Foreign-born population - Cities and FUAs in Reading
Reading: Foreign-born population - Cities and FUAs was 25.5 Percentage of population in 2021. β² Rising
Foreign-born population - Cities and FUAs in Reading, 2000β2021
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of population.
Analysis
In 2021, foreign-born population - cities and fuas in Reading stood at 25.5 Percentage of population.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign-born population - cities and fuas in Reading peaked at 27.9 Percentage of population in 2011 and was at its lowest, 12.8 Percentage of population, in 2002.
Reading ranks 59th of 554 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.44 Percentage of population | 12.8 Percentage of population | 25.8 Percentage of population | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.68 Percentage of population | 21.6 Percentage of population | 27.9 Percentage of population | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.1 Percentage of population | 25.5 Percentage of population | 26.7 Percentage of population | 2 |
More population data for Reading
- Heat stress - Cities and FUAs β Mean population exposure to heat 11.84 Days per year (2025)
- Population by age and sex - Cities and FUAs 182,907 Persons (2024)
- Population by citizenship - Cities and FUAs 15.2 Percentage of population (2021)
- Population and built-up density - Cities and FUAs β Urbanised area 9 Square kilometres (2030)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign-born population - cities and fuas in Reading?
- Foreign-born population - cities and fuas in Reading was 25.5 Percentage of population in 2021, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest foreign-born population - cities and fuas recorded in Reading?
- The highest recorded value was 27.9 Percentage of population in 2011.
- What is the lowest foreign-born population - cities and fuas recorded in Reading?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.8 Percentage of population in 2002.
- How does Reading rank for foreign-born population - cities and fuas?
- Reading ranks 59th out of 554 regions with data for 2021.
- Is foreign-born population - cities and fuas rising or falling in Reading?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Reading data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Foreign-born population - Cities and FUAs. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
<p align="justify">This dataset provides population counts for native and foreign-born population in OECD Functional Urban Areas (FUAs) and cities.</p> <h3>Data sources and methodology</h3> <p align="justify"> Population by origin data is collected at the level of small administrative units (e.g. municipalities) and aggregated at the FUA and city level. The correspondence table between SAUs and FUAs/cities is available in <a href=https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/cities_local_areas/fua_cities_sau_mapping.parquet>parquet </a> and <a href=https://webfs-cfe.oecd.org/files/.Stat/cities_local_areas/fua_cities_sau_mapping.csv>csv</a> format. <br /><br /> For more details on data sources for each country, please see <a href=https://doi.org/10.1787/a79b007d-en>Astruc-Le Souder et al. (2024)</a>. </p> <h3>Defining FUAs and cities</h3> <p align="justify">The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised <a href="https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/oecd-definition-of-cities-and-functional-urban-areas.html">definition of functional urban areas</a> (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns <a href=https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264174108-en>(OECD, 2012)</a>. FUAs consist of: <ol> <li><b>A city</b> β defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city.</li> <li><b>A commuting zone</b> β including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city.</li> </ol> The delineation process includes: <ul> <li>Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA.</li> <li>Excluding non-contiguous municipalities.</li> </ul> <p>The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries.</p> <h3>Cite this dataset</h3> <p>OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (<a href="http://data-explorer.oecd.org/s/yy">Foreign-born population - Cities and FUAs</a>),Β <a href="http://oe.cd/geostats">http://oe.cd/geostats</a></p> <h3>Further information</h3> <ul> <li> <a href=https://localdataportal.oecd.org/>OECD Local Data Portal </a> </li> <li> <a href=https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/oecd-regions-and-cities-at-a-glance-2024_f42db3bf-en.html/>OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance </a> </li> </ul> <p align="justify">For questions and/or comments, please email <a href="mailto:CitiesStat@oecd.org">CitiesStat@oecd.org</a>