Bracknell Forest

Key figures

16 of 16 measures have a published figure for Bracknell Forest. Each figure is the publisher’s own, for the period named beside it.

Why the population is changing

The ONS breaks the year’s population change into its components (Year to mid-2025). These are its published figures for Bracknell Forest, not our estimates.

• 1,346 births and 906 deaths: natural change added 440 people.
• Moves within the UK (net) added 1,057 people.
• International migration (net) added 118 people.
• The ONS’s balancing item (“Other”, mainly armed forces and prisoner adjustments) added 28.
• Altogether the population grew by 1,643 over the year (the sum of the components above — our addition of the ONS’s published figures).

Each component is a series in its own right: births, deaths, moves within the UK and international migration.

Population change, year by year

The same decomposition for every published year in Bracknell Forest: births and deaths, net moves within the UK, net international migration, and the ONS’s balancing item.

Years to mid-2024 are the ONS’s rebased back series, made consistent with Census 2021 — its figures deliberately differ from the estimates published at the time. Every cell is a published figure; the total is the sum of net moves, natural change and other, which is our addition. A dash is a year the source does not publish for this area, never a zero.

Rates per 1,000 residents

The same population flows, adjusted for Bracknell Forest’s size, so they can be compared with any other area’s: each year’s flow divided by the population that mid-year, times 1,000.

A Civometry calculation, not a published figure: ONS publishes these flows and the population, but not the rates. Net rates are signed — below zero means more left than arrived. Rates are crude, not age-standardised, so areas with very different age structures still differ for reasons size cannot remove. Each link shows the full recipe and every year.

Pay against housing costs

How pay in Bracknell Forest moved over its latest published year, beside how the cost of buying and renting moved over theirs. The three series come from different publishers on different timetables, so each row covers its own year, named in the row.

Pay rose faster than both the house price and the rent over these periods.

Levels are the publishers’ own (ONS ASHE median annual pay for full-time employees living in the area; HM Land Registry UK House Price Index; ONS Price Index of Private Rents). The percentage changes are Civometry arithmetic on the two published values in each row. Pay is a survey of employees and says nothing about a particular household; one year is weather, not climate.

Who runs the council

Labour minority administration (2026) — Labour 18, Conservative 10, Liberal Democrat 7, Other and independent 4, Green 2 of 41 seats.

Since 2016: Conservative (2016–2022); Labour (2023–2025); Labour minority administration (2026)

Not an official statistic. Compiled by Open Council Data UK, an independent project, not by any government department: no official body publishes council political control. Councils are matched to GSS codes by name here; county councils and districts abolished before the current boundaries are not included. This is the one dataset on the site that is not read from an official publication, and every page that shows it says so. Source: Open Council Data UK (CC0).

Between the censuses

How Bracknell Forest’s religion, ethnic-group and country-of-birth make-up changed between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, category by category. The two censuses compared.

Crime

8,501 recorded offences in the 12 months to June 2026, 64.3 per 1,000 residents. Full crime profile, by category and month.

Published for this area

• Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 3.1% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£43,206
• Births by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,346people
• Census 2011 country of birthCensus 2011 · ONS, published 30 January 2013113,205people
• Census 2021 country of birthCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 November 2022124,607people
• Census 2011 ethnic group (detailed)Census 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026113,205people
• Census 2021 ethnic group (detailed)Census 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026124,605people
• Census 2011 ethnic group (five broad groups)Census 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026113,205people
• Census 2021 ethnic group (five broad groups)Census 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026124,605people
• Census 2021 ethnic group by age bandCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026124,612people
• Census 2011 usual residentsCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026113,205people
• Census 2021 usual residentsCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026124,607people
• Census 2011 religionCensus 2011 · ONS, published 2 September 2026113,205people
• Census 2021 religionCensus 2021 · ONS, published 2 September 2026124,607people
• People claiming unemployment-related benefitsJuly 2026 · up 2.4% on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20262,315people
• Claimants as a proportion of residents aged 16 to 64July 2026 · unchanged 0.0 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 18 August 20262.7%
• Band D council tax by billing authorityYear ending March 2027 · up 5.1% on a year earlier · MHCLG, published 25 March 2026£2,265
• Deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026906people
• Mean domestic electricity consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 18 December 20253,656kWh a year
• Employment deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 20257.3%
• Mean domestic gas consumption per meter2024 · DESNZ, published 5 May 202611,634kWh a year
• House price annual changeJune 2026 · down 2.5 points on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026-0.2%
• Average house priceJune 2026 · down 0.2% on a year earlier · HM Land Registry, published 20 August 2026£396,103
• Deprivation: IMD average score2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202510.1
• Deprivation: share of small areas in England's most deprived tenth2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 20250%
• Income deprivation rate2025 · MHCLG, published 17 November 202513.3%
• Net internal migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,057people
• International migration into a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 20261,025people
• Net international migration by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026118people
• International migration out of a local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026907people
• Births minus deaths by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 2026440people
• Other population change by local authorityYear to mid-2025 · ONS, published 29 July 202628people
• Population by local authorityMid-2024 · up 1.3% on a year earlier · ONS, published 26 September 2025130,806people
• Private rent annual changeJuly 2026 · down 1.3 points on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 20261.8%
• Average private rent a monthJuly 2026 · up 1.8% on a year earlier · ONS, published 19 August 2026£1,456
• Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence2025 · up 6.3% on a year earlier · ONS, published 23 October 2025£862

