Demography of Bristol

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

Industry sectors of Bristol over time

Demographics of Bristol
Population pyramid of Bristol
Population428,234 (2011)
Population density in the 2011 census in Bristol.

Population
See also: List of wards in Bristol by 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
Ethnic makeup of Bristol by single year ages in 2021

The following table shows the ethnic group of respondents in the 1991, 2001 and 2011 censuses in Bristol. Bristol has a strong White majority population, at 84%, which has declined from 94.5% in 1991. The largest ethnic group is the White British at 77.9% which have declined from 88% of the population in 2001. Black British residents are the 2nd biggest at 6% with Asian British at 5.5%.

Ethnic Group 1971 estimations[1] 1981 estimations[2] 1991[3] 2001[4] 2011[5] 2021[6]
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
White: Total 396,543 97.7% 363,366 96% 356,865 94.87% 349,530 91.83% 359,592 83.97% 383,142 81.1%
White: British – – – – – –335,08588.04%333,43277.86% 338,452 71.6%
White: Irish – – – – 5,571 1.48%4,3211.14%3,8510.90% 4288 0.9%
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller[note 1] – – – – – –––3590.08% 273 0.1%
White: Roma – – – – – – – – – – 966 0.2%
White: Other – – – – – –10,1242.66%21,9505.13% 39,163 8.3%
Asian or Asian British: Total – – – – 7,954 2.11% 13,008 3.42% 23,655 5.52% 31,269 6.7%
Asian or Asian British: Indian – – – – 2,773 0.73%4,5951.21%6,5471.53% 8,302 1.8%
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani – – – – 2,717 0.72%4,0501.06%6,8631.60% 9,064 1.9%
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi – – – – 557 0.14%1,2300.32%2,1040.49% 2,616 0.6%
Asian or Asian British: Chinese[note 2] – – – – 1,135 0.3%2,1490.56%3,8860.91% 5,466 1.2%
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian – – – – 772 0.2%9840.26%4,2550.99% 5,821 1.2%
Black or Black British: Total – – – – 8,905 2.36% 8,831 2.32% 25,734 6.01% 27,890 5.8%
Black or Black British: African – – – – 814 0.21%2,3100.61%12,0852.82% 18,149 3.8%
Black or Black British: Caribbean – – – – 5,971 1.58%5,5851.47%6,7271.57% 6,803 1.4%
Black or Black British: Other Black – – – – 2,120 0.56%9360.25%6,9221.62% 2,938 0.6%
Mixed: Total – – – – – – 7,934 2.08% 15,438 3.61% 21,116 4.5%
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean – – – – – –3,8711.02%7,3891.73% 7,714 1.6%
Mixed: White and Black African – – – – – –7550.20%1,5330.36% 2,621 0.6%
Mixed: White and Asian – – – – – –1,6520.43%3,4020.79% 5,556 1.2%
Mixed: Other Mixed – – – – – –1,6560.44%3,1140.73% 5,225 1.1%
Other: Total – – – – 2,422 0.64% 1,312 0.34% 3,815 0.89% 9,050 1.9%
Other: Arab[note 3] – – – – – –––1,2720.30% 2,540 0.5%
Other: Any other ethnic group – – – – 2,422 0.64%1,3120.34%2,5430.59% 6,510 1.4%
Ethnic minority: Total 9,499 2.3% 15,279 4% 19,281 5.1% 31,085 8.2% 68,642 16% 89,325 18.9%
Total 406,042 100% 378,645 100% 376,146 100% 380,615 100% 428,234 100% 472,467 100%

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
  • White-British
    White-British
  • White-Irish
    White-Irish
  • White-Other
    White-Other
  • Asian
    Asian
  • Asian-Indian
    Asian-Indian
  • Asian-Pakistani
    Asian-Pakistani
  • Asian-Bangladeshi
    Asian-Bangladeshi
  • Asian-Chinese
    Asian-Chinese
  • Black
    Black
  • Black-African
    Black-African
  • Black-Caribbean
    Black-Caribbean
  • Other-Arab
    Other-Arab
Ethnic group School year[7][8]
2021/2022
Number %
White: Total 42,959 67.9%
White: British 37,628 59.5%
White: Irish 175
White: Traveller of Irish heritage 44
White: Gypsy/Roma 110
White: Other 5,002
Asian / Asian British: Total 5,380 8.5%
Asian / Asian British: Indian 1,337
Asian / Asian British: Pakistani 1,969
Asian / Asian British: Bangladeshi 524
Asian / Asian British: Chinese 396
Asian / Asian British: Other Asians 1,154
Black / Black British: Total 6,649 10.5%
Black: Caribbean 905
Black: African 4,731
Black: Other Blacks 1,013
Mixed / British Mixed 5,999 9.5%
Other: Total 977 1.5%
Unclassified 1,309 2.1%
Total: 63,273 100%

Languages

The most common main languages spoken in Bristol according to the 2011 census are shown below.[9]

RankLanguageUsual residents aged 3+Proportion
1English374,70991.46%
2Polish6,0801.48%
3Somali5,0041.22%
4Urdu1,4320.35%
5French1,4030.34%
6Spanish1,3290.32%
7Punjabi1,3060.32%
8Arabic1,1030.27%
9Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya)9830.24%
10Italian9640.24%
11Portuguese8500.21%
12German7320.18%
13Hungarian6640.16%
14Malayalam and Tamil6630.16%
15Russian5360.13%
16Tagalog/Filipino5310.13%
17Kurdish5160.13%
18Romanian5030.12%
19Greek4940.12%
20Slovak4930.12%
other9,4032.30%

Religion

The following table shows the religion of respondents in the 2001, 2011 and 2021 censuses in Bristol.

Religion 2001[10] 2011[11] 2021[12]
Number % Number % Number %
No religion 93,322 24.52 160,218 37.41 242,864 51.4
Holds religious beliefs 251,989 66.20 233,234 54.47 197,180 41.7
Christian 236,239 62.07 200,254 46.76 152,126 32.2
Muslim 7,664 2.01 22,016 5.14 31,776 6.7
Buddhist 1,614 0.42 2,549 0.60 2,710 0.6
Hindu 2,131 0.56 2,712 0.63 3,545 0.8
Sikh 1,778 0.47 2,133 0.50 2,247 0.5
Jewish 823 0.22 777 0.18 1,228 0.3
Other religion 1,740 0.46 2,793 0.65 3,546 0.8
Religion not stated 35,304 9.28 34,782 8.12 32,423 6.9
Total population 380,615 100.0 428,234 100.0 472,467 100.0
Distribution of religions in Bristol according to the 2011 census.
  • Christianity
    Christianity
  • Islam
    Islam
  • Judaism
    Judaism
  • Hinduism
    Hinduism
  • Sikhism
    Sikhism
  • Buddhism
    Buddhism
  • Other religion
    Other religion
  • No religion
    No religion

See also

References
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  2. Equality, Commission for Racial (1985). "Ethnic minorities in Britain: statistical information on the pattern of settlement". Commission for Racial Equality: Table 2.2.
  3. Data is taken from United Kingdom Casweb Data services of the United Kingdom 1991 Census on Ethnic Data for England, Scotland and Wales (Table 6)
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  9. "Download:local authorities: county / unitary". NOMIS. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
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  11. "KS209EW (Religion) - Nomis - 2011". www.nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  12. "Religion - 2021 census". Office of National Statistics. 29 November 2022. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
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