Woking: local statistics
Woking is a district council area in the South East, home to an estimated 106,197 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 Woking, from the council up to the G20.
Key figures
What the figures show
A Band D home in Woking pays an average of £2,598.04 in council tax in 2026-27, up £116.01 on 2025-26. That makes it the 10th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East. In 2016-17 the figure was £1,710.23, so it has risen 52%.
The ONS estimates that 106,197 people lived in Woking in mid-2025, up 0.2% on a year earlier. The ten-year change since mid-2015 is +2.8% (the South East: +8.1%), the 54th fastest growth of 64 in the South East. The mid-2025 estimate is the highest in the series.
The Annual Population Survey estimates that 83.9% of Woking residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, with a margin of error of 5.9 points either way; the figure for the South East was 78.9%. Over the 11 years shown it ranged from 77.0% to 89.1%.
HM Land Registry puts the average price of a home in Woking at £439,916 for July 2026, down 0.3% on July 2025. That is the 21st highest of 64 in the South East; the average for the South East was £380,878. The July peak was £455,266 in 2022, and prices are 11% above July 2016. Dividing the average price by the median annual pay of full-time employees living in Woking (£43,719) gives a ratio of 10.1. That ratio is 19th of 64 in the South East, counting from the highest ratio.
A girl born in Woking in 2022 to 2024 could expect to live 85.3 years and a boy 81.3 years, on the ONS's period measure, compared with 83.3 and 79.5 years across England. For women that is 1.1 years more than in 2012 to 2014; for men, 0.2 less. It is the 18th highest for women of the 64 council areas in the South East.
Median weekly pay for full-time employees who live in Woking was £862.40 in April 2025 (£43,719 a year). That is 5.8% above the figure for the South East and the 19th highest of 64 in the South East. For full-time jobs located in Woking the median is £856.50 a week (−£5.90 on the residents' figure). Ten years earlier, in 2015, it was £608.90: a change of +42% before inflation.
5,375 businesses were registered for VAT or PAYE in Woking in March 2026, 5% fewer than in 2016. There are 51 per 1,000 residents, the 26th highest of the 64 council areas in the South East.
In August 2026, 1,810 people in Woking were on the claimant count, 2.7% of residents aged 16 to 64, compared with 3.1% in the South East. A year earlier the rate was 2.5%. The five-year high was 3.1% (August 2021); the low was 2.1% (May 2022).
In the year to March 2026, 6,585 offences were recorded by police in Woking: 62.0 per 1,000 people, close to the middle of the 55 council areas in the South East (27th highest rate). That compares with 59.5 per 1,000 the year before. The highest rate in the series was 72.8, in the year to March 2019. Fraud is not included.
History
Population (mid-year)
| 2015 | 103,286 |
| 2016 | 104,233 |
| 2017 | 104,299 |
| 2018 | 104,510 |
| 2019 | 104,423 |
| 2020 | 103,882 |
| 2021 | 103,900 |
| 2022 | 104,598 |
| 2023 | 105,439 |
| 2024 | 105,981 |
| 2025 | 106,197 |
Average house price (same month each year)
| July 2016 | £395,990 |
| July 2017 | £399,654 |
| July 2018 | £409,658 |
| July 2019 | £406,298 |
| July 2020 | £397,646 |
| July 2021 | £420,785 |
| July 2022 | £455,266 |
| July 2023 | £448,046 |
| July 2024 | £445,164 |
| July 2025 | £441,074 |
| July 2026 | £439,916 |
Median weekly pay, residents
| 2015 | £608.90 a week |
| 2016 | £632.40 a week |
