Demography of Coventry

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

Population density in the 2011 census in Coventry.

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 2001 and 2011 censuses in Coventry.

Ethnic Group	2001[1]		2011[2]
	Number	%	Number	%
White: British	235,632	78.32%	211,188	66.63%
White: Irish	10,401	3.46%	7,305	2.30%
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller[note 1]			151	0.05%
White: Other	6,610	2.20%	15,385	4.85%
White: Total	252,643	83.98%	234,029	73.84%
Asian or Asian British: Indian	24,177	8.04%	27,751	8.76%
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani	6,169	2.05%	9,510	3.00%
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi	1,741	0.58%	2,951	0.93%
Asian or Asian British: Chinese[note 2]	2,183	0.73%	3,728	1.18%
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian	1,823	0.61%	7,658	2.42%
Asian or Asian British: Total	36,093	12.00%	51,598	16.28%
Black or Black British: Caribbean	3,314	1.10%	3,317	1.05%
Black or Black British: African	1,679	0.56%	12,836	4.05%
Black or Black British: Other Black	419	0.14%	1,611	0.51%
Black or Black British: Total	5,412	1.80%	17,764	5.60%
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean	2,453	0.82%	3,672	1.16%
Mixed: White and Black African	271	0.09%	943	0.30%
Mixed: White and Asian	1,605	0.53%	2,388	0.75%
Mixed: Other Mixed	834	0.28%	1,227	0.39%
Mixed: Total	5,163	1.72%	8,230	2.60%
Other: Arab[note 3]			2,020	0.64%
Other: Any other ethnic group	1,537	0.51%	3,319	1.05%
Other: Total	1,537	0.51%	5,339	1.68%
Total	300,848	100.00%	316,960	100.00%

Notes for table above

1. New category created for the 2011 census
2. In 2001, listed under the 'Chinese or other ethnic group' heading.
3. New category created for the 2011 census

Distribution of ethnic groups in Coventry 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 Coventry according to the 2011 census are shown below.[3]

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/Farsi	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%

Religion

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

Religion	2001[4]		2011[5]
	Number	%	Number	%
Christian	196,346	65.26%	170,090	53.66%
Buddhist	784	0.26%	1,067	0.34%
Hindu	7,757	2.58%	11,152	3.52%
Jewish	222	0.07%	210	0.07%
Muslim	11,686	3.88%	23,665	7.47%
Sikh	13,960	4.64%	15,912	5.02%
Other religion	733	0.24%	1,641	0.52%
No religion	45,314	15.06%	72,896	23.00%
Religion not stated	24,046	7.99%	20,327	6.41%
Total	300,848	100.00%	316,960	100.00%

Distribution of religions in Coventry according to the 2011 census.

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

See also

• Demography of the West Midlands
• 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

References

1. "2001 census - theme tables". NOMIS. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
2. "Download:local authorities: county / unitary". NOMIS. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
3. "Download:local authorities: county / unitary". NOMIS. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
4. "2001 census - theme tables". Retrieved 29 November 2015.
5. "Download:local authorities: county / unitary". NOMIS. Retrieved 29 November 2015.