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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
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Slough Slough () is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Thames Valley, west of central London and north-east of Reading, at the intersection of the M4, M40 and M25 motorways. It is part of the historic county of Buckinghamshire. In 2021, the ...
grew from the
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of
Upton-cum-Chalvey Upton is a suburb of Slough, in the Slough district, in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. Until the local government reforms of 1974 it was in Buckinghamshire. It was one of the villages that developed into the town. History The Dom ...
,
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,
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. The populations given below are for the successive institutional areas of the principal local government level that could be recognised as Slough, now in
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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 White British is an ethnicity classification used for the White population identifying as English, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, Northern Irish, or British in the United Kingdom Census. In the 2011 census, the White British population was 49 ...
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,
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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
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who surpassed
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in 2011 as the largest Asian group.
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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. Notes for table above


Ethnicity of school pupils

Since statistics on the ethnicity of school pupils have been collected,
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students, the majority being the native
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, have been in the minority. As such Slough schools were in a majority-minority state in-till 2018 when
Asian British British Asians (also referred to as Asian Britons) are British people of Asian descent. They constitute a significant and growing minority of the people living in the United Kingdom, with a population of 5.76 million people or 8.6% of the popu ...
pupils became the majority, of which had surpassed White students in the mid-2000s. In the
Asian British British Asians (also referred to as Asian Britons) are British people of Asian descent. They constitute a significant and growing minority of the people living in the United Kingdom, with a population of 5.76 million people or 8.6% of the popu ...
multi-ethnic group,
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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.


Country of birth

File:Slough UK born population pyramid in 2021.svg, UK born File:Slough foreign born population pyramid in 2021.svg, Foreign born: Total


Languages

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


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 British Asians (also referred to as Asian Britons) are British people of Asian people, Asian descent. They constitute a significant and growing minority of the people living in the United Kingdom, with a population of 5.76 million people or 8.6 ...
communities in Britain, the
British Muslim Islam is the second-largest religion in the United Kingdom, with results from the 2021 Census recording just under four million Muslims, or 6.0% of the total population in the United Kingdom. London has the largest population and greatest p ...
, British Hindus and Sikh communities are all overrepresented compared to the national average.


See also

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Demographics of England The demography of England has since 1801 been measured by the decennial national census, and is marked by centuries of population growth and urbanization. Due to the lack of authoritative contemporary sources, estimates of the population of ...
* Demographics of London * Demographics of Birmingham * Demographics of Greater Manchester *
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List of English districts by population This is a list of the districts of England ordered by population, according to estimated figures for from the Office for National Statistics. The list consists of 164 non-metropolitan districts, 32 London boroughs, 36 metropolitan boroughs, 6 ...
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List of English districts and their ethnic composition This is a list of districts of England showing their ethnic composition as recorded in the 2021 census. There were 309 English districts at the time of the 2021 census. Census respondents were asked, 'What is your ethnic group? Choose section ...
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List of English districts by area This is a list of the districts of England ordered by area, according to Standard Area Measurements published by the Office for National Statistics. The area is defined as 'area to mean high water excluding inland water'. The list consists of 1 ...
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List of English districts by population density This is a list of the districts of England ordered by population density, according to estimated figures for from the Office for National Statistics. The list consists of 164 non-metropolitan districts, 32 London boroughs, 36 metropolitan bor ...


References

{{Berkshire Slough
Slough Slough () is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Thames Valley, west of central London and north-east of Reading, at the intersection of the M4, M40 and M25 motorways. It is part of the historic county of Buckinghamshire. In 2021, the ...
Slough Slough () is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Thames Valley, west of central London and north-east of Reading, at the intersection of the M4, M40 and M25 motorways. It is part of the historic county of Buckinghamshire. In 2021, the ...