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Census reveals Wokingham's population is slow growing

By Julie Spencer
July 18, 2012

The population of Wokingham is growing more slowly than almost all parts of the South East.

Census figures released this week reveal the population of Wokingham borough rose by 2.7 per cent in a decade – compared with a regional average of eight per cent.

Results of the census taken on March 27 last year and released by the Office for National Statistics showed that 154,300 people now live in Wokingham.

At the time of the previous census in 2001, 150,300 people lived in the borough.

Only Adar in West Sussex, the local authority area with the smallest population, ranked below Wokingham with a 2.5 per cent increase in population over the decade.

Census data is used to plan housing, roads, schools and healthcare provision and anyone who refused to be counted risked a fine of up to £1,000 and a criminal record.

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@ Fluffball, Berkshire "It does feel like there has been losts of house building going on, but I suspect there are areas of Wokingham that have had next to no building...Hurst and Barkham come to mind."

Sorry should have also added this link showing where the WBC Strategic development locations are:

http://www.warag.org/google-earth-map

It's quite enlightening...

Local Woky, Wokingham
18/07/2012 at 17:12

The total number of empty homes within the Wokingham area is currently 529 (information available under the FOI) maybe WBC could use some of them before allowing developers to build on greenfields. Just a thought.

http://www.emptyhomes.com/

Local Woky, Wokingham
18/07/2012 at 17:05

Sadly, I suspect that will target Wokingham for more house building.

It's not far off Bracknell who have increased by 3.2%, so fairly typical for the area.

It does feel like there has been losts of house building going on, but I suspect there are areas of Wokingham that have had next to no building...Hurst and Barkham come to mind.

Fluffball, Berkshire
18/07/2012 at 15:45

*Insert ignorant, hysterical, Daily Mail-inspired rant about immigration here".

Megaman
18/07/2012 at 13:44

Hear, hear.

Damiano_Tommassi, Wokingham
18/07/2012 at 13:31

That presumably means that there is no need for the huge housing developments that are being planned surrounding the town. A 2.5 percent rise in population can be entirely handled by small piece meal developments using brown field sites and in filling.