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Located
in the South East of England, Reading's economy revolves
around the service sector and leading edge technology
services; it is also one of the biggest insurance and
business service centres in the country. Nearby major
roads include the M4, M40, M3 and M25. Reading mainline
railway station runs services into London Paddington
and London Waterloo. The town is situated about 30
miles from London Heathrow Airport, c58 miles from
London Luton Airport and c66 miles from London Gatwick
Airport.
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Urban Area
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District
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GB
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Population
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Resident 2001
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232,662.0
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143,096
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57,103,927
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Resident 1991
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213,073
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128,877
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54,888,844
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Urban Area
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District
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GB
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Households
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2001 Total
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91,597.0
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57,877
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23,852,721
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1991 Total
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83,019
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52,172
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21,897,322
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Population within 10km of Centre
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297,151
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(1994 estimate)
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Population within 20km of Centre
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642,720
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(1994 estimate)
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Urban Area
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District
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GB
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2001 1991
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2001 1991
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2001 1991
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% Total Population Male
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50.2 49.66
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50.4 49.48
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48.6 48.42
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% Total Population Female
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49.8 50.34
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49.6 50.52
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51.4 51.58
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Note: Care must be taken
when interpreting intercensal population change, as there
have been changes in definition between 1991 and 2001,
and the 2001 counts have been adjusted to account for under-enumeration.
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UA
2001 Age Structure
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GB
2001 Age Structure
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2001 Census Data - Population
by Age
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Age (%)
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Urban Area
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District
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GB
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0-04
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6.1
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6.2
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5.9
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05-09
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6.3
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6.0
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6.3
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10-19
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12.8
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12.1
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12.8
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20-29
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17.4
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20.1
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12.6
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30-44
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24.2
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23.8
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22.6
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45-59
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17.1
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15.4
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19.0
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60-64
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4.1
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3.8
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4.9
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65-74
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6.6
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6.5
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8.4
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75 and over
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5.5
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6.1
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7.5
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All Ages
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232,662.0
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143,096
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57,103,927
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UA
1991 Age Structure
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GB
1991 Age Structure
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Age Structure 1991 (%)
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Urban Area
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District
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GB
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0 - 4
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7.2
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7.1
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6.6
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5 - 15
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13.6
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12.8
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13.5
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16 - 17
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2.5
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2.3
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2.5
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18 - 29
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21.8
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23.5
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18.2
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30 - 44
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22.9
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21.0
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21.2
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45 - Pensionable age
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18.0
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17.1
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19.3
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Pension - 74
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8.7
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9.9
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11.7
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75 and Over
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5.3
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6.4
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7.0
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CACI Lifestyle Groups
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Urban Area
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GB
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Wealthy Executives
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23.47
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8.60
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Affluent Greys
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3.37
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7.70
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Flourishing Families
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14.02
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8.80
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Prosperous Professionals
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4.04
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2.20
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Educated Urbanites
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3.67
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4.60
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Aspiring Singles
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3.62
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3.90
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Starting Out
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5.51
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2.50
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Secure Families
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17.99
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15.50
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Settled Surburbia
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2.37
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6.00
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Prudent Pensioners
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2.10
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2.60
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Asian Communities
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0.22
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1.60
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Post-Industrial Families
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5.34
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4.80
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Blue-collar Roots
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2.35
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8.00
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Struggling Families
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8.06
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14.10
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Burdened Singles
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1.36
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4.50
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High-Rise Hardship
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0.32
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1.60
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Inner City Adversity
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0.19
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2.10
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Unclassified
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2.01
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0.30
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Note: CACI data is based on the 2001 Census,
but updated annually to 2004
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Source: CACI Limited, CACI House, Kensington
Village, Avonmore Road, London W14 8TS (Tel: 0800 181 851;
Fax: 020 7603 5862) www.datadepot.co.uk
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Urban Area Class Groupings
2001
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GB Area Class Groupings 2001
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Class Groupings 2001 (%)
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District
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GB
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