Demographics of Luton

Population density in the 2011 census in Luton.

Luton, England is an ethnically and culturally diverse large town.

Population

Luton's total population, according to the 2011 UK census, was 203,201. The population density was 4,696 people per square km.

Ethnicity

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

Ethnic Group	2001		2011
	Number	%	Number	%
White: British	119,793	64.97%	90,530	44.55%
White: Irish	8,569	4.65%	6,126	3.01%
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller			198	0.10%
White: Other	4,204	2.28%	14,225	7.00%
White: Total	132,566	71.90%	111,079	54.66%
Asian or Asian British: Indian	7,538	4.09%	10,625	5.23%
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani	17,012	9.23%	29,353	14.45%
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi	7,641	4.14%	13,606	6.70%
Asian or Asian British: Chinese	1,096	0.59%	1,497	0.74%
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian	1,486	0.81%	5,871	2.89%
Asian or Asian British: Total	34,773	18.86%	60,952	30.00%
Black or Black British: Caribbean	7,653	4.15%	8,177	4.02%
Black or Black British: African	3,204	1.74%	9,169	4.51%
Black or Black British: Other Black	827	0.45%	2,563	1.26%
Black or Black British: Total	11,684	6.34%	19,909	9.80%
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean	2,414	1.31%	3,831	1.89%
Mixed: White and Black African	389	0.21%	915	0.45%
Mixed: White and Asian	1,058	0.57%	1,805	0.89%
Mixed: Other Mixed	867	0.47%	1,730	0.85%
Mixed: Total	4,728	2.56%	8,281	4.08%
Other: Arab			1,646	0.81%
Other: Any other ethnic group	620	0.34%	1,334	0.66%
Other: Total	620	0.34%	2,980	1.47%
Total	184,371	100.00%	203,201	100.00%

Notes for table above

Distribution of ethnic groups in Luton 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 Luton according to the 2011 census are shown below.

Rank	Language	Usual residents aged 3+	Proportion
1	English	153,463	79.43%
2	Urdu	8,567	4.43%
3	Polish	8,006	4.14%
4	Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya)	6,337	3.28%
5	Punjabi	2,203	1.14%
6	Gujarati	1,714	0.89%
7	Arabic	1,037	0.54%
8	Lithuanian	698	0.36%
9	Tamil	653	0.34%
10	Tagalog/Filipino	524	0.27%
11	Shona	489	0.25%
12	Hindi	484	0.25%
13	French	439	0.23%
14	Portuguese	397	0.21%
15	Slovak	352	0.18%
16	Italian	342	0.18%
17	Romanian	340	0.18%
18	Russian	324	0.17%
19	Malayalam	316	0.16%
20	Pashto	293	0.15%
	Other	6,217	3.22%

Religion

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

Religion	2001		2011
	Number	%	Number	%
Christian	109,973	59.65%	96,271	47.38%
Buddhist	456	0.25%	652	0.32%
Hindu	5,025	2.73%	6,749	3.32%
Jewish	534	0.29%	326	0.16%
Muslim	26,963	14.62%	49,991	24.60%
Sikh	1,487	0.81%	2,347	1.16%
Other religion	642	0.35%	898	0.44%
No religion	25,960	14.08%	33,594	16.53%
Religion not stated	13,331	7.23%	12,373	6.09%
Total	184,371	100.00%	203,201	100.00%

Distribution of religions in Luton 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