| Demographics of Nottingham | |
|---|---|
 Population pyramid of Nottingham | |
| Population | 305,680 (2011) |
Nottingham , England is an ethnically and culturally diverse city. It is the sixteenth most populous city in the United Kingdom.
Nottingham's total population, according to the 2011 UK census, was 305,680. The population density was 4,073 people per square km.
The following table shows the ethnic group of respondents in the 1991, 2001, 2011, and 2021 censuses in Nottingham. Nottingham is a majority White city with a majority of 65.8%, the largest ethnicity of which is the White British at 57.3%. However, this majority has been in decline since post-war migration began to the UK. Asian British residents have risen from 5.1% in 1991 to 14.9% in 2021. Black British residents have also risen with the majority of growth coming from Black Africans, going from 4.6% in 1991 to 10.0% in 2021. Mixed and Other ethnicities have also risen as a percentage of the population, although the Mixed proportion fell slightly between 2011 and 2021.
A Home Office report officially estimated that the 'coloured' population of Nottingham in 1958 was likely around 4,000 to 5,000, the overwhelming majority being Afro-Caribbean (3,000), and a number of Pakistanis (700). [1]
| Ethnic Group | 1971 estimations [2] | 1981 estimations [3] | 1991 census [4] [5] | 2001 census [6] | 2011 census [7] | 2021 census [8] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| White: Total | 280,830 | 94.9% | 251,841 | 92.1% | 250,155 | 89.1% | 226,710 | 84.91% | 218,698 | 71.54% | 213,430 | 65.8% |
| White: British | – | – | – | – | – | – | 216,401 | 81.05% | 199,990 | 65.42% | 185,580 | 57.3% |
| White: Irish | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,629 | 1.36% | 2,819 | 0.92% | 2,360 | 0.7% |
| White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller [note 1] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 326 | 0.11% | 269 | 0.1% |
| White: Roma | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,130 | 0.3% |
| White: Other | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6,680 | 2.50% | 15,563 | 5.09% | 24,091 | 7.4% |
| Asian or Asian British: Total | – | – | 9,593 | 3.5% | 14,659 | 5.2% | 19,070 | 7.14% | 40,039 | 13.10% | 48,217 | 14.9% |
| Asian or Asian British: Indian | – | – | 3,673 | 5,170 | 6,096 | 2.28% | 9,901 | 3.24% | 11,515 | 3.6% | ||
| Asian or Asian British: Pakistani | – | – | 4,761 | 7,491 | 9,725 | 3.64% | 16,771 | 5.49% | 21,684 | 6.7% | ||
| Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi | – | – | 194 | 327 | 533 | 0.20% | 1,049 | 0.34% | 2,223 | 0.7% | ||
| Asian or Asian British: Chinese [note 2] | – | – | 522 | 919 | 1,715 | 0.64% | 5,988 | 1.96% | 4,263 | 1.3% | ||
| Asian or Asian British: Other Asian | – | – | 443 | 752 | 1,001 | 0.37% | 6,330 | 2.07% | 8,532 | 2.6% | ||
| Black or Black British: Total | – | – | 9,896 | 3.6% | 13,249 | 4.7% | 11,582 | 4.34% | 22,185 | 7.26% | 32,215 | 10% |
| Black or Black British: African | – | – | 494 | 669 | 1,281 | 0.48% | 9,877 | 3.23% | 18,740 | 5.8% | ||
| Black or Black British: Caribbean | – | – | 7,037 | 9,244 | 9,189 | 3.44% | 9,382 | 3.07% | 9,339 | 2.9% | ||
| Black or Black British: Other Black | – | – | 2,365 | 3,336 | 1,112 | 0.42% | 2,926 | 0.96% | 4,136 | 1.3% | ||
| Mixed: Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8,370 | 3.13% | 20,265 | 6.63% | 19,063 | 5.9% |
| Mixed: White and Black Caribbean | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,297 | 1.98% | 12,166 | 3.98% | 10,129 | 3.1% |
| Mixed: White and Black African | – | – | – | – | – | – | 540 | 0.20% | 2,004 | 0.66% | 2,129 | 0.7% |
| Mixed: White and Asian | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,254 | 0.47% | 3,304 | 1.08% | 3,363 | 1.0% |
| Mixed: Other Mixed | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,279 | 0.48% | 2,791 | 0.91% | 3,442 | 1.1% |
| Other: Total | – | – | 1944 | 2836 | 1,256 | 0.47% | 4,493 | 1.47% | 10,710 | 3.3% | ||
| Other: Arab [note 3] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,372 | 0.78% | 3,673 | 1.1% |
| Other: Any other ethnic group | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,256 | 0.47% | 2,121 | 0.69% | 7,037 | 2.2% |
| Non-White: Total | 15,017 | 5.1% | 21,433 | 7.8% | 30,744 | 10.9% | 40,278 | 15.1% | 86,982 | 28.5 | 110,205 | 34.2% |
| Total | 295,847 | 100% | 273,274 | 100% | 280,899 | 100% | 266,988 | 100% | 305,680 | 100% | 323,635 | 100% |
Notes for table above
| Ethnic group | School year [9] [10] | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/2022 | ||
| Number | % | |
| White: Total | 23,758 | 49.1% |
| White: British | 19,730 | 40.7% |
| White: Irish | 89 | |
| White: Traveller of Irish heritage | 40 | |
| White: Gypsy/Roma | 348 | |
| White: Other | 3,551 | |
| Asian / Asian British: Total | 9,175 | 19% |
| Asian / Asian British: Indian | 1,408 | |
| Asian / Asian British: Pakistani | 5,509 | |
| Asian / Asian British: Bangladeshi | 364 | |
| Asian / Asian British: Chinese | 334 | |
| Asian / Asian British: Other Asians | 1,560 | |
| Black / Black British: Total | 5,974 | 12.3% |
| Black: Caribbean | 1,078 | |
| Black: African | 3,982 | |
| Black: Other Blacks | 914 | |
| Mixed / British Mixed | 6,678 | 13.8% |
| Other: Total | 1,812 | 3.7% |
| Unclassified | 1,034 | 2.1% |
| Total: | 48,431 | 100% |
The most common main languages spoken in Nottingham according to the 2011 census are shown below. [11]
| 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 | 2,372 | 0.78% |
| 6 | Persian | 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% |
The following table shows the religion of respondents in the 2001 and 2011 censuses in Nottingham.
| Religion | 2001 [12] | 2011 [13] | 2021 [14] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Christian | 153,962 | 57.67 | 135,216 | 44.23 | 112,200 | 34.7 |
| Buddhist | 1,122 | 0.42 | 2,051 | 0.67 | 1,671 | 0.5 |
| Hindu | 2,225 | 0.83 | 4,498 | 1.47 | 5,403 | 1.7 |
| Jewish | 627 | 0.23 | 1,069 | 0.35 | 941 | 0.3 |
| Muslim | 12,353 | 4.63 | 26,919 | 8.81 | 39,540 | 12.2 |
| Sikh | 3,321 | 1.24 | 4,312 | 1.41 | 4,110 | 1.3 |
| Other religion | 893 | 0.33 | 1,483 | 0.49 | 2,263 | 0.7 |
| No religion | 66,312 | 24.84 | 106,954 | 34.99 | 133,403 | 41.2 |
| Religion not stated | 26,173 | 9.80 | 23,178 | 7.58 | 24,099 | 7.4 |
| Total | 266,988 | 100.00% | 305,680 | 100.00% | 323,635 | 100.00% |
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