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Reading Borough Council

Local authority area: Reading

Reading is an unitary authority, in the South East England region of England. It covers 40.4 km² and had 174,820 residents in 2022 — about 4,327 people per km². The authority dates from 1835. The council is based in Reading.

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Town hall in the administrative centreReading Civic Centre

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Reading, 2012–2022.

Residents, 2022174,820+11.3% since 2012

Land area40.4km²15.6 sq mi

Density4,327/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#159of 382 UK councils · #141 in England

Population estimates4 data points

157.1K161.7K163.2K174.8K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1835
Created
Reading became a local authority area.

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 West Berkshire162,215 Slough159,182 Windsor and Maidenhead154,738 Isle of Wight140,794 Bracknell Forest126,881

Elections

16 electoral wards

Census 2021: 174,219 residents in 67,683 households across the wards; 12.0% aged 65+, 50.4% of homes owned, 28.4% of households without a car.

1Redlands4,593 households · 7.3% aged 65+14,714 2Church4,210 households · 11.9% aged 65+12,161 3Katesgrove4,641 households · 6.5% aged 65+11,931 4Whitley4,512 households · 10.5% aged 65+11,508 5Battle4,327 households · 6.4% aged 65+11,445 6Park3,822 households · 9.9% aged 65+11,445

All wards of Reading

Visit

Council offices

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

CBrighter Futures for ChildrenCouncil office · Reading RG1 2LU · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Reading Central · 12 wards Reading West and Mid Berkshire · 5 wards Earley and Woodley · 3 wards

Source: Wikidata Q21496716 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.