Population

The population of Woking in mid-2007 was 91,400.

48.8% males
51.2% female
19.2% aged 14 or under
66.1% aged between 15 and 64
14.7% aged 65 or over

Population change in Woking:

1961-1971 = 13.8% increase
1971-1981 = 6.3% increase
1981-1991 = 4.2% increase
1991-2001 = 3.7% increase

Black and Minority Ethnic Population:

91.3% White
1.3% Mixed Background
5.8% Asian or Asian British
0.5% Black or Black British
0.5% Chinese
0.6% Other Ethnic Group

The ward with the highest BME population in Woking is Maybury and Sheerwater at 34%, followed by Goldsworth East at 11.6%.

Households

There are 36,941 households in Woking (a household comprises one person living alone, or a group of people (not necessarily related) living at the same address with common housekeeping - that is, sharing either a living room or sitting room or at least one meal a day)
The average household size is 2.41 people
28.3% of households are one person households
30.6% of all households in the borough have dependent children
Woking has a total of 37,943 household spaces (a household space is the accommodation occupied by an individual household or, if unoccupied, available for an individual household).
2.4% of these are vacant and 0.3% are second/holiday homes.

76.9% of households are owner occupied (outright, mortgage or loan, shared ownership), 23.1% are rented (Council, Housing Association/ RSL, Private Landlord or Letting Agency)

Economic Information

Economic Activity

73.2% of the population who are of working age (16 - 74) are economically active.
The Ward with the highest Economic Activity rate is Goldsworth West (82%) and Pyrford has the lowest number of people who are economically active (65.2%).
81.7% of males are economically active, compared to 64.8% of females.

Industry

All people aged 16 - 74 in employment - 46,259.
Percentage of people employed in the top 5 industry employment categories in Woking:
1. Real estate; renting & business activities (22%)
2. Wholesale & retail trade; repair of motor vehicles (16.3%)
3. Manufacturing (10%)
4. Transport storage & communication (8.5%)
5. Health and social work (8.1%)

Occupation

All people aged 16 - 74 in employment - 46,259
Percentage of people employed in the top 5 occupational employment categories in Woking:
1. Managers and senior officials (20.6%)
2. Associate professional and technical occupations (15.2%)
3. Administrative and secretarial occupations (14.8%)
4. Professional occupations (14.7%)
5. Skilled trades occupations (8.8%)

Qualifications and Students

Of the population aged between 16 - 74 (64,984), 19.6% have no qualifications (compared to 28.9% nationally)
- Level 1 (equivalent to NVQ1 or up to 5 GCSE passes): 15.4%
- Level 2 (equivalent to NVQ2, 5 or more GCSE passes, or 1 + A Level): 21.1%
- Level 3 (equivalent to NVQ3, 2+ A Levels): 9.3%
- Level 4/5 (equivalent to a first degree, NVQ 4/5, etc): 28.9% (compared to 19.9% nationally)
  Other qualifications: 5.7%
There are 1,569 full-time students aged 18 - 74
84.7% of the population aged 16 - 17 are in full-time education

Travel to Work

9.3% of the population of working age (16 - 74) work from home
The graph below shows the percent of people (of working age) and the modes of transport they use to travel to work.

For detailed information on the population of each ward please click on the relevant link below:

Brookwood
Byfleet
Goldsworth East
Goldsworth West
Hermitage and Knaphill South
Horsell East and Woodham
Horsell West
Kingfield and Westfield
Knaphill
Maybury and Sheerwater
Mayford and Sutton Green
Mount Hermon East
Mount Hermon West
Old Woking
Pyrford
St Johns and Hook Heath
West Byfleet

For further information on Census 2001 key statistics for Woking, please contact the Planning Policy Team. Further information on the key statistics for Surrey Districts is available from Surrey County Council. Information for all Local Authorities, as well as regional and national profiles and thematic maps is available at the ONS website.