Is Queen’s Drive in Reading a nice place to live?

Queen's Drive is classified by the ONS as Student Communal Living. Queen's Drive is in the lowest 30% of postcodes for crime (see map). That road has a much lower level of deprivation compared to other in the rest of the country.

Geography

Queen's Drive is located in the Church ward of the Reading district in Berkshire.
Coordinates 51.442611, -0.949924
Grid Ref SU730720
Suburb Whitley
Constituency Reading East
Postcodes RG6 2BA, RG6 4XF, RG6 6UR

House Prices

We have no record of house sales in Queen's Drive in the last 3 years. Therefore we cannot provide a house price analysis for this road.

Crime in Queen's Drive, Berkshire

There were no street crime incidents recorded by Thames-valley Police in Queen's Drive during September 2024.

Crime Deprivation

The Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) government statistics have a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal crime. We have taken the lower super output area (LSOA) that includes Queen's Drive and compared that to the average for the Church ward.

You are less likely to be a victim of personal crime in Queen's Drive, when compared to the average EIMD rank for the Church ward

Social economic statistics for Queen's Drive

These statistics are taken from the English Index of Multiple Deprivation's decile figures, with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. As these are decile figures, a score of 1 for example would mean Queen's Drive is on the top 10% of most deprived LSOAs, conversely a score of 10 would mean Queen's Drive is in the top 10% of least deprived LSOAs in the country.

Income Deprivation

The Income Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of the population in and around Queen's Drive experiencing deprivation relating to low income.
Residents in around Queen's Drive are in the top 10% least income deprived in the country.

Employment Deprivation

The Employment Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of working-age residents in and around Queen's Drive involuntarily excluded from the labour market. This includes the unemployed, those who are sick or disabled, or have caring responsibilities.
Residents in Queen's Drive are in the top 10% least employment deprived in the country

Health & Disability Deprivation

The Health Deprivation and Disability Domain measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health. This does not include aspects of behaviour or the environment that may be lead to predicted future health and disability problems.
Residents in Queen's Drive are in the top 30% least health & disability deprived in the country

Index of Multiple Deprivation

The Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) is an overall relative measure of deprivation constructed by combining seven measures of deprivation. It encapsulates a broad socio-economic view of Queen's Drive, from outside living quality, housing quality, access to services and crime.
Residents in Queen's Drive are in the top 30% least deprived in the country

2021 Census for Queen's Drive

We chosen some choice data from the 2021 census, that will hopefully give you socio-economic a snapshot of Queen's Drive.

Unemployment in Queen's Drive

The census is now the only reliable source to find the proportion of residents that are unemployed or under-employed as the Department for Work and pensions no longer do so and haven't since the introduction of Universal Credit.
0% of Queen's Drive residents were unemployed during the Covid 19 pandemic

Retirees (OAPs) in Queen's Drive

The proportion of retirees in a road should give you an indication of the demographics of Queen's Drive. The proportion of retirees on Queen's Drive is 16.17% lower than the national average of 18.6%.
2.43% of Queen's Drive residents were retired during the last census

Home ownership in Queen's Drive

The proportion of home owners on Queen's Drive is 3.46% lower than the national average of 62%. 34.15% of properties in Queen's Drive are private rented and 4.88% are social rented.
58.54% of residents of Queen's Drive own their home

Country of Birth of Queen's Drive residents

The proportion if Queen's Drive residents born in the UK is 2.84% lower than the England national average of 82.65%. 20.19% of Queen's Drive residents were born outside the UK.
79.81% of Queen's Drive residents were born in the UK

Queen's Drive Summary

Queen's Drive has a lower level of home ownership than the national average. This is an indicator that finding private rented accomodation in Queen's Drive maybe easier than surrounding areas.

Queen's Drive has very low levels of employment deprivation, suggesting that finding work in the local area maybe easier compared to the rest of the country.

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