Demography of Nottingham

Population density in the 2011 census in Nottingham.

Nottingham, England is an ethnically and culturally diverse city. It is the sixteenth most populous city in the United Kingdom.

Population

Nottingham's total population, according to the 2011 UK census, was 305,680. The population density was 4,073 people per square km.

Ethnicity

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

Ethnic Group	2001[1]		2011[2]
	Number	%	Number	%
White: British	216,401	81.05%	199,990	65.42%
White: Irish	3,629	1.36%	2,819	0.92%
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller[note 1]			326	0.11%
White: Other	6,680	2.50%	15,563	5.09%
White: Total	226,710	84.91%	218,698	71.54%
Asian or Asian British: Indian	6,096	2.28%	9,901	3.24%
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani	9,725	3.64%	16,771	5.49%
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi	533	0.20%	1,049	0.34%
Asian or Asian British: Chinese[note 2]	1,715	0.64%	5,988	1.96%
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian	1,001	0.37%	6,330	2.07%
Asian or Asian British: Total	19,070	7.14%	40,039	13.10%
Black or Black British: Caribbean	9,189	3.44%	9,382	3.07%
Black or Black British: African	1,281	0.48%	9,877	3.23%
Black or Black British: Other Black	1,112	0.42%	2,926	0.96%
Black or Black British: Total	11,582	4.34%	22,185	7.26%
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean	5,297	1.98%	12,166	3.98%
Mixed: White and Black African	540	0.20%	2,004	0.66%
Mixed: White and Asian	1,254	0.47%	3,304	1.08%
Mixed: Other Mixed	1,279	0.48%	2,791	0.91%
Mixed: Total	8,370	3.13%	20,265	6.63%
Other: Arab[note 3]			2,372	0.78%
Other: Any other ethnic group	1,256	0.47%	2,121	0.69%
Other: Total	1,256	0.47%	4,493	1.47%
Total	266,988	100.00%	305,680	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 Nottingham 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 Nottingham according to the 2011 census are shown below.^[3]

Rank	Language	Usual residents aged 3+	Proportion
1	English	256,411	87.40%
2	Polish	6,548	2.23%
3	Urdu	4,089	1.39%
4	Punjabi	2,453	0.84%
5	Arabic	2,295	0.78%
6	Persian/Farsi	915	0.31%
7	Kurdish	899	0.31%
8	French	858	0.29%
9	Portuguese	820	0.28%
10	Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari)	694	0.24%
11	Greek	687	0.23%
12	Cantonese Chinese	609	0.21%
13	Spanish	557	0.19%
14	Italian	556	0.19%
15	Turkish	523	0.18%
16	Malay	509	0.17%
17	Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya)	485	0.17%
18	Gujarati	464	0.16%
19	Lithuanian	461	0.16%
20	Hindi	460	0.16%
	Other	12,092	4.12%

Religion

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

Religion	2001[4]		2011[5]
	Number	%	Number	%
Christian	153,962	57.67%	135,216	44.23%
Buddhist	1,122	0.42%	2,051	0.67%
Hindu	2,225	0.83%	4,498	1.47%
Jewish	627	0.23%	1,069	0.35%
Muslim	12,353	4.63%	26,919	8.81%
Sikh	3,321	1.24%	4,312	1.41%
Other religion	893	0.33%	1,483	0.49%
No religion	66,312	24.84%	106,954	34.99%
Religion not stated	26,173	9.80%	23,178	7.58%
Total	266,988	100.00%	305,680	100.00%

Distribution of religions in Nottingham according to the 2011 census.
Christianity  Islam  Judaism  Hinduism  Sikhism  Buddhism  Other religion  No religion

See also

• Demography of the United Kingdom
• Demography of England
• Demography of London
• Demography of Birmingham
• Demography of Greater Manchester
• List of English cities by population
• List of English districts by population
• List of English districts and their ethnic composition
• List of English districts by area
• List of English districts by population density

References

1. "2001 census - theme tables". NOMIS. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
2. "Download:local authorities: county / unitary". NOMIS. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
3. "Download:local authorities: county / unitary". NOMIS. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
4. "2001 census - theme tables". Retrieved 17 June 2015.
5. "Download:local authorities: county / unitary". NOMIS. Retrieved 17 June 2015.