Local fact sheet
Woking's homes, by the numbers
Woking in the 2021 census: 41,439 households, 74% houses, 26% flats.
Detached houses account for 30.5% of Woking's stock, yet flats run to 26.0% — a split visible between Pyrford, Horsell and Mount Hermon on one side and Canalside, Goldsworth Park and Knaphill on the other. GU21 and GU22 are the districts in scope, inside the county of Surrey. Purpose-built flats alone reach 22.7%, and private renting has climbed from 15.7% to 21.1% since 2011, so a fair share of work sits above someone else's ceiling: impact sound rating, not just the wearing surface, decides what may be laid. Larger detached properties pull the other way, with long uninterrupted spans where subfloor flatness and expansion gaps matter more than acoustics.
Woking combines Victorian and Edwardian properties near the station with substantial family homes in Horsell, Pyrford and West Byfleet, plus large modern developments at Hoe Valley and Sheerwater. The 24-minute trains to London Waterloo, Surrey countryside setting and excellent schools drive consistent commuter demand at premium prices.
Ownership has slipped from seven households in ten to two in three while private renting rose from one in six to one in five, and that rise sits in the town-centre flats rather than in Pyrford or Horsell. A leasehold flat's floor answers to the lease; a Goldsworth Park house's answers to the household.
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