Demographics of the West Midlands County

The Demographics of West Midlands County is analysed by the Office for National Statistics and data is produced for each of its seven metropolitan boroughs and the county overall.

Ethnicity Ethnic GroupYear1966 estimations1971 estimations1981 estimations1991 census2001 census2011 census2021 censusNumber%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%Number%White: Total––2,580,90393.2%2,371,07288.7%2,237,13585.1%2,043,23180%1,919,13870.1%1,793,17361.4%White: British––––––––1,956,15676.5%1,806,70866%1,630,82355.9%White: Irish––––––––54,0112.1%39,1831.4%31,4901.1%White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller––––––––––1,6182,417White: Roma––––––––––––4,246White: Other––––––––33,0641.3%71,6292.6%124,1974.3%Asian or Asian British: Total––––206,2897.7%276,16210.5%352,28813.8%514,98118.8%667,31522.9%Asian or Asian British: Indian––––118,1014.4%148,3205.6%157,0626.1%185,2716.8%226,9277.8%Asian or Asian British: Pakistani––––65,9852.5%93,4263.6%138,0075.4%200,5457.3%278,8379.6%Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi––––11,0060.4%19,1310.7%29,0851.1%48,72772,1682.5%Asian or Asian British: Chinese––––4,5430.2%6,1190.2%10,5480.4%21,43022,7180.8%Asian or Asian British: Other Asian––––6,6549,16617,58659,00866,6652.3%Black or Black British: Total––––80,4123%96,3843.7%95,2343.7%164,0696%236,0478.1%Black or Black British: African––––3,6020.1%4,1340.2%10,0000.4%55,5572%126,0414.3%Black or Black British: Caribbean––––63,5972.4%75,6122.9%76,3863%79,6322.9%81,7322.8%Black or Black British: Other Black––––13,21316,6380.6%8,8480.3%28,88028,2741%Mixed: Total––––––––54,7572.1%96,2043.5%121,6854.2%Mixed: White and Black Caribbean––––––––31,5251.2%53,2341.9%59,9032.1%Mixed: White and Black African––––––––2,4466,0539,735Mixed: White and Asian––––––––12,64121,96428,872Mixed: Other Mixed––––––––8,14514,95323,175Other: Total––––15,3270.5%19,7190.7%10,0820.4%42,0681.5%101,4353.5%Other: Arab––––––––––16,02928,0831%Other: Any other ethnic group––––––––10,0820.4%26,03973,3522.5%Ethnic minority: Total102,850–188,3066.8%302,02711.3%392,26514.9%512,36120%817,32229.9%1,126,48238.6%Total–100%2,769,209100%2,673,099100%2,629,400100%2,555,592100%2,736,460100%2,919,655100%

Country of birth +Country of birth2021Number%United Kingdom2,286,55878.3%EU Countries165,4315.7%Other European15,2410.5%Africa102,2053.5%Middle East and Asia308,12210.6%Caribbean and Americas37,4771.3%Oceania2,2750.1%British Overseas2,3400.1%Overall2,919,649100%

Religion Religion20012021Number%Number%No religion305,36511.9%814,37227.9%Christian1,701,51966.5%1,189,06640.7%Buddhist5,8179,380Hindu49,48468,376Jewish3,3102,559Muslim191,5597.5%501,48017.2%Sikh91,890148,937Other religion5,38117,805Not answered201,267167,685Total2,555,592100%2,919,660100%

Housing +Tenure20012021Number%Number%Owned667,665657,680Social renting262,163248,490Private renting73,373221,929Rent free29,7433,661Total1,032,944100%1,131,760

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