Demographics of Slough

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

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.

Year Population Notes 1801 1,018p 153, The History of Slough, Maxwell Fraser, Slough Corporation, 1973 Parish of Upton-cum-Chalvey 1811 1,083 1821 1,268 1831 1,502 1841 2,296 1851 3,573 1861 4,688 1871 5,940 1881 7,030 1891 7,700 1901 11,453 Slough Urban District from 1894; area enlarged in 1900p 151, The History of Slough, Maxwell Fraser, Slough Corporation, 1973 1911 14,982 1921 16,392 1931 33,612 area enlarged in 1930/1931 1939 50,620 estimate (1941 census not taken due to World War II):Municipal Borough from 1938 1951 66,471 1961 80,781 1971 87,075 1981 96,512Office for National Statistics, downloaded 31 December 2006 Borough of Slough in Berkshire and area enlarged from 1974 1991 101,066 2001 119,070A Vision of Britain (Accessed 31 December 2006) Area enlarged in 1995: Unitary Authority from 1998 2011 140,200(Accessed 29 November 2013) Up 16.3% on the 2001 census, and 6.9% higher than the previous mid-2010 population estimate 2016 149,400 ONS - based on 2012 population trends

Ethnicity

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 estimations1981 estimations1991 censusData is taken from United Kingdom Casweb Data services of the United Kingdom 1991 Census on Ethnic Data for England, Scotland and Wales (Table 6)2001 census2011 census2021 censusNumber%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%White: Total78,36790%71,90877.2%73,74972%75,84363.70%64,05345.69%57,13435.9% White: British – ––– – – 69,441 58.32% 48,401 34.52%38,10124.0% White: Irish – –––3,2413.2% 2,489 2.09% 1,607 1.15%11430.7% White: Gypsy or Irish TravellerNew category created for the 2011 census – ––– – – – – 220 0.16%2370.1%White: Roma – ––– – – – – – –3570.2% White: Other – ––– – – 3,913 3.29% 13,825 9.86%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 – –990012941 16,719 14.04% 21,922 15.64%30,20919.1% Asian or Asian British: Pakistani – –63999428 14,360 12.06% 24,869 17.74%34,31721.7% Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi – –39101 171 0.14% 549 0.39%9100.6% Asian or Asian British: ChineseIn 2001, listed under the 'Chinese or other ethnic group' heading. – –205266 349 0.29% 797 0.57%5940.4% Asian or Asian British: Other Asian – –643925 2,022 1.70% 7,560 5.39%8,0635.1%Black or Black British: Total––3,2533,8916,0265.06%12,1158.64%11,9927.5% Black or Black British: Caribbean – –23612788 3,470 2.91% 3,096 2.21%2,7711.7% Black or Black British: African – –376429 2,275 1.91% 7,548 5.38%7,8154.9% Black or Black British: Other Black – –516674 281 0.24% 1,471 1.05%1,4060.9%Mixed: Total––––––2,7782.33%4,7583.39%6,3114% Mixed: White and Black Caribbean – ––– – – 1,116 0.94% 1,667 1.19%1,8541.2% Mixed: White and Black African – ––– – – 224 0.19% 607 0.43%8240.5% Mixed: White and Asian – ––– – – 845 0.71% 1,429 1.02%1,9451.2% Mixed: Other Mixed – ––– – – 593 0.50% 1,055 0.75%1,6881.1%Other: Total––8211,0997990.67%3,5822.55%8,9705.7% Other: ArabNew category created for the 2011 census – ––– – – – – 928 0.66%1,8261.2% Other: Any other ethnic group – ––––– 799 0.67% 2,654 1.89%7,1444.5%Ethnic minority8,70810%21,26022.8%28,65128%43,22436.3%76,15254.3%101,36664.1%Total87,075100%93,168 100%102,400100%119,067100%140,205100%158,500100%

Notes for table above

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 year2004200820122015/162019/202021/2022Number%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: British6,94040%5,15427.5%4,58121.8%4,30817.3%4,45313.6%4,08412.1%White: Irish2001581481140.5%1100.3%810.2%White: Traveller of Irish heritage102529340.0%250.1%220.1%White: Gypsy/Roma70541101580.6%2440.7%2400.7%White: Other4701,7191,9512,76211.1%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: Indian2,83016.3%3,28717.5%3,75820.0%4,48618.0%6,56520.1%7,26221.5%Asian / Asian British: Pakistani3,62020.9%4,16422.2%4,92323.4%6,19124.8%8,42025.8%8,68725.8%Asian / Asian British: Bangladeshi60921161490.6%2610.8%2560.8%Asian / Asian British: Chinese606360460.2%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: Caribbean3403623573321.3%3431.1%3391.0%Black: African6603.8%1,1336.0%1,4546.9%1,6586.6%1,8995.8%1,8475.5%Black: Other Blacks110911161600.6%2120.6%2310.7%Mixed / British Mixed1,0305.9%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 2021Country of birth2011 number2021 number83,23087,35011,54417,10711,24414,4188,3418,9124673,5512,1831,9401,2191,3851,2471,3366211,1258281,064

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

RankLanguage20112021 Usual residents aged 3+ Usual residents aged 3+ 1 English 96,508 110,212 2 Punjabi 8,247 9,527 3 Polish 8,249 7,724 4 Urdu 6,568 6,497 5 Romanian 401 3,275 6 Tamil 860 1,224 7 Hindi 825 1,148 8 Telugu 275 1,066 9 Arabic 703 983 10 Somali 938 772

Religion

The following table shows the religion of respondents in the 2001, 2011 and 2021 censuses 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.

Religion200120112021Number%Number%Number% Christian 63,993 53.75% 57,726 41.17%50,664 31.96% Buddhist 294 0.25% 743 0.53%776 0.5% Hindu 5,340 4.48% 8,643 6.16%12,343 7.79% Jewish 139 0.12% 87 0.06%85 0.1% Muslim 15,897 13.35% 32,655 23.29%46,661 29.44% Sikh 10,820 9.09% 14,889 10.62%17,985 11.35% Any Other religion 358 0.30% 482 0.34%716 0.5% No religion 13,061 10.97% 17,024 12.14%20,726 13.08% Religion not stated 9,165 7.70% 7,956 5.67%8,544 5.39% Total 119,067 100.00% 140,205 100.00%158,500100.00%

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