National figures that apply here

These are not measured for Bracknell Forest; they are the figure for the nation or the UK, shown because they apply to everyone in it.

• Average Band D council tax (England average)Year ending March 2027 · up 4.9%£2,392
• Unemployment rate (UK)2026 Q2 · up 0.2 points4.9%
• Universal Credit caseload (Great Britain)Year ending March 2025 · up 16.3%5,473,000households
• Persistent absence (England)2024/25 academic year · down 1.8 points18.1%
• Average annual electricity bill (UK)2025 · down 1.3%£1,069

Then and now

The first and last years published for Bracknell Forest, and the difference between the two. Both figures are published for this area; the difference is those two numbers subtracted, which you can check by hand.

• £1,716Year ending March 2021→£2,265Year ending March 2027

  Band D council tax by billing authority

  In Bracknell Forest, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,716 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,265 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £549 or 32.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

  How this figure was worked out

  £2,265 in the year ending March 2027 − £1,716 in the year ending March 2021 = £549, which is 32.0% of the figure for the year ending March 2021.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 2,264.80 and 1,716.03, and 2,264.80 − 1,716.03 = 548.77.

  7 published years spanning 6 years, from MHCLG. Years before the current series come from Band D council tax by billing authority, 2020-21 to 2024-25, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Bracknell Forest, band D council tax by billing authority rose from £1,716 in the year ending March 2021 to £2,265 in the year ending March 2027, a change of £549 or 32.0%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (MHCLG).

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• £29,0142008→£43,2062025

  Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Bracknell Forest, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £29,014 in 2008 to £43,206 in 2025, a change of £14,192 or 48.9%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £43,206 in 2025 − £29,014 in 2008 = £14,192, which is 48.9% of the figure for 2008.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Bracknell Forest, median annual pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £29,014 in 2008 to £43,206 in 2025, a change of £14,192 or 48.9%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• £5382008→£8622025

  Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence

  In Bracknell Forest, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £538 in 2008 to £862 in 2025, a change of £324 or 60.2%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  £862 in 2025 − £538 in 2008 = £324, which is 60.2% of the figure for 2008.

  The two ends are rounded for display. The published figures are 862.40 and 538.20, and 862.40 − 538.20 = 324.20.

  18 published years spanning 17 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence, 2002 to 2023, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure. Cash terms: these are the amounts as published, not adjusted for inflation.

  In Bracknell Forest, median weekly pay, full-time employees, by area of residence rose from £538 in 2008 to £862 in 2025, a change of £324 or 60.2%, in cash terms, not adjusted for inflation (ONS).

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• 251Year to mid-2012→1,057Year to mid-2025

  Net internal migration by local authority

  In Bracknell Forest, net internal migration by local authority rose from 251 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,057 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 806 or 321.1% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,057 in Year to mid-2025 − 251 in Year to mid-2012 = 806, which is 321.1% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Internal migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Bracknell Forest, net internal migration by local authority rose from 251 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,057 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 806 or 321.1% (ONS).

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• 865Year to mid-2012→1,025Year to mid-2025

  International migration into a local authority

  In Bracknell Forest, international migration into a local authority rose from 865 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,025 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 160 or 18.5% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,025 in Year to mid-2025 − 865 in Year to mid-2012 = 160, which is 18.5% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration in by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Bracknell Forest, international migration into a local authority rose from 865 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,025 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 160 or 18.5% (ONS).

