Population overview
The Census is the most accurate data picture of ethnicity across the city, the last census was in 2011 and although there population projections from this on how ethnicity may change these become less reliable as time goes on. The next census is in 2021.
| Ethnicity | Category | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| White | White: British | 53.1% |
| White | White: Irish | 2.1% |
| White | White: Gypsy or Traveller | 0.0% |
| White | White: Other | 2.7% |
| White | Combined total | 57.9% |
| Asian | Asian: Indian | 6.0% |
| Asian | Asian: Pakistani | 13.5% |
| Asian | Asian: Bangladeshi | 3.0% |
| Asian | Asian: Chinese | 1.2% |
| Asian | Asian: Other | 2.9% |
| Asian | Combined total | 26.6% |
| Black | Black: Afrian | 2.8% |
| Black | Black Caribbean | 4.4% |
| Black | Black: Other | 1.7% |
| Black | Combined total | 9.0% |
| Other | Other: Arab | 1.0% |
| Other | Other: Any other ethnic group | 1.0% |
| Other | Combined total | 2.0% |
| Country of birth | % of the population |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 77.8% |
| Europe (Non UK) | 4.6% |
| Africa | 3.2% |
| Middle East and Asia | 21.1% |
| Americas and the Caribbean | 2.2% |
| Antarctica and Oceania | 0.1% |
| Language | % of population |
|---|---|
| English | 84.7% |
| Urdu | 2.9% |
| Punjabi | 2.1% |
| Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) | 1.4% |
| Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) | 1.1% |
| Polish | 0.9% |
| Somali | 0.8% |
| Arabic | 0.7% |
| Pashto | 0.6% |
| Chinese (including Cantonese and Mandarin) | 0.8% |
| Gujarati | 0.5% |
| Persian/Farsi | 0.3% |
| Kurdish | 0.3% |
| French | 0.2% |
| Hindi | 0.2% |
| Romanian | 0.1% |
| Tagalog/Filipino | 0.1% |
| Portuguese | 0.1% |
| Tigrinya | 0.1% |
| German | 0.1% |
| Tamil | 0.1% |
| Spanish | 0.1% |
| Vietnamese | 0.1% |
| Shona | 0.1% |
| Slovak | 0.1% |
| Russian | 0.1% |
| Greek | 0.1% |
| Italian | 0.1% |
| Malayalam | 0.1% |
| Sign Language | 0.1% |
| Lithuanian | 0.1% |