Demographics of Coventry

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

Demographics of Coventry
Population pyramid of Coventry
Population316,960 (2011)

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.

There was likely around 3,000 to 5,000 'coloured' people in Coventry in 1958, half of these being Asians (2,000 Indians and 1,500 Pakistanis) and 400 Afro-Caribbeans.[1]

Coventry has declined from a 88.1% White overall city to one with less than two-thirds of its population. Asian British people have risen from around 1 in 10 (9.7%) to around nearly 1 in 5 (18.5). Black British people have experienced an explosive growth, coming primarily from the increasing African population, they have risen from 1.6% to 8.9% from 1991 to 2021. The Mixed and Other ethnicities have also increased as well.

Ethnic Group 1971 estimations[2] 1981 estimations[3] 1991 census[4][5] 2001 census[6] 2011 census[7] 2021 census[8]
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
White: Total 310,281 94% 292,411 90.9% 268,853 88% 252,643 83.98% 234,029 73.84% 226,246 65.5%
White: British – – – – – –235,63278.32%211,18866.63% 190,889 55.3%
White: Irish – – – – 13,540 4.59%10,4013.46%7,3052.30% 5,662 1.6%
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller[note 1] – – – – – –––1510.05% 294 0.1%
White: Roma – – – – – – – – – – 1,116 0.3%
White: Other – – – – – –6,6102.20%15,3854.85% 28,285 8.2%
Asian or Asian British: Total – – 23,576 7.3% 30,010 9.8% 36,093 12.00% 51,598 16.28% 63,915 18.5%
Asian or Asian British: Indian – – 18,489 5.7% 22,825 7.5%24,1778.04%27,7518.76% 32,096 9.3%
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani – – 3,034 0.9% 4,080 6,1692.05%9,5103.00% 12,658 3.7%
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi – – 757 1,271 1,7410.58%2,9510.93% 4,257 1.2%
Asian or Asian British: Chinese[note 2] – – 538 806 2,1830.73%3,7281.18% 4,571 1.3%
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian – – 758 1,028 1,8230.61%7,6582.42% 10,333 3.0%
Black or Black British: Total – – 4,310 1.4% 5,060 1.7% 5,412 1.80% 17,764 5.60% 30,723 8.9%
Black or Black British: African – – 347 0.1% 423 1,6790.56%12,8364.05% 24,109 7.0%
Black or Black British: Caribbean – – 3,021 3,457 3,3141.10%3,3171.05% 3,459 1.0%
Black or Black British: Other Black – – 942 1,180 4190.14%1,6110.51% 3,155 0.9%
Mixed: Total – – – – – – 5,163 1.72% 8,230 2.60% 11,731 3.4%
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean – – – – – –2,4530.82%3,6721.16% 4,597 1.3%
Mixed: White and Black African – – – – – –2710.09%9430.30% 1,663 0.5%
Mixed: White and Asian – – – – – –1,6050.53%2,3880.75% 3,182 0.9%
Mixed: Other Mixed – – – – – –8340.28%1,2270.39% 2,289 0.7%
Other: Total – – 1,345 1,676 1,537 0.51% 5,339 1.68% 12,706 3.7%
Other: Arab[note 3] – – – – – –––2,0200.64% 2,482 0.7%
Other: Any other ethnic group – – – – – –1,5370.51%3,3191.05% 10,224 3.0%
Ethnic minority: Total 19,968 6% 29,231 9.1% 36,746 12% 48,205 16% 82,931 26.2% 119,075 34.5%
Total 330,249 100% 321,642 100% 305,599 100% 300,848 100% 316,960 100% 345,321 100%

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

Ethnicity of school pupils

Coventry's schools are in a majority-minority state with no-overall ethnic majority present, however of broad multi-ethnic groups, Whites make up the majority with 54.3% of the population.

Ethnic group School year
1971[9] 2021/2022[10]
Number % Number %
White: Total – 93% 31,770 54.3
White: British – – 25,797 44.1
White: Irish – – 167 0.3
White: Traveller of Irish heritage – – 44 0.1
White: Gypsy/Roma – – 540 0.9
White: Other – – 5,222 8.9
Asian / Asian British: Total – – 12,780 22
Asian / Asian British: Indian – – 5,217 8.9
Asian / Asian British: Pakistani – – 3,072 5.3
Asian / Asian British: Bangladeshi – – 1,027 1.8
Asian / Asian British: Chinese – – 264 0.5
Asian / Asian British: Other Asians – – 3,200 5.5
Black / Black British: Total – – 7,733 13.2
Black: Caribbean – – 340 0.6
Black: African – – 6,683 11.4
Black: Other Blacks – – 710 1.2
Mixed / British Mixed – – 4,330 7.4
Other: Total – – 1,257 2.1
Unclassified – – 626 1.1
Non-White: Total – 7% 45.7%
Total: – 58,496 100%

Languages

The most common main languages spoken in Coventry according to the 2011 census are shown below.[11]

RankLanguageUsual residents aged 3+Proportion
1English261,11786.14%
2Punjabi6,8492.26%
3Polish6,1612.03%
4Gujarati2,5230.83%
5Urdu2,4790.82%
6Arabic1,8210.60%
7Tamil1,4450.48%
8Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya)1,3910.46%
9French1,3400.44%
10Persian9250.31%
11Kurdish8950.30%
12Romanian8830.29%
13Hindi7840.26%
14Somali7460.25%
15Latvian6740.22%
16Russian5970.20%
17Swahili/Kiswahili5720.19%
18Shona5210.17%
19Slovak4970.16%
20Malayalam4650.15%
Other10,4453.45%

Country of birth

Coventry's population is 27.9% foreign born as of 2021.

Country of birth Year
2021[12]
Number %
 United Kingdom 248,990 72.1%
Foreign born 96,333 27.9%
Total 345,323 100%

Religion

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

Religion 2001[13] 2011[14] 2021[15]
Number % Number % Number %
Christian196,34665.26%170,09053.66% 151,577 43.9%
Buddhist7840.26%1,0670.34% 1,257 0.4%
Hindu7,7572.58%11,1523.52% 13,724 4.0%
Jewish2220.07%2100.07% 259 0.1%
Muslim11,6863.88%23,6657.47% 35,800 10.4%
Sikh13,9604.64%15,9125.02% 17,297 5.0%
Other religion7330.24%1,6410.52% 1,908 0.6%
No religion45,31415.06%72,89623.00% 102,338 29.6%
Religion not stated24,0467.99%20,3276.41% 21,166 6.1%
Total300,848100.00%316,960100.00% 345,326 100%
Distribution of religions in Coventry according to the 2011 census.
  • Christianity
  • Islam
  • Judaism
  • Hinduism
  • Sikhism
  • Buddhism
  • Other religion
  • No religion

See also

References
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  2. Jones, P. N. (1978). "The Distribution and Diffusion of the Coloured Population in England and Wales, 1961-71". Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 3 (4): 515–532. Bibcode:1978TrIBG...3..515J. doi:10.2307/622127. ISSN 0020-2754. JSTOR 622127. PMID 12157820.
  3. Ethnicity in the 1991 census: Vol 3 - Social geography and ethnicity in Britain, geographical spread, spatial concentration and internal migration. Internet Archive. London : HMSO. 1996. ISBN 978-0-11-691655-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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  5. As 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. Archived 2022-04-05 at the Wayback Machine (Table 6)
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  10. "Schools, pupils and their characteristics, Academic Year 2021/22". explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
  11. "Download:local authorities: county / unitary". NOMIS. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
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