Demography of Bristol

Population density in the 2011 census in Bristol.

Bristol, England is the tenth most populous city in the United Kingdom.

Population

Bristol's total population, according to the 2011 UK census, was 428,234. The population density was 4,022 people per square km.

Ethnicity

The following table shows the ethnic group of respondents in the 2001 and 2011 censuses in Bristol.

Ethnic Group 2001[1] 2011[2]
Number % Number %
White: British 335,085 88.04% 333,432 77.86%
White: Irish 4,321 1.14% 3,851 0.90%
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller[note 1] 359 0.08%
White: Other 10,124 2.66% 21,950 5.13%
White: Total 349,530 91.83% 359,592 83.97%
Asian or Asian British: Indian 4,595 1.21% 6,547 1.53%
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani 4,050 1.06% 6,863 1.60%
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi 1,230 0.32% 2,104 0.49%
Asian or Asian British: Chinese[note 2] 2,149 0.56% 3,886 0.91%
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian 984 0.26% 4,255 0.99%
Asian or Asian British: Total 13,008 3.42% 23,655 5.52%
Black or Black British: Caribbean 5,585 1.47% 6,727 1.57%
Black or Black British: African 2,310 0.61% 12,085 2.82%
Black or Black British: Other Black 936 0.25% 6,922 1.62%
Black or Black British: Total 8,831 2.32% 25,734 6.01%
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean 3,871 1.02% 7,389 1.73%
Mixed: White and Black African 755 0.20% 1,533 0.36%
Mixed: White and Asian 1,652 0.43% 3,402 0.79%
Mixed: Other Mixed 1,656 0.44% 3,114 0.73%
Mixed: Total 7,934 2.08% 15,438 3.61%
Other: Arab[note 3] 1,272 0.30%
Other: Any other ethnic group 1,312 0.34% 2,543 0.59%
Other: Total 1,312 0.34% 3,815 0.89%
Total 380,615 100.00% 428,234 100.00%

Notes for table above

  1. New category created for the 2011 census
  2. In 2001, listed under the 'Chinese or other ethnic group' heading.
  3. New category created for the 2011 census
Distribution of ethnic groups in Bristol according to the 2011 census.
White 
White-British 
White-Irish 
White-Other 
Asian 
Asian-Indian 
Asian-Pakistani 
Asian-Bangladeshi 
Asian-Chinese 
Black 
Black-African 
Black-Caribbean 
Other-Arab 

Languages

The most common main languages spoken in Bristol according to the 2011 census are shown below.[3]

Rank Language Usual residents aged 3+ Proportion
1 English 374,709 91.46%
2 Polish 6,080 1.48%
3 Somali 5,004 1.22%
4 Urdu 1,432 0.35%
5 French 1,403 0.34%
6 Spanish 1,329 0.32%
7 Punjabi 1,306 0.32%
8 Arabic 1,103 0.27%
9 Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 983 0.24%
10 Italian 964 0.24%
11 Portuguese 850 0.21%
12 German 732 0.18%
13 Hungarian 664 0.16%
14 Malayalam 663 0.16%
15 Russian 536 0.13%
16 Tagalog/Filipino 531 0.13%
17 Kurdish 516 0.13%
18 Romanian 503 0.12%
19 Greek 494 0.12%
20 Slovak 493 0.12%
Other 9,403 2.30%

Religion

The following table shows the religion of respondents in the 2001 and 2011 censuses in Bristol.

Religion 2001[4] 2011[5]
Number % Number %
Christian 236,239 62.07% 200,254 46.76%
Buddhist 1,614 0.42% 2,549 0.60%
Hindu 2,131 0.56% 2,712 0.63%
Jewish 823 0.22% 777 0.18%
Muslim 7,664 2.01% 22,016 5.14%
Sikh 1,778 0.47% 2,133 0.50%
Other religion 1,740 0.46% 2,793 0.65%
No religion 93,322 24.52% 160,218 37.41%
Religion not stated 35,304 9.28% 34,782 8.12%
Total 380,615 100.00% 428,234 100.00%
Distribution of religions in Bristol according to the 2011 census.
Christianity 
Islam 
Judaism 
Hinduism 
Sikhism 
Buddhism 
Other religion 
No religion 

See also

References

  1. "2001 census - theme tables". NOMIS. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  2. "Download:local authorities: county / unitary". NOMIS. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  3. "Download:local authorities: county / unitary". NOMIS. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  4. "2001 census - theme tables". Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  5. "Download:local authorities: county / unitary". NOMIS. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, November 06, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.