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Maidenhead Demographics/Ethnicity:

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At the 2011 Census, the population of Maidenhead was 62,470 (excluding its suburbs of Bisham and Cookham and Hurley and Walthams). The town differs from the Parliamentary constituency of Maidenhead, which includes a number of outer suburbs and villages (including parts of Wokingham and Reading) such as Twyford, Charvil, Remenham, Ruscombe and Wargrave.

At the 2011 Census, 25% of Maidenhead’s population was from a Non-White British background. Those from Asian backgrounds (predominantly Pakistani and Indian) form the largest ethnic minority group in the town at 13%. This is over 1.7 times higher than the UK average. The Pakistani population is concentrated heavily within the wards of Maidenhead Riverside, Furze Platt, Belmont, Boyn Hill and Oldfield. In particular areas within Maidenhead Riverside (North Town for example), those from Pakistani backgrounds account for 52.7% of residents. The highest concentration of Indian residents is within Boyn Hill and Belmont.

The second-largest minority group is ‘White Other’ at 8%, over 1.8 times higher than nationally. The largest communities accounting for this group include Irish, Polish, Other Western European, European Mixed, Italian).

Within the wider borough (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead), over 80 different languages are spoken, with the two most common non-English languages being Punjabi and Polish.

Top 3 Maidenhead Wards by BAME (Non-White British) population:

Boyne Hill - 35.9% St Mary's (new ward) - 34.5% Riverside - 32.5%

Religion: Christian 63.3% Sikh - 2.5% Hindu - 2.5% Muslim - 6.7% Buddhist - 0.6% Jewish - 0.4% No Religion - 24%

Maidenhead IMD (Indices of Multiple Deprivation):

Although the town is affluent, there are small pockets of deprivation that exist, particularly within the wards of Maidenhead Riverside, Furze Platt, Belmont, Oldfield, and Pinkneys Green. In the 2010 IMD for example, the most deprived LSOA (Lower Layer Super Output Area) in Maidenhead, was in North Town, which ranked 9063/32482, or within the 28% most deprived nationally.