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Census Data for Bracknell Forest on Health Related Matters

Meeting: 21/02/2023 - Health and Wellbeing Board (Item 93)

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To provide headline information on key demographic and socio-economic changes that have occurred in Bracknell according to the 2021 Census which will impact on service and other plans of all agencies.

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Minutes:

The Board was provided with the headline information on key demographic and socio-economic changes that had occurred in Bracknell Forest according to the 2021 Census which would impact on service and other plans of all agencies.

 

The detailed report outlining the key findings from the 2021 census compared with those from the 2011 census was received by the Board and included the following:

 

·       The population of Bracknell had increased by 10% to 124,608 in 2021.

·       The age structure included an 18.5% increase in the 4-15 year old age group and 26.2% in the elder population (50+).  Bracknell Forest still had a younger population than the rest of the South East, however, there had been a 33% increase in the population of the 65+ age group – something that wasn’t uncommon with people living for longer.

·       Those in the population affiliated to no religion was 40.4% which was a 11.9% increase from 2011.  This was a similar increase to in England as a whole.

·       There had been a slight increase in English proficiency of around 1.3%.

 

The Board found the census data useful and noted the changes in the overall population structure and the related demographic and socio-economic attributes.  Agencies were advised to take due cognisance of these changes in their service planning and delivery.

 

A question was raised of “What Next” to do with this data.  Agencies were advised that they would be doing further analysis and would be sharing the detail to organisations to place on their own websites.  It was suggested that the JSNA website would be a good place to start.  

 

Particularly for some agencies it would be useful to know more about the levels of deprivation in certain areas.  However, it was noted that that from 4 May 2023, the Electoral Commission was changing the ward boundaries, and this may make comparison data slightly less reliable.


 

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Email: committee@bracknell-forest.gov.uk