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People and place Crowds at Reading Festival

 

Greater Reading is covered by five local authority areas (Reading Borough Council, Wokingham Borough Council, West Berkshire District Council, South Oxon District Council and North Hampshire).   

While Reading Borough Council covers all of the central areas, many major suburbs and trading areas are within the boundaries of Wokingham Borough Council and West Berkshire Council. 

Reading Borough Council demographics -

  • The population of the Borough is approx 148,000
  • The population of greater Reading 250,000 approx
  • Third most ethnically diverse local authority area in the south east (at approx 12%)
  • 20% of residents are aged 20 – 29
  • Third in the south east for proportion of single residents (30%)
  • Other households are made up of 32% couples / 6% single parents / 9% couples with dependent children
  • 82% of land within Reading Borough is urbanised (4,044 hectares)
  • Fourth most densely populated local authority area in the south east
  • Reading has third highest percentage of employees in knowledge-intensive businesses (after Oxford and Cambridge) at 29.2%  (source: Centre for Cities, 2010)