| 2017 | £660.20 a week |
| 2018 | £684.00 a week |
| 2019 | £689.90 a week |
| 2020 | £666.80 a week |
| 2021 | £699.50 a week |
| 2022 | £753.10 a week |
| 2023 | £824.70 a week |
| 2024 | £839.10 a week |
| 2025 | £862.40 a week |
Average Band D council tax
| 2016-17 | £1,710.23 |
| 2017-18 | £1,782.83 |
| 2018-19 | £1,881.32 |
| 2019-20 | £1,954.53 |
| 2020-21 | £2,027.49 |
| 2021-22 | £2,085.11 |
| 2022-23 | £2,177.42 |
| 2023-24 | £2,248.77 |
| 2024-25 | £2,371.60 |
| 2025-26 | £2,482.03 |
| 2026-27 | £2,598.04 |
Recorded crimes per 1,000 residents
| 2015/16 | 51.7 per 1,000 |
| 2016/17 | 55.6 per 1,000 |
| 2017/18 | 70.7 per 1,000 |
| 2018/19 | 72.8 per 1,000 |
| 2019/20 | 70.2 per 1,000 |
| 2020/21 | 59.5 per 1,000 |
| 2021/22 | 64.0 per 1,000 |
| 2022/23 | 61.7 per 1,000 |
| 2023/24 | 64.0 per 1,000 |
| 2024/25 | 59.5 per 1,000 |
| 2025/26 | 62.0 per 1,000 |
Employment rate
| 2015/16 | 84.3% |
| 2016/17 | 85.5% |
| 2017/18 | 81.6% |
| 2018/19 | 86.2% |
| 2019/20 | 79.1% |
| 2020/21 | 79.6% |
| 2021/22 | 77.0% |
| 2022/23 | 79.1% |
| 2023/24 | 89.1% |
| 2024/25 | 79.6% |
| 2025/26 | 83.9% |
Life expectancy, women
| 2012 to 2014 | 84.2 years |
| 2013 to 2015 | 84.4 years |
| 2014 to 2016 | 83.7 years |
| 2015 to 2017 | 83.9 years |
| 2016 to 2018 | 84.4 years |
| 2017 to 2019 | 85.0 years |
| 2018 to 2020 | 84.2 years |
| 2019 to 2021 | 83.9 years |
| 2020 to 2022 | 83.8 years |
| 2021 to 2023 | 84.9 years |
| 2022 to 2024 | 85.3 years |
Registered businesses
| 2016 | 5,655 |
| 2017 | 5,835 |
| 2018 | 5,800 |
| 2019 | 5,820 |
| 2020 | 6,060 |
| 2021 | 6,190 |
| 2022 | 5,585 |
| 2023 | 5,345 |
| 2024 | 5,355 |
| 2025 | 5,345 |
| 2026 | 5,375 |
Questions about Woking
How much is Band D council tax in Woking?
£2,598.04 on average for 2026-27, including police, fire and parish precepts (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government).
What is the population of Woking?
106,197 in mid-2025, the latest ONS mid-year estimate.
What is the average house price in Woking?
£439,916 in July 2026, on HM Land Registry's UK House Price Index (-0.3% on a year).
What is life expectancy in Woking?
For 2022 to 2024 the ONS gives 81.3 years for men and 85.3 for women.
What is the average salary in Woking?
Median pay for full-time employees living in Woking was £862.40 a week in April 2025 (£43,719 a year), from the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.
How many people claim unemployment-related benefits in Woking?
The ONS claimant count was 1,810 in August 2026, 2.7% of 16 to 64-year-olds. It counts benefit claims, not unemployment.
What is the crime rate in Woking?
Home Office figures show 6,585 offences in the year to March 2026, or 62.0 per 1,000 people, not counting fraud.
Who has power over Woking
Every body that makes decisions for Woking, 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
- Woking council spending, reserves, debt and council tax
- Woking in official figures this page
Level 4: County councils, combined authorities and metro mayors
- Surrey County Council county council
- Surrey Police police force
- NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board NHS
- South East in official figures
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
- Woking: Mr Will Forster (Liberal Democrat) 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 population · UK employment rate · UK average house price
- Other council areas in the South East: Eastbourne · Gravesham · Hart · Lewes · Rushmoor · Spelthorne
Related questions
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