1. What are the total number of households in your area?
71750
Please see the 2018 household projections for England available here, Spreadsheet - 2018-based: Principal projection, Sheet - 406. Please note these figures are different to those used in the Local Housing Need Assessment due to the government requirement for Authorities to use the 2014 household projections to calculated housing need, rather than more recent figures.

2. How many commercial properties within your area are currently empty?
29

3. How many households pay council tax to the authority?
70556 this figure is not a definitive total as does not include pensioners who are on a 100% council tax reduction, or some care-leavers as these are not reported on.

4. How many households are claiming a single person’s occupancy?
18090

5. How many people are on a local authority housing waiting list for housing in your area?
3774

6. How many people within your area are currently considered to be homeless?
As of 31/03/2021 (data for quarter 1 21/22 not verified as of yet) – we had accepted the Prevention Duty for 70 of households, The Relief Duty for 69 of households and had accepted the main housing duty for 56 households.

7. Over the past 5 years, how many residential properties have been constructed?
Over the past 5 years, how many residential properties have been constructed? – we can answer this easily for all residential builds as the Council publishes this data each year on its website.
Links as follows:
Appendix 14 of the 5YHLS Statement (the one at the very back)
https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/EasySiteWeb/GatewayLink.aspx?alId=544080

MHCLG Live Table 122: housing supply; net additional dwellings, by local authority district, England 2001-02 to 2019-20
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/938217/Live_Table_122.ods

Or please see Live Table -122 of the published housing supply: net additional dwellings available here.

8. Over the past 5 years, how much money has the authority received from CIL and Section 106 agreements?
Please see the Council’s Infrastructure Funding Statement here.