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Population overview

The Census is the most accurate data picture of ethnicity across the city, the last census was in 2011 and although there population projections from this on how ethnicity may change these become less reliable as time goes on. The next census is in 2021.

Table of ethnicity in Birmingham, as captured in the 2011 Census
Ethnicity Category % of population
White White: British 53.1%
White White: Irish 2.1%
White White: Gypsy or Traveller 0.0%
White White: Other 2.7%
White Combined total 57.9%
Asian Asian: Indian 6.0%
Asian Asian: Pakistani 13.5%
Asian Asian: Bangladeshi 3.0%
Asian Asian: Chinese 1.2%
Asian Asian: Other 2.9%
Asian Combined total 26.6%
Black Black: Afrian 2.8%
Black Black Caribbean 4.4%
Black Black: Other 1.7%
Black Combined total 9.0%
Other Other: Arab 1.0%
Other Other: Any other ethnic group 1.0%
Other Combined total 2.0%
Table of country of birth in Birmingham, as captured in the 2011 Census
Country of birth % of the population
United Kingdom 77.8%
Europe (Non UK) 4.6%
Africa 3.2%
Middle East and Asia 21.1%
Americas and the Caribbean 2.2%
Antarctica and Oceania 0.1%
Table of main languages spoken in Birmingham by more than 500 people (0.1%) of the population, as captured in the 2011 Census
Language % of population
English 84.7%
Urdu 2.9%
Punjabi 2.1%
Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 1.4%
Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 1.1%
Polish 0.9%
Somali 0.8%
Arabic 0.7%
Pashto 0.6%
Chinese (including Cantonese and Mandarin) 0.8%
Gujarati 0.5%
Persian/Farsi 0.3%
Kurdish 0.3%
French 0.2%
Hindi 0.2%
Romanian 0.1%
Tagalog/Filipino 0.1%
Portuguese 0.1%
Tigrinya 0.1%
German 0.1%
Tamil 0.1%
Spanish 0.1%
Vietnamese 0.1%
Shona 0.1%
Slovak 0.1%
Russian 0.1%
Greek 0.1%
Italian 0.1%
Malayalam 0.1%
Sign Language 0.1%
Lithuanian 0.1%
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