Demographics of Coventry

Coventry, England is an ethnically and culturally diverse city. It is the fifteenth most populous city in the United Kingdom.

Population

Coventry's total population, according to the 2011 UK census, was 316,960. The population density was 3,408 people per square km.

Ethnicity

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

A 1960 report estimated that the 'coloured' population of Coventry was between 3,000 and 5,000, with approximately 2,000 Indians, 1,500 Pakistanis, and 400 Afro-Caribbeans.

Ethnic Group1971 estimations1981 estimations1991 censusAs UK Census data post 2001 is unavailable through the ONS website, it has been recommended to use archival census collection websites to obtain data. Data is taken from United Kingdom Casweb Data services of the United Kingdom 1991 Census on Ethnic Data for England. (Table 6)2001 census2011 census2021 censusNumber%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%White: Total310,28194%292,41190.9%268,85388%252,64383.98%234,02973.84%226,24665.5% White: British–––– – – 235,632 78.32% 211,188 66.63%190,88955.3% White: Irish––––13,5404.59% 10,401 3.46% 7,305 2.30%5,6621.6% White: Gypsy or Irish TravellerNew category created for the 2011 census–––– – – – – 151 0.05%2940.1%White: Roma––––––––––1,1160.3% White: Other–––– – – 6,610 2.20% 15,385 4.85%28,2858.2%Asian or Asian British: Total––23,5767.3%30,0109.8%36,09312.00%51,59816.28%63,91518.5% Asian or Asian British: Indian––18,4895.7%22,8257.5% 24,177 8.04% 27,751 8.76%32,0969.3% Asian or Asian British: Pakistani––3,0340.9%4,080 6,169 2.05% 9,510 3.00%12,6583.7% Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi––7571,271 1,741 0.58% 2,951 0.93%4,2571.2% Asian or Asian British: ChineseIn 2001, listed under the 'Chinese or other ethnic group' heading.––538806 2,183 0.73% 3,728 1.18%4,5711.3% Asian or Asian British: Other Asian ––7581,028 1,823 0.61% 7,658 2.42%10,3333.0%Black or Black British: Total––4,3101.4%5,0601.7%5,4121.80%17,7645.60%36,74411.5% Black or Black British: African––3470.1%423 1,679 0.56% 12,836 4.05%24,1097.0% Black or Black British: Caribbean––3,0213,457 3,314 1.10% 3,317 1.05%9,4593.5% Black or Black British: Other Black––9421,180 419 0.14% 1,611 0.51%3,1550.9%Mixed: Total––––––5,1631.72%8,2302.60%11,7313.4% Mixed: White and Black Caribbean –––– – – 2,453 0.82% 3,672 1.16%4,5971.3% Mixed: White and Black African –––– – – 271 0.09% 943 0.30%1,6630.5% Mixed: White and Asian –––– – – 1,605 0.53% 2,388 0.75%3,1820.9% Mixed: Other Mixed –––– – – 834 0.28% 1,227 0.39%2,2890.7%Other: Total––1,3451,6761,5370.51%5,3391.68%12,7063.7% Other: ArabNew category created for the 2011 census–––– – – – – 2,020 0.64%2,4820.7% Other: Any other ethnic group –––––– 1,537 0.51% 3,319 1.05%10,2243.0%Ethnic minority: Total19,9686%29,2319.1%36,74612%48,20516%82,93126.2%119,07534.5%Total330,249100%321,642100%305,599100%300,848100%316,960100%345,321100%

Notes for table above

Ethnicity of school pupils

Ethnic groupSchool year19712021/2022Number%Number%White: Total–93%31,77054.3White: British––25,79744.1White: Irish––1670.3White: Traveller of Irish heritage––440.1White: Gypsy/Roma––5400.9White: Other––5,2228.9Asian / Asian British: Total––12,78022Asian / Asian British: Indian––5,2178.9Asian / Asian British: Pakistani––3,0725.3Asian / Asian British: Bangladeshi––1,0271.8Asian / Asian British: Chinese––2640.5Asian / Asian British: Other Asians––3,2005.5Black / Black British: Total––7,73313.2Black: Caribbean––3400.6Black: African––6,68311.4Black: Other Blacks––7101.2Mixed / British Mixed––4,3307.4Other: Total––1,2572.1Unclassified––6261.1Non-White: Total–7%45.7%Total:–58,496100%

Languages

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

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 Coventry's population is 27.9% foreign born as of 2021. Country of birthYear2021Number%United Kingdom248,99072.1%Foreign born96,33327.9%Total345,323100%

Religion

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

Religion200120112021Number%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%345,326100%

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