Windsor and Maidenhead: local statistics
Windsor and Maidenhead is a unitary authority in the South East, home to an estimated 159,776 people (mid-2025). This page brings together 10 official figures for the area, each with its period, publisher and the address it was read from. See also who has power over Windsor and Maidenhead, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
The average house price in Windsor and Maidenhead was £575,036 in July 2026, down 3.9% on a year before. That is the 2nd highest of the 64 council areas in the South East; the average for the South East was £380,878. Since July 2016 prices have risen 15%; the July high in the series was £598,613 in 2025. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Windsor and Maidenhead (£47,387) gives a ratio of 12.1. That ratio is the 4th highest ratio of the 64 council areas in the South East.
Average Band D council tax in Windsor and Maidenhead is £1,952.62 for 2026-27, up £129.12 on 2025-26. It is the lowest in the South East. Ten years earlier, in 2016-17, it was £1,187.07.
In April 2025 the middle full-time earner living in Windsor and Maidenhead took home £951.90 a week before tax, or £47,387 over a year. It is the 4th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East, and 16.8% more than across the South East. Measured by where people work rather than where they live, the median is £853.90, £98.00 lower. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £694.00: a change of +37% before inflation.
10,220 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Windsor and Maidenhead in March 2026, about the same as in 2016. There are 64 per 1,000 residents, 4th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest.
Life expectancy at birth in Windsor and Maidenhead is 85.4 years for women and 81.8 years for men (2022 to 2024), compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 0.7 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 1.1 more. It is the 11th highest for women of 64 in the South East.
In August 2026, 2,465 people in Windsor and Maidenhead were on the claimant count, 2.5% of residents aged 16 to 64 (the South East: 3.1%). That compares with 2.4% a year before. Over the last five years it peaked at 3.2% in August 2021 and was lowest at 2.0% in September 2023.
159,776 people lived in Windsor and Maidenhead in mid-2025, according to the ONS, up 0.6% on a year earlier. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +6.5%, against +8.1% for the South East as a whole, mid-table in the South East, 36th of 64. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
Police recorded 9,081 crimes in Windsor and Maidenhead in the year to March 2026, 56.8 for every 1,000 residents, mid-table in the South East, 31st of 55. That compares with 59.7 per 1,000 the year before. The highest rate in the series was 66.6, in the year to March 2020. Fraud is not included.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 78.9% of Windsor and Maidenhead residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026 (give or take 3.5 points), against 78.9% across the South East. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 76.8% to 83.6%.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 150,043 |
| 2016 | 152,085 |
| 2017 | 152,648 |
| 2018 | 153,470 |
| 2019 | 153,893 |
| 2020 | 153,991 |
| 2021 | 153,922 |
| 2022 | 155,140 |
| 2023 | 157,220 |
| 2024 | 158,760 |
| 2025 | 159,776 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £501,442 |
| July 2017 | £517,566 |
| July 2018 | £510,098 |
| July 2019 | £485,848 |
| July 2020 | £485,133 |
| July 2021 | £513,200 |
| July 2022 | £582,549 |
| July 2023 | £570,989 |
| July 2024 | £570,203 |
| July 2025 | £598,613 |
| July 2026 | £575,036 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £694.00 a week |
| 2016 | £703.30 a week |
| 2017 | £700.00 a week |
| 2018 | £718.70 a week |
| 2019 | £781.90 a week |
| 2020 | £755.30 a week |
| 2021 | £729.00 a week |
| 2022 | £765.30 a week |
| 2023 | £817.20 a week |
| 2024 | £860.20 a week |
| 2025 | £951.90 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,187.07 |
| 2017-18 | £1,228.98 |
| 2018-19 | £1,290.53 |
| 2019-20 | £1,345.81 |
| 2020-21 | £1,401.96 |
| 2021-22 | £1,472.91 |
| 2022-23 | £1,523.44 |
| 2023-24 | £1,603.84 |
| 2024-25 | £1,683.78 |
| 2025-26 | £1,823.50 |
| 2026-27 | £1,952.62 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 53.2 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 55.2 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 57.8 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 62.5 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 66.6 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 55.7 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 64.8 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 65.5 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 60.3 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 59.7 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 56.8 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 79.6% |
| 2016/17 | 80.2% |
| 2017/18 | 82.1% |
| 2018/19 | 80.4% |
| 2019/20 | 81.4% |
| 2020/21 | 78.2% |
| 2021/22 | 79.0% |
| 2022/23 | 82.0% |
| 2023/24 | 83.6% |
| 2024/25 | 76.8% |
| 2025/26 | 78.9% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.7 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.7 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 84.5 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 84.6 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.5 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 84.9 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.6 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 84.6 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 84.8 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 85.1 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.4 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 10,215 |
| 2017 | 10,485 |
| 2018 | 10,470 |
| 2019 | 10,640 |
| 2020 | 10,600 |
| 2021 | 10,515 |
| 2022 | 10,380 |
| 2023 | 10,050 |
| 2024 | 10,040 |
| 2025 | 10,035 |
| 2026 | 10,220 |
Questions about Windsor and Maidenhead
What is the average house price in Windsor and Maidenhead?
HM Land Registry's figure for July 2026 is £575,036.
How much is Band D council tax in Windsor and Maidenhead?
£1,952.62 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the average salary in Windsor and Maidenhead?
£951.90 a week before tax, the median for full-time employees who live there (April 2025, ONS).
What is life expectancy in Windsor and Maidenhead?
85.4 years for women and 81.8 for men (2022 to 2024, ONS).
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Windsor and Maidenhead?
The ONS claimant count was 2,465 in August 2026, 2.5% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the population of Windsor and Maidenhead?
159,776 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the crime rate in Windsor and Maidenhead?
Home Office figures show 9,081 offences in the year to March 2026, or 56.8 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
Who has power over Windsor and Maidenhead
Every body that makes decisions for Windsor and Maidenhead, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Parish, town and community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 3: Local councils
- Windsor and Maidenhead council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Windsor and Maidenhead in official figures this page
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
England has no devolved parliament of its own: its laws are made by the UK Parliament.
Level 6: National government
- Maidenhead: Mr Joshua Reynolds (Liberal Democrat) MP
- Windsor: Jack Rankin (Conservative) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
Each value above links to the official file or query it was read from, on 14 October 2026. What each figure measures.
- Recorded crime: Years before April 2020 come from the earlier Home Office table.
More on this area and these figures
- Council money: spending, reserves and debt
- Figures for the whole region: the South East
- UK figures: UK average house price · UK average weekly earnings growth · Life expectancy at birth (UK)
- Other council areas in the South East: Canterbury · Mid Sussex · Reigate and Banstead · South Oxfordshire · Swale · West Berkshire
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