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• 657Year to mid-2012→907Year to mid-2025

  International migration out of a local authority

  In Bracknell Forest, international migration out of a local authority rose from 657 in Year to mid-2012 to 907 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 250 or 38.1% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  907 in Year to mid-2025 − 657 in Year to mid-2012 = 250, which is 38.1% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration out by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Bracknell Forest, international migration out of a local authority rose from 657 in Year to mid-2012 to 907 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 250 or 38.1% (ONS).

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• 208Year to mid-2012→118Year to mid-2025

  Net international migration by local authority

  In Bracknell Forest, net international migration by local authority fell from 208 in Year to mid-2012 to 118 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 90 or 43.3% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  118 in Year to mid-2025 − 208 in Year to mid-2012 = −90, which is 43.3% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from International migration net by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Bracknell Forest, net international migration by local authority fell from 208 in Year to mid-2012 to 118 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 90 or 43.3% (ONS).

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• 1,599Year to mid-2012→1,346Year to mid-2025

  Births by local authority

  In Bracknell Forest, births by local authority fell from 1,599 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,346 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 253 or 15.8% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  1,346 in Year to mid-2025 − 1,599 in Year to mid-2012 = −253, which is 15.8% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Births by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Bracknell Forest, births by local authority fell from 1,599 in Year to mid-2012 to 1,346 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 253 or 15.8% (ONS).

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• 746Year to mid-2012→906Year to mid-2025

  Deaths by local authority

  In Bracknell Forest, deaths by local authority rose from 746 in Year to mid-2012 to 906 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 160 or 21.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  906 in Year to mid-2025 − 746 in Year to mid-2012 = 160, which is 21.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Deaths by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Bracknell Forest, deaths by local authority rose from 746 in Year to mid-2012 to 906 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 160 or 21.4% (ONS).

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• 853Year to mid-2012→440Year to mid-2025

  Births minus deaths by local authority

  In Bracknell Forest, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 853 in Year to mid-2012 to 440 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 413 or 48.4% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  440 in Year to mid-2025 − 853 in Year to mid-2012 = −413, which is 48.4% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Natural change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Bracknell Forest, births minus deaths by local authority fell from 853 in Year to mid-2012 to 440 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 413 or 48.4% (ONS).

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• 92Year to mid-2012→28Year to mid-2025

  Other population change by local authority

  In Bracknell Forest, other population change by local authority fell from 92 in Year to mid-2012 to 28 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 64 or 69.6% (ONS).

  How this figure was worked out

  28 in Year to mid-2025 − 92 in Year to mid-2012 = −64, which is 69.6% of the figure for Year to mid-2012.

  14 published years spanning 13 years, from ONS. Years before the current series come from Other population change by local authority, 2012 to 2024, held as a separate series so the two are never mixed inside one figure.

  In Bracknell Forest, other population change by local authority fell from 92 in Year to mid-2012 to 28 in Year to mid-2025, a change of 64 or 69.6% (ONS).

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Compare Bracknell Forest with another place

Every figure both areas publish, side by side, from its own publisher with the period named:

• Bracknell Forest and Birmingham
• Bracknell Forest and Leeds
• Bracknell Forest and North Yorkshire
• Bracknell Forest and Somerset
• Bracknell Forest and Cornwall
• Bracknell Forest and Buckinghamshire

Or open any two areas as /compare/places/<area>/<area> — the address carries the whole comparison.

Nearby areas

The closest other local authorities, each with its own report card and a side-by-side comparison:

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Areas like Bracknell Forest

The local authorities whose published rents, pay, house prices, council tax and claimant count sit closest to Bracknell Forest’s, wherever they are in the UK. Computed from the figures, not curated.

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• Maldon · compare

Since you moved here

Pick the year you arrived, and see what every series published for Bracknell Forest said then and says now, with the periods named. Bracknell Forest since you moved here, or read the whole run year by year.

Where these figures come from

Every figure above is published by the body named here, for the release named here. Figures marked as a Civometry calculation are arithmetic on those published figures and are not official statistics.

Not yet published here

Income, employment, benefits by area, health, education and religion for Bracknell Forest are on the way where an open official source exists; where one does not, the data gaps register says why. Local claimant counts are behind a login.