Demographics of Bristol

Bristol, England is the tenth most populous city in the United Kingdom.

Population

Bristol's total population, according to the 2021 census, was 472,500. The population density was 4,308.1 people per square km.

Ethnicity

The population of the city of Bristol was historically ethnically homogeneous, White British, but is now polyethnic, with the largest ethnic group, White British, constituting 71.6% of the population in the 2021 census. This proportion has consistently declined in each modern census, down from 88.0% in the 2001 census.

In the 2021 census, the ethnic composition of the city of Bristol comprised: 81.1% White, 6.6% Asian, 5.9% Black, 4.5% Mixed, and 1.9% Other.

The following table shows the ethnic group of respondents in the 1991, 2001, 2011, and 2021 censuses in Bristol.

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: Total396,54397.7%381,76495.7%376,41894.8%349,53091.83%359,59283.97%383,14281.1% White: British–––– – – 335,085 88.04% 333,432 77.86%338,45271.6% White: Irish––––5,5711.48% 4,321 1.14% 3,851 0.90%42880.9% White: Gypsy or Irish TravellerNew category created for the 2011 census–––– – – – – 359 0.08%2730.1%White: Roma––––––––––9660.2% White: Other–––– – – 10,124 2.66% 21,950 5.13%39,1638.3%Asian or Asian British: Total––6,5831.6%8,4792.1%13,0083.42%23,6555.52%31,2696.7% Asian or Asian British: Indian––2,4202,969 4,595 1.21% 6,547 1.53%8,3021.8% Asian or Asian British: Pakistani––2,4222,931 4,050 1.06% 6,863 1.60%9,0641.9% Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi––334602 1,230 0.32% 2,104 0.49%2,6160.6% Asian or Asian British: ChineseIn 2001, listed under the 'Chinese or other ethnic group' heading.––8671,165 2,149 0.56% 3,886 0.91%5,4661.2% Asian or Asian British: Other Asian ––540812 984 0.26% 4,255 0.99%5,8211.2%Black or Black British: Total––8,5992.2%9,5072.4%8,8312.32%25,7346.01%27,8905.8% Black or Black British: African––678786 2,310 0.61% 12,085 2.82%18,1493.8% Black or Black British: Caribbean––5,9181.5%6,4091.6% 5,585 1.47% 6,727 1.57%6,8031.4% Black or Black British: Other Black––2,0032,312 936 0.25% 6,922 1.62%2,9380.6%Mixed: Total––––––7,9342.08%15,4383.61%21,1164.5% Mixed: White and Black Caribbean –––– – – 3,871 1.02% 7,389 1.73%7,7141.6% Mixed: White and Black African –––– – – 755 0.20% 1,533 0.36%2,6210.6% Mixed: White and Asian –––– – – 1,652 0.43% 3,402 0.79%5,5561.2% Mixed: Other Mixed –––– – – 1,656 0.44% 3,114 0.73%5,2251.1%Other: Total––2,1352,5951,3120.34%3,8150.89%9,0501.9% Other: ArabNew category created for the 2011 census–––– – – – – 1,272 0.30%2,5400.5% Other: Any other ethnic group –––––– 1,312 0.34% 2,543 0.59%6,5101.4%Ethnic minority: Total9,4992.3%17,3174.3%20,5815.2%31,0858.2%68,64216%89,32518.9%Total406,042100%399,081 100%396,999100%380,615100%428,234100%472,467100%

Notes for table above

Ethnic groupSchool year197119982021/2022Number%Number%Number%White: Total–96.1%37,46086.7%42,95967.9%White: British––37,62859.5%White: Irish––175White: Traveller of Irish heritage––44White: Gypsy/Roma––110White: Other––5,002Asian / Asian British: Total––5,3808.5%Asian / Asian British: Indian––1,337Asian / Asian British: Pakistani––1,969Asian / Asian British: Bangladeshi––524Asian / Asian British: Chinese––396Asian / Asian British: Other Asians––1,154Black / Black British: Total––6,64910.5%Black: Caribbean––905Black: African––4,731Black: Other Blacks––1,013Mixed / British Mixed––––5,9999.5%Other: Total––9771.5%Unclassified––7191.9%1,3092.1%Non-White: Total–3.9%–13.5%19,00532.1%Total:–100%43,224100%63,273100%

Religion

The table below shows data regarding religion in Bristol for the 2001, 2011, and 2021 censuses.

Religion20012011 2021Number%Number%Number%No religion93,32224.52160,21837.41242,86451.4Holds religious beliefs251,98966.20233,23454.47197,18041.7 Christian236,23962.07200,25446.76152,12632.2 Muslim7,6642.0122,0165.1431,7766.7 Buddhist1,6140.422,5490.602,7100.6 Hindu2,1310.562,7120.633,5450.8 Sikh1,7780.472,1330.502,2470.5 Jewish8230.227770.181,2280.3Other religion1,7400.462,7930.653,5460.8Religion not stated35,3049.2834,7828.1232,4236.9Total population380,615100.0428,234100.0472,467100.0

Languages The most common main languages spoken in Bristol according to the 2011 census are listed below.

Rank Language Usual residents aged 3+ Proportion 1 English 374,709 91.46% 2 Polish 6,080 1.48% 3 Somali 5,004 1.22% 4 Urdu 1,432 0.35% 5 French 1,403 0.34% 6 Spanish 1,329 0.32% 7 Punjabi 1,306 0.32% 8 Arabic 1,103 0.27% 9 Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 983 0.24% 10 Italian 964 0.24% 11 Portuguese 850 0.21% 12 German 732 0.18% 13 Hungarian 664 0.16% 14 Malayalam and Tamil 663 0.16% 15 Russian 536 0.13% 16 Tagalog/Filipino 531 0.13% 17 Kurdish 516 0.13% 18 Romanian 503 0.12% 19 Greek 494 0.12% 20 Slovak 493 0.12% Other 9,403 2.30%

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