Demographics of Bristol

Population density in the 2011 census in Bristol.

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

Population

See also: List of wards in Bristol by population

Bristol's total population, according to the 2011 UK census, was 428,234. The population density was 4,022 people per square km.

Ethnicity

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

Ethnic Group	2001		2011
	Number	%	Number	%
White: British	335,085	88.04%	333,432	77.86%
White: Irish	4,321	1.14%	3,851	0.90%
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller			359	0.08%
White: Other	10,124	2.66%	21,950	5.13%
White: Total	349,530	91.83%	359,592	83.97%
Asian or Asian British: Indian	4,595	1.21%	6,547	1.53%
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani	4,050	1.06%	6,863	1.60%
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi	1,230	0.32%	2,104	0.49%
Asian or Asian British: Chinese	2,149	0.56%	3,886	0.91%
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian	984	0.26%	4,255	0.99%
Asian or Asian British: Total	13,008	3.42%	23,655	5.52%
Black or Black British: Caribbean	5,585	1.47%	6,727	1.57%
Black or Black British: African	2,310	0.61%	12,085	2.82%
Black or Black British: Other Black	936	0.25%	6,922	1.62%
Black or Black British: Total	8,831	2.32%	25,734	6.01%
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean	3,871	1.02%	7,389	1.73%
Mixed: White and Black African	755	0.20%	1,533	0.36%
Mixed: White and Asian	1,652	0.43%	3,402	0.79%
Mixed: Other Mixed	1,656	0.44%	3,114	0.73%
Mixed: Total	7,934	2.08%	15,438	3.61%
Other: Arab			1,272	0.30%
Other: Any other ethnic group	1,312	0.34%	2,543	0.59%
Other: Total	1,312	0.34%	3,815	0.89%
Total	380,615	100.00%	428,234	100.00%

Notes for table above

Distribution of ethnic groups in Bristol according to the 2011 census.

• 
  White
• 
  White-British
• 
  White-Irish
• 
  White-Other
• 
  Asian
• 
  Asian-Indian
• 
  Asian-Pakistani
• 
  Asian-Bangladeshi
• 
  Asian-Chinese
• 
  Black
• 
  Black-African
• 
  Black-Caribbean
• 
  Other-Arab

Languages

The most common main languages spoken in Bristol according to the 2011 census are shown 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	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%

Religion

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

Religion	2001		2011
	Number	%	Number	%
Christian	236,239	62.07%	200,254	46.76%
Buddhist	1,614	0.42%	2,549	0.60%
Hindu	2,131	0.56%	2,712	0.63%
Jewish	823	0.22%	777	0.18%
Muslim	7,664	2.01%	22,016	5.14%
Sikh	1,778	0.47%	2,133	0.50%
Other religion	1,740	0.46%	2,793	0.65%
No religion	93,322	24.52%	160,218	37.41%
Religion not stated	35,304	9.28%	34,782	8.12%
Total	380,615	100.00%	428,234	100.00%

Distribution of religions in Bristol according to the 2011 census.

• 
  Christianity
• 
  Islam
• 
  Judaism
• 
  Hinduism
• 
  Sikhism
• 
  Buddhism
• 
  Other religion
• 
  No religion

See also

• Demography of the United Kingdom
• Demography of England
• Demography of London
• Demography of Birmingham
• Demography of Greater Manchester
• List of English cities by population
• List of English districts by population
• List of English districts and their ethnic composition
• List of English districts by area
• List of English districts by population density