Reading postcode area Census 2021

83.3% people are white, 9.1% people are asian, 3.2% people are mixed.
45.5% are Christian, 39.7% have no religion, 6.0% provided no answer.
39.3% households have 1 car, 33.5% households have 2 cars, 14.9% households have no car.

Reading population ethnic group

Ethnicity	Reading postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Asian	9.1%	9.3%
Black	2.9%	4.0%
Mixed	3.2%	2.9%
Other	1.5%	2.1%
White	83.3%	81.7%

Reading population health

Health	Reading postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
very good	52.2%	48.4%
good	34.1%	33.6%
average	10.4%	12.7%
poor	2.6%	4.0%
very poor	0.7%	1.2%

Reading population religion

Religion	Reading postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Buddhist	0.8%	0.5%
Christian	45.5%	46.2%
Hindu	3.0%	1.7%
Jewish	0.2%	0.5%
Muslim	3.6%	6.5%
No answer	6.0%	6.0%
No religion	39.7%	37.2%
Other	0.7%	0.9%
Sikh	0.5%	0.6%

Reading population economic activity

Economic activity	Reading postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
Employee	52.4%	46.0%
Empl. owner w/ empl.	1.4%	1.5%
Empl. self, no empl.	8.4%	7.9%
Empl. student	1.5%	1.7%
Inactive home,family	4.2%	4.8%
Inactive sick,other	4.8%	7.3%
Retired	19.6%	21.6%
Student, no work	5.2%	6.3%
Unemployed	2.5%	2.8%

Reading car availability in a household

On average, there are 1.44 cars per household in Reading postcode area. In England and Wales it's 1.23 cars per household.

Number of cars in a household	Reading postcode area	England & Wales (UK)
No car	14.9%	23.3%
1 car	39.3%	41.3%
2 cars	33.5%	26.2%
3+ cars	12.3%	9.2%

Reading household deprivation

A : very good .. E : very bad. A : household is not deprived, B : deprived in 1 dimension, ... E : household is deprived in all four dimensions (education, employment, health, housing).