The Devil’s Highway, Hart, Berkshire

The Devil's Highway is classified by the ONS as Rural White-Collar Workers. The Devil's Highway is in the lowest 30% of postcodes for crime (see map). The road has a very low level of deprivation compared to the rest of the country.

Geography

The Devil's Highway is located in the Swallowfield ward of the Wokingham district in Berkshire.
Coordinates 51.36315, -0.948912
Grid Ref SU732631
Suburb Swallowfield
Constituency Wokingham
Postcodes RG7 1XS, RG7 1YB

House Prices

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

Crime in The Devil's Highway, Berkshire

There were no street crime incidents recorded by Thames-valley Police in The Devil's Highway during May 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 The Devil's Highway and compared that to the average for the Swallowfield ward.

You are less likely to be a victim of personal crime in The Devil's Highway, when compared to the average EIMD rank for the Swallowfield ward

Social economic statistics for The Devil's Highway

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 The Devil's Highway is on the top 10% of most deprived LSOAs, conversely a score of 10 would mean The Devil's Highway 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 The Devil's Highway experiencing deprivation relating to low income.
Residents in around The Devil's Highway are in the top 30% least income deprived in the country.

Employment Deprivation

The Employment Deprivation Domain measures the proportion of working-age residents in and around The Devil's Highway involuntarily excluded from the labour market. This includes the unemployed, those who are sick or disabled, or have caring responsibilities.
Residents in The Devil's Highway 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 The Devil's Highway are in the top 10% 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 The Devil's Highway, from outside living quality, housing quality, access to services and crime.
Residents in The Devil's Highway are in the top 20% least deprived in the country

2021 Census for The Devil's Highway

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

Unemployment in The Devil's Highway

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.
2.26% of The Devil's Highway residents were unemployed during the Covid 19 pandemic

Retirees (OAPs) in The Devil's Highway

The proportion of retirees in a road should give you an indication of the demographics of The Devil's Highway. The proportion of retirees on The Devil's Highway is 5.83% higher than the national average of 18.6%.
24.43% of The Devil's Highway residents were retired during the last census

Home ownership in The Devil's Highway

The proportion of home owners on The Devil's Highway is 21.33% higher than the national average of 62%. 16.67% of properties in The Devil's Highway are private rented and 0% are social rented.
83.33% of residents of The Devil's Highway own their home

Country of Birth of The Devil's Highway residents

The proportion if The Devil's Highway residents born in the UK is 5.18% higher than the England national average of 82.65%. 12.17% of The Devil's Highway residents were born outside the UK.
87.83% of The Devil's Highway residents were born in the UK

The Devil's Highway Summary

The Devil's Highway has a higher level of home ownership than the national average. This is an indicator that finding private rented accomodation in The Devil's Highway maybe difficult.

The Devil's Highway 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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