Demographics of Coventry
| Demographics of Coventry | |
|---|---|
 Population pyramid of Coventry | |
| Population | 316,960 (2011) |
Coventry, England is an ethnically and culturally diverse city. It is the fifteenth most populous city in the United Kingdom.
Population[edit]
Coventry's total population, according to the 2011 UK census, was 316,960. The population density was 3,408 people per square km.
Ethnicity[edit]
The following table shows the ethnic group of respondents in the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 censuses in Coventry. Coventry has declined from a 88.1% White overall city to one with less than two-thirds of its population. Asian British people have risen from around 1 in 10 (9.7%) to around nearly 1 in 5 (18.5). Black British people have experienced an explosive growth, coming primarily from the increasing African population, they have risen from 1.6% to 8.9% from 1991 to 2021. The Mixed and Other ethnicities have also increased as well.
| Ethnic Group | 1971 estimations[1] | 1981 estimations[2] | 1991[3][4] | 2001[5] | 2011[6] | 2021[7] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| White: Total | 310,281 | 94% | 277,505 | 90.4% | 259,513 | 88.15% | 252,643 | 83.98% | 234,029 | 73.84% | 226,246 | 65.5% |
| White: British | – | – | – | – | – | – | 235,632 | 78.32% | 211,188 | 66.63% | 190,889 | 55.3% |
| White: Irish | – | – | – | – | 13,540 | 4.59% | 10,401 | 3.46% | 7,305 | 2.30% | 5,662 | 1.6% |
| White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller[note 1] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 151 | 0.05% | 294 | 0.1% |
| White: Roma | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,116 | 0.3% |
| White: Other | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,610 | 2.20% | 15,385 | 4.85% | 28,285 | 8.2% |
| Asian or Asian British: Total | – | – | – | – | 28,448 | 9.66% | 36,093 | 12.00% | 51,598 | 16.28% | 63,915 | 18.5% |
| Asian or Asian British: Indian | – | – | – | – | 21,562 | 7.32% | 24,177 | 8.04% | 27,751 | 8.76% | 32,096 | 9.3% |
| Asian or Asian British: Pakistani | – | – | – | – | 3,856 | 1.3% | 6,169 | 2.05% | 9,510 | 3.00% | 12,658 | 3.7% |
| Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi | – | – | – | – | 1,201 | 0.4% | 1,741 | 0.58% | 2,951 | 0.93% | 4,257 | 1.2% |
| Asian or Asian British: Chinese[note 2] | – | – | – | – | 825 | 0.28% | 2,183 | 0.73% | 3,728 | 1.18% | 4,571 | 1.3% |
| Asian or Asian British: Other Asian | – | – | – | – | 1,004 | 0.34% | 1,823 | 0.61% | 7,658 | 2.42% | 10,333 | 3.0% |
| Black or Black British: Total | – | – | – | – | 4,822 | 1.63% | 5,412 | 1.80% | 17,764 | 5.60% | 30,723 | 8.9% |
| Black or Black British: African | – | – | – | – | 423 | 0.14% | 1,679 | 0.56% | 12,836 | 4.05% | 24,109 | 7.0% |
| Black or Black British: Caribbean | – | – | – | – | 3,288 | 1.11% | 3,314 | 1.10% | 3,317 | 1.05% | 3,459 | 1.0% |
| Black or Black British: Other Black | – | – | – | – | 1,111 | 0.37% | 419 | 0.14% | 1,611 | 0.51% | 3,155 | 0.9% |
| Mixed: Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,163 | 1.72% | 8,230 | 2.60% | 11,731 | 3.4% |
| Mixed: White and Black Caribbean | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,453 | 0.82% | 3,672 | 1.16% | 4,597 | 1.3% |
| Mixed: White and Black African | – | – | – | – | – | – | 271 | 0.09% | 943 | 0.30% | 1,663 | 0.5% |
| Mixed: White and Asian | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,605 | 0.53% | 2,388 | 0.75% | 3,182 | 0.9% |
| Mixed: Other Mixed | – | – | – | – | – | – | 834 | 0.28% | 1,227 | 0.39% | 2,289 | 0.7% |
| Other: Total | – | – | – | – | 1,604 | 0.54% | 1,537 | 0.51% | 5,339 | 1.68% | 12,706 | 3.7% |
| Other: Arab[note 3] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,020 | 0.64% | 2,482 | 0.7% |
| Other: Any other ethnic group | – | – | – | – | 1,604 | 0.54% | 1,537 | 0.51% | 3,319 | 1.05% | 10,224 | 3.0% |
| Ethnic minority: Total | 19,968 | 6% | 29,494 | 9.6% | 34,874 | 11.85% | 48,205 | 16% | 82,931 | 26.2% | 119,075 | 34.5% |
| Total | 330,249 | 100% | 306,999 | 100% | 294,387 | 100% | 300,848 | 100% | 316,960 | 100% | 345,321 | 100% |
Notes for table above
Distribution of ethnic groups in Coventry according to the 2011 census.
