This is a list of settlements in Berkshire by population based on the results of the 2021 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2031. In 2021, there were 21 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Berkshire, shown in the table below.

Population ranking

#SettlementBorough/DistrictPopulation2001201120211ReadingReading206,060218,705300,8002SloughSlough133,860155,298200,0543BracknellBracknell Forest74,09077,25695,0234MaidenheadWindsor and Maidenhead57,93063,58077,0125WokinghamWokingham42,19042,72845,9236NewburyWest Berkshire34,67038,76242,9877WoodleyWokingham34,20035,47037,9838WindsorWindsor and Maidenhead28,44331,22535,0009ThatchamWest Berkshire23,55026,01732,45610SandhurstBracknell Forest20,67020,49528,91311CrowthorneBracknell Forest14,21014,26315,65412Ascot/North AscotBracknell Forest9,48010,22713,00013TwyfordWokingham7,0357,53312,10114Wraysbury/Old WindsorWindsor and Maidenhead7,0087,37710,05515Sunninghill/South Ascot**Windsor and Maidenhead6,5387,04210,00016Burghfield CommonWest Berkshire5,6175,9327,00017Sunningdale**Windsor and Maidenhead4,8755,3477,45918CookhamWindsor and Maidenhead4,9175,1087,42119HungerfordWest Berkshire4,9385,1007,01220DatchetWindsor and Maidenhead4,6464,9135,98721EarleyWokingham3,6463,9455,64622HolyportWindsor and Maidenhead2,0002,0223,04123SonningWokingham1,9331,9372,01124LambournWest Berkshire1,3001,5672,06625ThealeWest Berkshire1,0021,3571,553 ** Ward count

Notes

Historical County Population ranking

#SettlementBorough/DistrictPopulationNotes200120111ReadingReading206,060218,7052BracknellBracknell Forest74,09077,2563MaidenheadWindsor and Maidenhead57,93063,5804WokinghamWokingham42,19042,7285NewburyWest Berkshire34,67038,762 6 Abingdon-on-Thames Vale of White Horse 37,931 In Berkshire until 1974.7 Didcot South Oxfordshire 32,183 200 dwellings in the south-east of the town lie in neighbouring East Hagbourne parish. In Berkshire until 1974.8WindsorWindsor and Maidenhead28,44331,2259ThatchamWest Berkshire23,55026,01710SandhurstBracknell Forest20,67020,49511CrowthorneBracknell Forest14,21014,263 12 Wantage Vale of White Horse 13,106 In Berkshire until 1974.13Ascot/North AscotBracknell Forest9,48010,227 14 Faringdon Vale of White Horse 8,627 Great Faringdon civil parish, in Berkshire until 1974. 15 Wallingford South Oxfordshire 8,455 In Berkshire until 1974.16TwyfordWokingham7,0357,53317Wraysbury/Old WindsorWindsor and Maidenhead7,0087,37718Sunninghill/South Ascot**Windsor and Maidenhead6,5387,04219Burghfield CommonWest Berkshire5,6175,93220Sunningdale**Windsor and Maidenhead4,8755,34721CookhamWindsor and Maidenhead4,9175,10822HungerfordWest Berkshire4,9385,10023DatchetWindsor and Maidenhead4,6464,91324SonningWindsor and Maidenhead1,101 See also Berkshire List of settlements in Oxfordshire by population List of towns and cities in England by population

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