Editing Reading, Berkshire (section)

==Demography==
[[File:Reading population pyramid.svg|thumb|Population pyramid of Reading in 2021]]
[[File:Borough of Reading population growth.svg|thumb|Borough of Reading population growth rate from 1801 to 2011]]
In mid-2018, the area covered by the Borough of Reading had {{English district population|GSS=E06000038}} inhabitants and a population density of {{convert|{{English district density|GSS=E06000038}}|/sqkm|/sqmi|0}}.<ref name=popstats>{{English district population citation}}</ref> Meanwhile, the [[Reading/Wokingham Urban Area|wider urban area]] had a population of 318,014 in the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]], ranking 23rd in the United Kingdom.<ref name="BUA">{{cite web| url=http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/747.aspx| title=2011 Census&nbsp;– Built-up areas| publisher=[[Office for National Statistics|ONS]]| access-date=11 August 2013| archive-date=21 September 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921045319/http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/747.aspx| url-status=live}}</ref> This grew to an estimated 337,108 by mid-2018.<ref name="ReadingUA">{{cite web|last=|first=|date=27 November 2020|title=United Kingdom's largest town by population.|url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/reading-city-status-royal-charter-19327991|access-date=1 February 2021|website=Get Reading|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128154810/https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/reading-city-status-royal-charter-19327991|url-status=live}}</ref> According to the 2011 census, 74.8% of the borough's population were described as [[White people|White]] (65.3% [[White British]]), 9.1% as [[British Asian|South Asian]], 6.7% as [[Black British|Black]], 3.9% [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed]], 4.5% as [[British Chinese|Chinese]] and 0.9% as other [[ethnic group]].<ref name=ethstats>{{cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks201ew.xls|title=Resident Population Estimates by Ethnic Group (Percentages)|publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]]|access-date=12 October 2011|format=XLS|archive-date=16 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116113321/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks201ew.xls|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, it was reported that Reading had 150 different spoken languages within its population.<ref>{{cite news|last=Natalie|first=Slater|title=150 different languages spoken in Reading schools|url=http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/education/s/2065355_150_different_languages_spoken_in_reading_schools|work=[[Reading Post]]|publisher=Surrey & Berkshire Media|access-date=14 June 2011|date=8 February 2010|archive-date=25 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125175127/http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/education/s/2065355_150_different_languages_spoken_in_reading_schools|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Blake|first=Heidi|title=The town where schoolchildren speak 150 languages|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7183679/The-town-where-schoolchildren-speak-150-languages.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7183679/The-town-where-schoolchildren-speak-150-languages.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=14 June 2011|date=8 February 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Reading has a large Polish community, which dates back over 30 years,<ref>{{cite news|title=Grant to repair Polish church|url=http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2072745_grant_to_repair_polish_church|work=[[Reading Post]]|publisher=Surrey & Berkshire Media|access-date=20 June 2011|date=15 June 2010|archive-date=25 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125175740/http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2072745_grant_to_repair_polish_church|url-status=live}}</ref> and in October 2006 the ''[[Reading Chronicle]]'' printed 5,000 copies of a Polish edition called the ''Kronika Reading''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Cacciottolo|first=Mario|title=Reading paper gets Polish edition|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6045568.stm|work=[[BBC News]]|location=London|access-date=20 June 2011|date=13 October 2006|archive-date=25 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025071916/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6045568.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Brook|first=Stephen|title=Reading paper to offer Polish edition|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/09/pressandpublishing4|work=[[guardian.co.uk]]|publisher=[[Guardian Media Group]]|location=London|access-date=20 June 2011|date=9 November 2006|archive-date=26 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926040101/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/nov/09/pressandpublishing4|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Polish editions of regional press in Great Britain: Kronika Reading, Gazeta z Highland, Polski Herald|url=http://www.krakowpost.com/article/106|work=[[Krakow Post]]|publisher=Lifeboat|location=London|access-date=20 June 2011|date=22 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002055834/http://www.krakowpost.com/article/106|archive-date=2 October 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Ethnicity ===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! rowspan="3" |Ethnic Group
