Demographics of 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 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 non white 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). In 1966, West Indians comprised around roughly 1.6% of Nottingham.

Ethnic Group1971 estimations1981 estimations1991 censusData is taken from United Kingdom Casweb Data services of the United Kingdom 1991 Census on Ethnic Data for England, Scotland and Wales (Table 6)2001 census2011 census2021 censusNumber%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%White: Total280,83094.9%251,84192.1%250,15589.1%226,71084.91%218,69871.54%213,43065.8% White: British–––– – – 216,401 81.05% 199,990 65.42%185,58057.3% White: Irish–––––– 3,629 1.36% 2,819 0.92%2,3600.7% White: Gypsy or Irish TravellerNew category created for the 2011 census–––– – – – – 326 0.11%2690.1%White: Roma––––––––––1,1300.3% White: Other–––– – – 6,680 2.50% 15,563 5.09%24,0917.4%Asian or Asian British: Total––9,5933.5%14,6595.2%19,0707.14%40,03913.10%48,21714.9% Asian or Asian British: Indian––3,6735,170 6,096 2.28% 9,901 3.24%11,5153.6% Asian or Asian British: Pakistani––4,7617,491 9,725 3.64% 16,771 5.49%21,6846.7% Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi––194327 533 0.20% 1,049 0.34%2,2230.7% Asian or Asian British: ChineseIn 2001, listed under the 'Chinese or other ethnic group' heading.––522919 1,715 0.64% 5,988 1.96%4,2631.3% Asian or Asian British: Other Asian ––443752 1,001 0.37% 6,330 2.07%8,5322.6%Black or Black British: Total––9,8963.6%13,2494.7%11,5824.34%22,1857.26%32,21510% Black or Black British: African––494669 1,281 0.48% 9,877 3.23%18,7405.8% Black or Black British: Caribbean––7,0379,244 9,189 3.44% 9,382 3.07%9,3392.9% Black or Black British: Other Black––2,3653,336 1,112 0.42% 2,926 0.96%4,1361.3%Mixed: Total––––––8,3703.13%20,2656.63%19,0635.9% Mixed: White and Black Caribbean –––– – – 5,297 1.98% 12,166 3.98%10,1293.1% Mixed: White and Black African –––– – – 540 0.20% 2,004 0.66%2,1290.7% Mixed: White and Asian –––– – – 1,254 0.47% 3,304 1.08%3,3631.0% Mixed: Other Mixed –––– – – 1,279 0.48% 2,791 0.91%3,4421.1%Other: Total––194428361,2560.47%4,4931.47%10,7103.3% Other: ArabNew category created for the 2011 census–––– – – – – 2,372 0.78%3,6731.1% Other: Any other ethnic group –––––– 1,256 0.47% 2,121 0.69%7,0372.2%Non-White: Total15,0175.1%21,4337.8%30,74410.9%40,27815.1%86,98228.5110,20534.2%Total295,847100%273,274100%280,899100%266,988100%305,680100%323,635100%

Notes for table above

Ethnicity of school pupils Ethnic groupSchool year2021/2022Number%White: Total23,75849.1%White: British19,73040.7%White: Irish89White: Traveller of Irish heritage40White: Gypsy/Roma348White: Other3,551Asian / Asian British: Total9,17519%Asian / Asian British: Indian1,408Asian / Asian British: Pakistani5,509Asian / Asian British: Bangladeshi364Asian / Asian British: Chinese334Asian / Asian British: Other Asians1,560Black / Black British: Total5,97412.3%Black: Caribbean1,078Black: African3,982Black: Other Blacks914Mixed / British Mixed6,67813.8%Other: Total1,8123.7%Unclassified1,0342.1%Total:48,431100%

Languages

The most common main languages spoken in Nottingham according to the 2011 census are shown below.

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%

Religion

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

Religion200120112021Number%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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