Demographics of Slough

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Demographics of Slough
Slough population pyramid.svg
Population pyramid of Slough
Population149,400 (2016 estimate)
Population density in the 2011 census in Slough. Population Density Slough 2011 census.png
Population density in the 2011 census in Slough.

This article is intended to give an overview of the demography of Slough. In 2016, Slough had a population of 149,000 people.

Contents

Industry sectors of Slough over time Slough's industry sectors over time.svg
Industry sectors of Slough over time

Population

The modern town of Slough grew from the parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey, Buckinghamshire, England. The populations given below are for the successive institutional areas of the principal local government level that could be recognised as Slough, now in Berkshire.

YearPopulationNotes
18011,018 [1] Parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey
18111,083 [1]
18211,268 [1]
18311,502 [1]
18412,296 [1]
18513,573 [1]
18614,688 [1]
18715,940 [1]
18817,030 [1]
18917,700 [1]
190111,453 [1] Slough Urban District from 1894; area enlarged in 1900 [2]
191114,982 [1]
192116,392 [1]
193133,612 [1] area enlarged in 1930/1931 [2]
193950,620 [1] estimate (1941 census not taken due to World War II):Municipal Borough from 1938
195166,471 [1]
196180,781 [1]
197187,075 [1]
198196,512 [3] Borough of Slough in Berkshire and area enlarged from 1974
1991101,066 [3]
2001119,070 [4] Area enlarged in 1995: Unitary Authority from 1998
2011140,200 [5] Up 16.3% on the 2001 census, and 6.9% higher than the previous mid-2010 population estimate
2016149,400ONS - based on 2012 population trends

Ethnicity

Ethnic makeup of Slough by single year ages in 2021 Ethnic makeup of Slough by single year ages in 2021.svg
Ethnic makeup of Slough by single year ages in 2021
Population pyramid of Slough by ethnicity in 2021 Population pyramid of Slough by ethnicity in 2021.svg
Population pyramid of Slough by ethnicity in 2021

The following table shows the ethnic group of respondents in the 1991, 2001 and 2011 censuses in Slough. Slough is a majority-minority town, with no ethnic group or broad multi-ethnic group being the majority, having been this way since the late 2000s. The White British make up the largest group at 34.5% of the population, having declined from a majority status of 58.3% in 2001, this decline coincides with the overall decline of White residents in the town from nearly two thirds in 1991 (72.3%) to less the majority (45.7%) in 2011. In conjunction, Asian British people have risen from nearly a quarter of the town's population in 1991 (23.9%) to nearly 40% in 2011, the largest of which is British Pakistanis who surpassed British Indians in 2011 as the largest Asian group. Black British residents have also increased, with the majority of growth coming from Black Africans who have increased from 0.4% in 1991 to 5.4% in 2011, of which surpassed the Black Caribbean group, who was 2.2% of the population, in 2011 as well.

Ethnic Group1971 estimations [6] 1981 estimations [7] 1991 census [8] [9] 2001 census [10] 2011 census [11] 2021 census [12]
Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%
White: Total78,36790%71,90877.2%73,74972%75,84363.70%64,05345.69%57,13435.9%
White: British ––––––69,44158.32%48,40134.52%38,10124.0%
White: Irish ––––3,2413.2%2,4892.09%1,6071.15%11430.7%
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller [note 1] ––––––––2200.16%2370.1%
White: Roma––––––––––3570.2%
White: Other ––––––3,9133.29%13,8259.86%17,29610.9%
Asian or Asian British: Total––17,18618.4%23,66123.1%33,62128.24%55,69739.73%74,09346.9%
Asian or Asian British: Indian ––99001294116,71914.04%21,92215.64%30,20919.1%
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani ––6399942814,36012.06%24,86917.74%34,31721.7%
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi ––391011710.14%5490.39%9100.6%
Asian or Asian British: Chinese [note 2] ––2052663490.29%7970.57%5940.4%
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian––6439252,0221.70%7,5605.39%8,0635.1%
Black or Black British: Total––3,2533,8916,0265.06%12,1158.64%11,9927.5%
Black or Black British: Caribbean ––236127883,4702.91%3,0962.21%2,7711.7%
Black or Black British: African ––3764292,2751.91%7,5485.38%7,8154.9%
Black or Black British: Other Black ––5166742810.24%1,4711.05%1,4060.9%
Mixed: Total––––––2,7782.33%4,7583.39%6,3114%
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean––––––1,1160.94%1,6671.19%1,8541.2%
Mixed: White and Black African––––––2240.19%6070.43%8240.5%
Mixed: White and Asian––––––8450.71%1,4291.02%1,9451.2%
Mixed: Other Mixed––––––5930.50%1,0550.75%1,6881.1%
Other: Total––8211,0997990.67%3,5822.55%8,9705.7%
Other: Arab [note 3] ––––––––9280.66%1,8261.2%
Other: Any other ethnic group––––––7990.67%2,6541.89%7,1444.5%
Ethnic minority8,70810%21,26022.8%28,65128%43,22436.3%76,15254.3%101,36664.1%
Total87,075100%93,168100%102,400100%119,067100%140,205100%158,500100%

