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Bracknell Forest Council

Local authority area: Bracknell Forest

Bracknell Forest is an unitary authority, in the South East England region of England. It covers 109.4 km² and had 126,881 residents in 2022 — about 1,160 people per km². The authority dates from 1894. The council is based in Bracknell.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Bracknell Forest, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022126,881+10.2% since 2012

Land area109.4km²42.2 sq mi

Density1,160/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#246of 382 UK councils · #209 in England

Population estimates5 data points

115.1K119K121.7K124.6K126.9K

20122015201820212022

History

How the council came to be

1894
Created
Bracknell Forest became a local authority area.

Abroad

Twinned with

Leverkusen

Same region, same type

Other unitary authorities in South East

All councils in South East

Buckinghamshire560,409 City of Milton Keynes292,180 Medway282,702 Brighton and Hove277,965 City of Southampton252,689 City of Portsmouth208,420 Wokingham180,967 Reading174,820 West Berkshire162,215 Slough159,182 Windsor and Maidenhead154,738 Isle of Wight140,794

Elections

15 electoral wards

Census 2021: 124,598 residents in 50,251 households across the wards; 15.1% aged 65+, 66.8% of homes owned, 11.5% of households without a car.

1Binfield South & Jennett's Park4,195 households · 9.2% aged 65+10,722 2Sandhurst4,284 households · 20.1% aged 65+10,506 3Harmans Water & Crown Wood4,198 households · 13.7% aged 65+10,004 4Winkfield & Warfield East4,024 households · 19.9% aged 65+9,872 5Owlsmoor & College Town3,454 households · 15.3% aged 65+9,706 6Great Hollands3,591 households · 16.3% aged 65+9,519

All wards of Bracknell Forest

Visit

Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CBracknell Forest CouncilCouncil office · Bracknell RG12 1JD · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Bracknell · 14 wards Maidenhead · 5 wards

Source: Wikidata Q896725 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.