West Berkshire

Unitary Authority in South East England

Unitary Authority

The population development of West Berkshire.

Name	Status	Population Census 2001-04-29	Population Census 2011-03-27	Population Census 2021-03-21	Population Estimate 2024-06-30
West Berkshire	Unitary Authority	144,483	153,822	161,447	165,112	→
South East England	Region	8,000,645	8,634,750	9,278,065	9,642,942

Contents: Settlements

The population development of the settlements in West Berkshire.

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Name	Status	County / District	Population Census 2001-04-29	Population Census 2011-03-27	Population Census 2021-03-21	Population Estimate 2024-06-30
Aldermaston Wharf	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	539	757	816	773	→
Beenham	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	796	770	760	773	→
Bradfield	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	768	880	926	929	→
Burghfield Common	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	5,617	5,932	6,214	6,415	→
Chapel Row	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	635	637	621	638	→
Chieveley	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	298	487	513	551	→
Cold Ash	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	2,176	2,229	2,267	2,277	→
Compton	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	1,521	1,571	1,792	1,813	→
East Garston	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	532	535	524	524	→
East Ilsley	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	519	538	599	599	→
Great Shefford	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	896	937	949	900	→
Greenham	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	307	704	987	1,007	→
Hampstead Norreys	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	541	628	643	577	→
Hermitage	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	1,536	2,157	2,223	2,304	→
Hungerford	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	4,938	5,100	5,185	5,432	→
Kintbury	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	2,086	2,094	2,053	2,059	→
Lambourn	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	2,955	3,071	3,139	3,032	→
Lower Padworth	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	160	345	527	561	→
Mortimer	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	2,863	2,844	2,929	2,937	→
Newbury	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	34,232	37,891	42,265	44,837	→
Pangbourne	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	2,981	2,978	3,277	3,385	→
Southend	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	765	738	708	747	→
Stratfield Mortimer	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	255	463	443	539	→
Streatley	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	830	892	919	921	→
Thatcham	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	23,048	25,287	25,547	25,608	→
Theale	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	2,771	2,835	3,049	3,100	→
Upper Basildon	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	945	1,061	1,071	1,055	→
Upper Bucklebury	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	914	991	1,036	977	→
Woolhampton	Built-up Area	West Berkshire	725	886	916	944	→

Source: UK Office for National Statistics.

Explanation: All population figures and depicted boundaries are based on output areas officially assigned to the 2022 built-up areas. Output areas often include some unbuilt parts. However, tabulated area figures refer to (typically smaller) actual built-up areas in order to present a more realistic population density. Some of the older population figures are approximate values.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2024)
Males	81,301
Females	83,811

Age Groups (E 2024)
0-17 years	35,495
18-64 years	96,056
65+ years	33,561

Age Distribution (E 2024)
80+ years	8,952
70-79 years	15,496
60-69 years	19,972
50-59 years	24,135
40-49 years	21,541
30-39 years	20,764
20-29 years	15,597
10-19 years	21,097
0-9 years	17,558

Country of Birth (C 2021)
UK	141,996
EU	7,953
Europe (other)	815
Middle East & Asia	5,024
Africa	3,204
Other country	2,455

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White	148,384
Asian	5,990
Black	2,030
Arab	279
Mixed/multiple	3,857
Other ethnic group	907

Religion (C 2021)
Christians	79,217
Muslims	2,107
Hindus	2,083
Sikhs	367
Buddhists	552
Jews	236
Other religion	705
No religion	66,290