! colspan="12" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |1971 estimations<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jones |first=P. N. |date=1978 |title=The Distribution and Diffusion of the Coloured Population in England and Wales, 1961-71 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/622127 |journal=Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=515–532 |doi=10.2307/622127 |jstor=622127 |pmid=12157820 |bibcode=1978TrIBG...3..515J |issn=0020-2754}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1981 estimations<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1985 |title=Ethnic minorities in Britain: statistical information on the pattern of settlement |url=https://jstor.org/stable/community.28327806 |journal=Commission for Racial Equality |language=English |pages=Table 2.2|last1= Equality|first1= Commission for Racial}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1991<ref name=":412">Data is taken from United Kingdom [http://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/index.htm Casweb Data services] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215152146/http://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/index.htm |date=15 December 2021 }} of the United Kingdom [http://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/step1.cfm 1991 Census on Ethnic Data for England, Scotland and Wales] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405213012/http://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/step1.cfm |date=5 April 2022 }} (Table 6)</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001<ref>{{cite web |title=Office of National Statistics; 2001 Census Key Statistics |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/census-2001-key-statistics/local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/local-authorities-ks06--ethnic-group.xls |access-date=7 September 2021 |website=webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602031124/https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/census-2001-key-statistics/local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/local-authorities-ks06--ethnic-group.xls |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name=":36">{{Cite web |title=2011 Census: Ethnic Group, local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks201ew.xls |access-date=15 December 2021 |website=webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk |archive-date=8 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808112341/https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks201ew.xls |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2021<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS021/editions/2021/versions/1/filter-outputs/d2f0a39a-75b6-4995-b4bd-a5b68ff79027#get-data |access-date=29 November 2022 |website=www.ons.gov.uk |archive-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207095805/https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS021/editions/2021/versions/1/filter-outputs/d2f0a39a-75b6-4995-b4bd-a5b68ff79027#get-data |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
![[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]: Total
!123,700
!94.9%
!119,084
!92.3%
!116,652
!90.5%
!124,240
!86.8%
!116,387
!74.7%
!116,886
!67.2%
|-
|White: [[White British|British]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|115,363
|80.6%
|101,725
|65.3%
|93,167
|53.5%
|-
|White: [[White Irish|Irish]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|2,866
|2%
|2,269
|1.5%
|2,040
|1.2%
|-
|White: [[White Gypsy or Irish Traveller|Gypsy or Irish Traveller]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|90
|–
|107
|0.1%
|-
|White: Roma
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|573
|0.3%
|-
|White: [[Other White|Other]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|6,011
|4.2%
|12,303
|7.9%
|20,999
|12.1%
|-
![[British Asian|Asian or Asian British]]: Total
!–
!–
!–
!–
!5,920
!4.6%
!8,478
!5.9%
!21,161
!13.6%
!30,841
!17.7%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Indians|Indian]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,748
|1.4%
|2,425
|1.7%
|6,514
|4.2%
|10,777
|6.2%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|2,771
