Demographics of Leeds

Leeds, England is the third most populous city in the United Kingdom.

Population

Leeds's total population, according to the 2011 UK census, was 751,485. The population density was 1,388 people per square km.

Ethnicity

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

A Home Office report officially estimated that the 'coloured' population of Leeds in 1958 was likely around 3,000 to 5,000, the majority of these being Afro-Caribbean (2,000).

Ethnic Group1971 estimations1981 estimations1991 census2001 census2011 census2021 censusNumber%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%White: Total772,06297.9%690,04795.6%675,01994.1%657,08291.85%639,48785.10%641,80179% White: British–––– – – 637,872 89.16% 609,714 81.13%595,73773.4% White: Irish––––– – 8,578 1.20% 7,031 0.94%6,8920.8% White: Gypsy or Irish TravellerNew category created for the 2011 census–––– – – – – 687 0.09%8780.1%White: Roma––––––––––1,6100.2% White: Other–––– – – 10,632 1.49% 22,055 2.93%36,6844.5%Asian or Asian British: Total––18,8692.6%26,3213.7%35,7375.00%58,2437.75%78,5039.7% Asian or Asian British: Indian––8,12910,623 12,303 1.72% 16,130 2.15%21,0872.6% Asian or Asian British: Pakistani––7,0039,995 15,064 2.11% 22,492 2.99%31,4053.9% Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi––1,1491,885 2,537 0.35% 4,432 0.59%5,8760.7% Asian or Asian British: ChineseIn 2001, listed under the 'Chinese or other ethnic group' heading.––1,5292,176 3,447 0.48% 5,933 0.79%8,1171.0% Asian or Asian British: Other Asian ––1,0591,642 2,386 0.33% 9,256 1.23%12,0181.5%Black or Black British: Total––9,3701.3%11,4951.6%10,3181.44%25,8933.45%45,3765.6% Black or Black British: African––1,1411,392 2,435 0.34% 14,894 1.98%32,2114.0% Black or Black British: Caribbean––5,7516,970 6,718 0.94% 6,728 0.90%7,8891.0% Black or Black British: Other Black––2,4783,133 1,165 0.16% 4,271 0.57%5,2760.6%Mixed: Total––––––9,7371.36%19,6322.61%27,3883.3% Mixed: White and Black Caribbean –––– – – 4,603 0.64% 8,813 1.17%10,0281.2% Mixed: White and Black African –––– – – 885 0.12% 2,493 0.33%4,2940.5% Mixed: White and Asian –––– – – 2,516 0.35% 4,906 0.65%7,4100.9% Mixed: Other Mixed –––– – – 1,733 0.24% 3,420 0.46%5,6560.7%Other: Total––3,3960.5%4,5660.6%2,5280.35%8,2301.10%18,8852.3% Other: ArabNew category created for the 2011 census–––– – – – – 3,791 0.50%5,9800.7% Other: Any other ethnic group ––3,3960.5%4,566 0.6% 2,528 0.35% 4,439 0.59%12,9051.6%Non-White: Total16,9382.1%31,6384.4%42,3815.9%58,3208.1%111,99814.9%170,15221%Total789,000100%721,685100%717,400100%715,402100%751,485100%811,953100%

Notes for table above

Languages

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

Rank Language Usual residents aged 3+ Proportion 1 English 670,650 92.90% 2 Polish 6,717 0.93% 3 Urdu 4,989 0.69% 4 Punjabi 4,537 0.63% 5 Arabic 3,393 0.47% 6 Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 1,955 0.27% 7 Kurdish 1,772 0.25% 8 French 1,724 0.24% 9 Persian 1,623 0.22% 10 Portuguese 1,260 0.17% 11 Tigrinya 904 0.13% 12 Spanish 851 0.12% 13 Lithuanian 842 0.12% 14 Shona 793 0.11% 15 Gujarati 760 0.11% 16 Russian 737 0.10% 17 Greek 726 0.10% 18 Czech 707 0.10% 19 Hindi 705 0.10% 20 Cantonese Chinese 704 0.10% Other 15,522 2.15%

Religion

In 1881, the Jewish population of Leeds was 2,937, making up just under 1% (0.95%). The following table shows the religion of respondents in recent censuses in Leeds.

Religion200120112021Number%Number%Number% Christian 492,656 68.86% 419,790 55.86% 343,311 42.28% Muslim 21,394 2.99% 40,772 5.43% 63,054 7.77% Sikh 7,586 1.06% 8,914 1.19% 10,047 1.24% Hindu 4,183 0.58% 7,048 0.94% 9,217 1.14% Jewish 8,267 1.16% 6,847 0.91% 6,267 0.77% Buddhist 1,587 0.22% 2,772 0.37% 2,874 0.35% Other religion 1,530 0.21% 2,396 0.32% 3,637 0.45% No religion 120,139 16.79% 212,229 28.24% 326,231 40.18% Religion not stated 58,060 8.12% 50,717 6.75% 47,315 5.83% Total 715,402 100.00% 751,485 100.00% 811,953 100.00%

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