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White -
White-British -
White-Irish -
White-Other -
Asian -
Asian-Indian -
Asian-Pakistani -
Asian-Bangladeshi -
Asian-Chinese -
Black -
Black-African -
Black-Caribbean -
Other-Arab
Ethnicity of school pupils[8]
Coventry's schools are in a majority-minority state with no-overall ethnic majority present, however of broad multi-ethnic groups, Whites make up the majority with 54.3% of the population.
| Ethnic group | School year | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/2022 | ||
| Number | % | |
| White: Total | 31,770 | 54.3 |
| White: British | 25,797 | 44.1 |
| White: Irish | 167 | 0.3 |
| White: Traveller of Irish heritage | 44 | 0.1 |
| White: Gypsy/Roma | 540 | 0.9 |
| White: Other | 5,222 | 8.9 |
| Asian / Asian British: Total | 12,780 | 22 |
| Asian / Asian British: Indian | 5,217 | 8.9 |
| Asian / Asian British: Pakistani | 3,072 | 5.3 |
| Asian / Asian British: Bangladeshi | 1,027 | 1.8 |
| Asian / Asian British: Chinese | 264 | 0.5 |
| Asian / Asian British: Other Asians | 3,200 | 5.5 |
| Black / Black British: Total | 7,733 | 13.2 |
| Black: Caribbean | 340 | 0.6 |
| Black: African | 6,683 | 11.4 |
| Black: Other Blacks | 710 | 1.2 |
| Mixed / British Mixed | 4,330 | 7.4 |
| Other: Total | 1,257 | 2.1 |
| Unclassified | 626 | 1.1 |
| Total: | 58,496 | 100.0 |
Languages[edit]
The most common main languages spoken in Coventry according to the 2011 census are shown below.[9]
| Rank | Language | Usual residents aged 3+ | Proportion |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | 261,117 | 86.14% |
| 2 | Punjabi | 6,849 | 2.26% |
| 3 | Polish | 6,161 | 2.03% |
| 4 | Gujarati | 2,523 | 0.83% |
| 5 | Urdu | 2,479 | 0.82% |
| 6 | Arabic | 1,821 | 0.60% |
| 7 | Tamil | 1,445 | 0.48% |
| 8 | Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) | 1,391 | 0.46% |
| 9 | French | 1,340 | 0.44% |
| 10 | Persian | 925 | 0.31% |
| 11 | Kurdish | 895 | 0.30% |
| 12 | Romanian | 883 | 0.29% |
| 13 | Hindi | 784 | 0.26% |
| 14 | Somali | 746 | 0.25% |
| 15 | Latvian | 674 | 0.22% |
| 16 | Russian | 597 | 0.20% |
| 17 | Swahili/Kiswahili | 572 | 0.19% |
| 18 | Shona | 521 | 0.17% |
| 19 | Slovak | 497 | 0.16% |
| 20 | Malayalam | 465 | 0.15% |
| Other | 10,445 | 3.45% |
Country of birth[edit]
Coventry's population is 27.9% foreign born as of 2021.
| Country of birth | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021[10] | ||
| Number | % | |
 United Kingdom
|
248,990 | 72.1% |
| Foreign born | 96,333 | 27.9% |
| Total | 345,323 | 100% |
Religion[edit]
The following table shows the religion of respondents in the 2001 and 2011 censuses in Coventry.
| Religion | 2001[11] | 2011[12] | 2021[13] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Christian | 196,346 | 65.26% | 170,090 | 53.66% | 151,577 | 43.9% |
| Buddhist | 784 | 0.26% | 1,067 | 0.34% | 1,257 | 0.4% |
| Hindu | 7,757 | 2.58% | 11,152 | 3.52% | 13,724 | 4.0% |
| Jewish | 222 | 0.07% | 210 | 0.07% | 259 | 0.1% |
| Muslim | 11,686 | 3.88% | 23,665 | 7.47% | 35,800 | 10.4% |
| Sikh | 13,960 | 4.64% | 15,912 | 5.02% | 17,297 | 5.0% |
| Other religion | 733 | 0.24% | 1,641 | 0.52% | 1,908 | 0.6% |
| No religion | 45,314 | 15.06% | 72,896 | 23.00% | 102,338 | 29.6% |
| Religion not stated | 24,046 | 7.99% | 20,327 | 6.41% | 21,166 | 6.1% |
| Total | 300,848 | 100.00% | 316,960 | 100.00% | 345,326 | 100% |
Distribution of religions in Coventry according to the 2011 census.
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Christianity -
Islam -
Judaism -
Hinduism -
Sikhism -
Buddhism -
Other religion -
No religion
See also[edit]
- Demographics of the West Midlands
- Demographics of the United Kingdom
- Demographics of England
- Demographics of London
- Demographics of Birmingham
- Demographics 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[edit]
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