|2.2%
|3,828
|2.7%
|6,967
|4.5%
|8,279
|4.8%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|214
|0.2%
|359
|0.3%
|695
|0.4%
|1,132
|0.6%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Chinese|Chinese]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|497
|0.4%
|1,030
|0.7%
|1,603
|1.0%
|2,694
|1.5%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: Other Asian
|–
|–
|–
|–
|690
|0.5%
|836
|0.6%
|5,382
|3.5%
|7,959
|4.6%
|-
![[Black British people|Black or Black British]]: Total
!–
!–
!–
!–
!5,196
!4%
!5,931
!4.1%
!10,470
!6.7%
!12,532
!7.2%
|-
|Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|African]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|764
|0.6%
|2,222
|1.6%
|6,087
|3.9%
|7,665
|4.4%
|-
|Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|3416
|2.7%
|3,181
|2.2%
|3,279
|2.1%
|3,293
|1.9%
|-
|Black or Black British: [[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom|Other Black]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1016
|0.8%
|528
|0.4%
|1,104
|0.7%
|1,574
|0.9%
|-
![[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed or British Mixed]]: Total
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–
!3,399
!2.4%
!6,180
!4%
!8,962
!5.1%
|-
|Mixed: White and Black Caribbean
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,677
|1.2%
|2,718
|1.7%
|3,555
|2.0%
|-
|Mixed: White and Black African
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|317
|0.2%
|802
|0.5%
|1,249
|0.7%
|-
|Mixed: White and Asian
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|734
|0.5%
|1,428
|0.9%
|2,117
|1.2%
|-
|Mixed: Other Mixed
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|671
|0.5%
|1,232
|0.8%
|2,041
|1.2%
|-
!Other: Total
!–
!–
!–
!–
!1,109
!0.9%
!1,048
!0.7%
!1,500
!1%
!5,002
!2.8%
|-
|Other: Arab
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|680
|0.4%
|1,282
|0.7%
|-
|Other: Any other ethnic group
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,109
|0.9%
|1,048
|0.7%
|820
|0.6%
|3,720
|2.1%
|-
!Ethnic minority: Total
!6,586
!5.1%
!9,980
!7.7%
!12,225
!9.5%
!18,856
!13.2%
!39,311
!25.3%
!57,337
!32.8%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!Total
!130,286
!100%
!129,064
!100%
!128,877
!100%
!143,096
!100%
!155,698
!100%
!174,223
!100%
|}

=== Religion ===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! rowspan="2" |Religion
! colspan="2" |2001<ref>{{Cite web |title=KS007 - Religion - Nomis - 2001 |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/ks007 |access-date=18 October 2022 |website=www.nomisweb.co.uk |archive-date=18 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018175200/https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/ks007 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref>{{Cite web |title=KS209EW (Religion) - Nomis - 2011 |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks209ew |access-date=18 October 2022 |website=www.nomisweb.co.uk |archive-date=18 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018172755/https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks209ew |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2021<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/sources/census_2021/report?compare=E06000038#section_5 | title=Custom report - Nomis - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics }}</ref>                     
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|[[File:Gold_Christian_Cross_no_Red.svg|26x26px]] [[Christians|Christian]]
| align="right" |89,618
| align="right" |62.6
| align="right" |77,848
| align="right" |50.0
|68,987
|39.6
|-
|[[File:Dharma_Wheel.svg|20x20px]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]]
| align="right" |688
| align="right" |0.5
| align="right" |1,876
| align="right" |1.2
|2,887
|1.7
|-
|[[File:Om.svg|21x21px]] [[Hinduism|Hindu]]
| align="right" |1,417
| align="right" |1.0
| align="right" |5,661
| align="right" |3.6
|8,757
|5.0
|-
|[[File:Star_of_David.svg|23x23px]] [[Jews|Jewish]]
| align="right" |415
| align="right" |0.3
| align="right" |355
| align="right" |0.2
|329
|0.2
|-
|[[File:Star_and_Crescent.svg|20x20px]] [[Muslim]]
| align="right" |5,730
| align="right" |4.0
| align="right" |11,007
| align="right" |7.1
|15,481
|8.9
|-
|[[File:Khanda.svg|24x24px]] [[Sikhism|Sikh]]
| align="right" |781
| align="right" |0.5
| align="right" |947
| align="right" |0.6
|1,194
|0.7
|-
|Other religion
| align="right" |518
| align="right" |0.4
| align="right" |701
| align="right" |0.5
|1,241
|0.7
|-
|[[Irreligion|No religion]]
| align="right" |31,486
| align="right" |22.0
| align="right" |45,931
| align="right" |29.5
|63,287
|36.3
|-
|Religion not stated
| align="right" |12,443
| align="right" |8.7
| align="right" |11,372
| align="right" |7.3
|12,062
|6.9
|-
!Total population
! align="right" |143,096
! align="right" |100.0
! align="right" |155,698
! align="right" |100.0
!174,226
!100.00
|}