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4,311 residents make their home in this town in Berkshire, South East. Only 6% of residents are 65 or over.
Arborfield Garrison’s grades pull in different directions. Pupils here do better than most: primary results beat 81% of towns in England; secondary results beat 98% of towns in England. With an A− overall, Arborfield Garrison sits #17 of 30 in Berkshire. It comes out better than just over three quarters of UK towns. The local economy does well (A−): mean household income £74,190; 3.2% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work: 8% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. Homes sell for a median £521,248, about 6.7 years of what households in the Wokingham council area earn.
Figures: income, ONS · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021 · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
The 3 things Arborfield Garrison does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Arborfield Garrison is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Arborfield Garrison’s built-up area, along with 2 scheduled monuments.
1% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Arborfield Garrison.
Some 1,671 pupils attend Arborfield Garrison’s one primary and one secondary. Bohunt School Wokingham’s results beat just over nine in ten schools in England like it. Both of its schools are shown below. Key Stage 2 results at the 10 primary schools within 3 km: 68% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farley Hill Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 358 | A |
| Bohunt School WokinghamLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 1,313 | A |
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 44% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
About 3% of its commuters stay in Arborfield Garrison for work. At the census, just over nine in ten commuters went by car. Working mainly from home: 44% of workers, above both Berkshire’s towns (41%) and England’s towns (31%). For every resident in work, Arborfield Garrison has 0.3 jobs.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Homes from before 1919 make up 1% of the total. Arborfield Garrison has 7 listed buildings on Historic England’s list, all Grade II. Relative to its size, Arborfield Garrison keeps 16 listed buildings per 10,000 residents.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Police figures for Arborfield Garrison’s built-up area: 314 crimes and 60 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. Homes see 13.8 burglaries and acts of damage per 1,000 residents a year. Anti-social behaviour, shown but not graded, came to 14.9 reports per 1,000, above both Berkshire’s towns (6.2) and England’s towns (7.8). Among the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, Arborfield Garrison has more crime per resident than 81% of them.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
Seeing a GP means leaving Arborfield Garrison: the nearest practice is 2 miles away. At the census, 9.1% of people here had a disability, below both Berkshire’s towns (13%) and England’s towns (17%). On top of that, 1.9% of residents report bad or very bad health. The nearest A&E to Arborfield Garrison is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 5.4 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Arborfield Garrison | Berkshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 92% | 87% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 1.9% | 3.3% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 9.1% | 13% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · The census answers take no account of age, so a young town looks healthier; the Health Grade relies on age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
56% of households are owner-occupiers. Social housing holds 8% of households, lower than both Berkshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (18%). The £521,248 median rests on 558 standard sales inside the built-up area (September 2023 to August 2026).
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £652,500 | 246 |
| Semi-detached | £488,747 | 172 |
| Terraced | £395,000 | 89 |
| Flat or maisonette | £280,000 | 51 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Degrees are held by 45% of adults. People 65 and over make up 5.9% of the town, lower than both Berkshire’s towns (15%) and England’s towns (18%). Aged 15 to 24: one in ten residents. Half of Arborfield Garrison is older than 32.7, half younger.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Arborfield Garrison | Berkshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 26% | 19% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.6% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 37% | 29% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 21% | 25% | 25% |
| 65+ | 5.9% | 15% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 6.9% | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 3.7% | 4.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 21% | 16% | 17% |
| Degree level | 45% | 40% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Berkshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Arborfield Garrison. Best known first.
Historic houseBramshill House4.5 km outside town, to the southHistoric houseHistoric houseReddam House Berkshire2 km outside town, to the northAttractionAttractionCalifornia Country Park1 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumBritish Museum Archaeological Research Collection3.3 km outside town, to the northwestPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arborfield Garrison | 4,311 | — | A− | B+ | C− | B+ |
| Shinfield | 5,417 | 2.6 | A | B+ | B− | B+ |
| Wokingham | 50,320 | 3 | A+ | B+ | B | A+ |
| Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross | 7,612 | 3.1 | A | A− | B | A+ |
| Winnersh | 8,904 | 3.5 | A+ | B+ | B | B+ |
| Yateley | 14,676 | 4.4 | A+ | A | B+ | A |
| Crowthorne | 15,196 | 4.5 | A | C+ | B | A+ |
| Woodley | 28,019 | 4.8 | A+ | A− | B+ | B+ |
People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
GCSE results beat 98% of towns in England, and primary results beat 81% (Department for Education, Attainment 8 and Key Stage 2). Arborfield Garrison has 2 state schools; places are handled by Wokingham council.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £521,248, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: flats £280,000, terraced houses £395,000, semi-detached houses £488,747 and detached houses £652,500. Household incomes are higher than in 95% of UK towns, so cost of living still grades B+.
Police recorded 314 crimes inside Arborfield Garrison’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, 43% of them violence and sexual offences, a police category that includes harassment and stalking.
Town in Berkshire, England
Arborfield Garrison is a built-up area of 4,311 people, in the Wokingham council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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