: every council in Great Britain348 areas from 3.1× to 23.4×. The middle area is 7.3×. West Berkshire is 9.0×.
9.0×joint 87th least affordable
Deprivation scoreEngland only296 areas, England · 2025
Deprivation score: every council in England296 areas from 5.9 to 43.5. The middle area is 19.0. West Berkshire is 11.0.
11.0joint 34th least deprived

Every council ranked: average house price, annual price change, median full-time pay, house price to pay and deprivation score.

England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each measure deprivation their own way, so Open Index never ranks them together.

House prices since 2000

Monthly average house price, smoothed. West Berkshire’s is 3.3 times its 2000 level, slower than South East’s.

House prices since 2000Average house price each month for West Berkshire, South East, England, January 2000 to July 2026. Source: UK House Price Index.
House prices since 2000
MonthWest BerkshireSouth EastEngland
Jan 2000£122,043£105,145£71,017
Jan 2001£137,463£119,563£79,663
Jan 2002£159,760£138,188£90,840
Jan 2003£187,202£170,299£114,816
Jan 2004£194,942£183,513£131,914
Jan 2005£213,991£197,095£149,713
Jan 2006£203,954£202,770£157,240
Jan 2007£228,528£222,209£171,666
Jan 2008£240,127£237,074£181,037
Jan 2009£210,208£196,036£153,585
Jan 2010£229,432£219,580£164,711
Jan 2011£239,515£218,315£164,697
Jan 2012£235,578£219,302£164,449
Jan 2013£247,499£226,909£166,938
Jan 2014£258,721£242,778£177,748
Jan 2015£284,457£266,846£191,523
Jan 2016£317,824£295,893£208,050
Jan 2017£328,731£315,255£218,655
Jan 2018£335,902£323,399£227,594
Jan 2019£336,714£324,657£230,974
Jan 2020£336,839£324,130£234,049
Jan 2021£343,767£337,566£249,890
Jan 2022£366,468£368,184£270,231
Jan 2023£397,355£387,727£285,817
Jan 2024£374,522£369,326£278,060
Jan 2025£393,366£381,267£287,264
Jan 2026£399,508£379,707£290,511
Jul 2026£403,682£380,878£293,479

Wards in West Berkshire24

Middle areas in West Berkshire22

Constituencies mostly in West Berkshire2

Neighbourhoods in West Berkshire99
West Berkshire in brief

West Berkshire’s average house price was £403,682 in July 2026.

Full-time workers living in West Berkshire earned a median of £44,887 in 2025.

A home in West Berkshire costs 9.0 times local full-time pay.

West Berkshire has a deprivation score of 11.0 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.