Notes for table above

  1. ↑ New category created for the 2011 census
  2. ↑ In 2001, listed under the 'Chinese or other ethnic group' heading.
  3. ↑ New category created for the 2011 census

Ethnicity of school pupils

Since statistics on the ethnicity of school pupils have been collected, White students, the majority being the native White British, have been in the minority. As such Slough schools were in a majority-minority state in-till 2018 when Asian British pupils became the majority, of which had surpassed White students in the mid-2000s. In the Asian British multi-ethnic group, British Pakistanis are the largest at 25.8% and are the largest group of all groups in the town. Black British school pupils increased in proportional size between 2004 and 2012 peaking at 9.1%, but have declined since then to 7.2% in 2022. Mixed school pupils have also been in proportional increase and now make up a little over 1 in 10 in schools (11.3%) from 5.9% in 2004.

Ethnic groupSchool year [13] [14]
2004200820122015/162019/202021/2022
Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%
White: Total7,67044.3%7,11037.9%6,82032.4%7,21829.5%8,42225.8%7,86023.3%
White: British 6,94040%5,15427.5%4,58121.8%4,30817.3%4,45313.6%4,08412.1%
White: Irish 2001581481140.5%1100.3%810.2%
White: Traveller of Irish heritage102529340.0%250.1%220.1%
White: Gypsy/Roma70541101580.6%2440.7%2400.7%
White: Other 4701,7191,9512,76211.1%3,61011.1%3,43310.2%
Asian / Asian British: Total7,04040.6%8,36044.6%9,78546.5%12,10848.6%16,76951.4%17,72552.4%
Asian / Asian British: Indian 2,83016.3%3,28717.5%3,75820.0%4,48618.0%6,56520.1%7,26221.5%
Asian / Asian British: Pakistani 3,62020.9%4,16422.2%4,92323.4%6,19124.8%8,42025.8%8,68725.8%
Asian / Asian British: Bangladeshi 60921161490.6%2610.8%2560.8%
Asian / Asian British: Chinese 606360460.2%490.2%970.1%
Asian / Asian British: Other Asians4707549261,2365.0%1,4744.5%1,4234.2%
Black / Black British: Total1,1006.4%1,5808.4%1,9259.1%2,1508.5%2,4547.5%2,4177.2%
Black: Caribbean 3403623573321.3%3431.1%3391.0%
Black: African 6603.8%1,1336.0%1,4546.9%1,6586.6%1,8995.8%1,8475.5%
Black: Other Blacks 110911161600.6%2120.6%2310.7%
Mixed / British Mixed 1,0305.9%1,1906.3%1,6908%2,1258.5%3,1889.8%3,81711.3%
Other: Total2901.7%3912.1%6553.1%9113.7%1,2613.9%1,3494.0%
Unclassified1901.1%37-1730.8%2701.1%5511.7%5901.7%
Total:17,320100%18,750100%21,050100%24,941100%32,665100%33,720100%

Country of birth

Top Countries of Birth - 2011 and 2021 [15] [16]
Country of birth2011 number2021 number
Flag of England.svg  England 83,23087,350
Flag of India.svg  India 11,54417,107
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 11,24414,418
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 8,3418,912
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 4673,551
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2,1831,940
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1,2191,385
Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 1,2471,336
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 6211,125
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 8281,064
UK born and foreign born in Slough in 2021. Males and females representing the UK born population while foreign males and females representing the foreign born population. UK born and foreign born in Slough in 2021.svg
UK born and foreign born in Slough in 2021. Males and females representing the UK born population while foreign males and females representing the foreign born population.

Languages

Top 10 main languages spoken in Slough according to 2011 census and 2021 census are shown below. [17]

RankLanguage20112021
Usual residents aged 3+Usual residents aged 3+
1 English 96,508110,212
2 Punjabi 8,2479,527
3 Polish 8,2497,724
4 Urdu 6,5686,497
5 Romanian 4013,275
6 Tamil 8601,224
7 Hindi 8251,148
8 Telugu 2751,066
9 Arabic 703983
10 Somali 938772

Religion

Religious makeup of Slough by single year age groups in 2021 Religious makeup of Slough by single year age groups in 2021.svg
Religious makeup of Slough by single year age groups in 2021

The following table shows the religion of respondents in the 2001, 2011 and 2021 censuses [18] in Slough. With Slough having one of the highest British Asian communities in Britain, the British Muslim, British Hindus and Sikh communities are all overrepresented compared to the national average.

Religion2001 [19] 2011 [20] 2021 [21]
Number%Number%Number%
Christian63,99353.75%57,72641.17%50,66431.96%
Buddhist2940.25%7430.53%7760.5%
Hindu5,3404.48%8,6436.16%12,3437.79%
Jewish1390.12%870.06%850.1%
Muslim15,89713.35%32,65523.29%46,66129.44%
Sikh10,8209.09%14,88910.62%17,98511.35%
Any Other religion3580.30%4820.34%7160.5%
No religion13,06110.97%17,02412.14%20,72613.08%
Religion not stated9,1657.70%7,9565.67%8,5445.39%
Total119,067100.00%140,205100.00%158,500100.00%

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