Area type
Metropolitan District
Population Density
3,846
Population growth
Gender ratio
1.03 male to female
english main language
86%
birth rate
11.1
death rate
8.4
Major religion
54% Christian
Urbanisation
100%
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The population of Coventry is 379,387 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. Coventry's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was per year. Coventry covers an area of 99 square kilometres (38 square miles) and has a population density of 3,846 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020.
According to the latest 2011 census, the population in Coventry is predominantly white (74%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 26% of the population.
The median average age in Coventry in 2019 was 32.2, with over 18s representing 80.8% of the population. The sex ratio was 103.3 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.
In 2011, the urban population of Coventry was approximately 316,395 or 100%, while the rural population was around 565 or 0%.
The largest religious group in Coventry is Christians who account for 54% of the population.
English is spoken as the main language by 86.1% of people in Coventry, and spoken either well or very well by 11% of the remaining population. 2.6% reported having poor English language skills, and the remaining 0.5% spoke no English at all.
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The population of Coventry is 379,387 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in Coventry grew by an estimated people, and in the ten years before mid-2020, the population grew by .
Coventry's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was , which is
Coventry covers an area of 99 square kilometres (38 square miles) and has a population density of 3,846 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has by people per km2 over the past decade.
According to mid-year population estimates published by the ONS in 2019, males account for 50.8% of Coventry's 379,387 population, while females made up 49.2% of the total.
The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 103.265 males to every 100 females in 2011. In England as a whole, the gender ratio was 98 males to every 100 females in 2011.
Age statistics collected by the ONS show the adult population of Coventry, that is how many people there are over the age of 18, is 306,404.
Coventry's age structure shows the working-age population to be 255,941 which is 67.5% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 19.2% of the population, and over 65s represent 13.3% of the population. The percentage of the population that is of working-age has decreased over the last 10 years from 65.5% to 54.7%.
Coventry's age pyramid shows how the population is distributed by age and gender.
The median average age of someone in Coventry was 32.2 years in 2019. Split by gender, the average female age is 33.1 years, and the average male is 31.3 years.
Of the Coventry population over the age of 90, girls outnumber boys by 2.0 to 1.
The life expectancy of someone born today in Coventry is 80 years. Split by gender, a girl born today in Coventry has a life expectancy of 82 years, and a boy has a life expectancy of 78 years. Compare life expectancy by area.
As a comparison, in England as a whole, current life expectancy at birth is 81 years, for females that rises to 83 years and for males it falls to 79 years.
The life expectancy for someone born in Coventry has risen by 2 years over the past decade, from a life expectancy of 78 years to a life expectancy of 80 years. In England as a whole, life expectancies have risen by 3 years.
Age | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00-01 | 78.0 | 82.0 | 80.0 |
| 01-04 | 77.4 | 81.3 | 79.4 |
| 05-09 | 73.4 | 77.4 | 75.4 |
| 10-14 | 68.5 | 72.4 | 70.5 |
| 15-19 | 63.5 | 67.4 | 65.5 |
| 20-24 | 58.6 | 62.5 | 60.6 |
| 25-29 | 53.7 | 57.6 | 55.7 |
| 30-34 | 48.8 | 52.7 | 50.8 |
| 35-39 | 44.0 | 47.8 | 45.9 |
| 40-44 | 39.2 | 43.0 | 41.1 |
According to the latest 2011 census, the population in Coventry is predominantly white (73.8%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 26.2% of the population.
Asian people were the largest minority group in Coventry accounting for 16.3% of the population.
17,764 or 6% of the Coventry population are black according to the latest 2011 census.
In England more broadly the portion of the population that is white is 85.4%. 7.8% are Asian and 3.5% are Black.
Estimates of personal wellbeing in the UK are published by the ONS annually, with scores for anxiety, happiness, life satisfaction, and feeling that life is worthwhile. Overall scores are based on surveying a representative sample of the population and are scored out of 10 (.e.g for happiness 0 is 'not at all happy' and 10 is 'completely happy').
Levels of reported Anxiety in Coventry were 3.0 in 2012 and 3.0 in 2021. In the rest of England levels of Anxiety are currently 3.1.
Reported levels of Happiness in 2021 were 7.5, and 7.0 in 2012. In England, the average happiness indicator is currently 7.5. Of the 363 areas in England, Coventry is the 219 th happiest area in England.
Life satisfaction scores for 2021 are 7.6 and were 7.1 in 2012. For the feeling that things done in life are worthwhile the 2021 level is 7.7 and was 7.3 in 2012.
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According to the latest 2011 census, the most populous religious group within Coventry is Christians, accounting for 53.7% of the population.
Coventry has a Muslim population of 23,665 which is 6.2% of the population.
Compared to England as a whole, in England circa 59% of the population is Christian, 5% is Muslim, 2% is Hindu, and Buddhists, Sikhs and Jews each is around 1%. The remainder is split between people with no religion and those who decided not to identify a religion.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. Data sources: ONS Local statistics