Area type
Region
Population Density
311
Population growth
0.6%
Gender ratio
0.98 male to female
english main language
94%
birth rate
8.6
death rate
9.1
Major religion
59% Christian
Urbanisation
73%
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The population of The East Midlands is 4,865,583 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. The East Midlands's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was 0.6% per year. The East Midlands covers an area of 15,623 square kilometres (6,032 square miles) and has a population density of 311 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020.
According to the latest 2011 census, the population in The East Midlands is predominantly white (89%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 11% of the population.
The median average age in The East Midlands in 2019 was 41.4, with over 18s representing 81.5% of the population. The sex ratio was 97.9 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.
In 2011, the urban population of The East Midlands was approximately 3,322,894 or 73%, while the rural population was around 1,210,328 or 27%.
The largest religious group in The East Midlands is Christians who account for 59% of the population.
English is spoken as the main language by 93.8% of people in The East Midlands, and spoken either well or very well by 5% of the remaining population. 1.3% reported having poor English language skills, and the remaining 0.3% spoke no English at all.
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The population of The East Midlands is 4,865,583 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in The East Midlands grew by an estimated 29,655 people, and in the ten years before mid-2020, the population grew by 328,135.
The East Midlands's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was 0.6%, which is 0.2% lower than the average population growth rate in The East Midlands for the ten years before mid-2020 (0.8%).
The East Midlands covers an area of 15,623 square kilometres (6,032 square miles) and has a population density of 311 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has increased by 21 people per km2 over the past decade.
According to mid-year population estimates published by the ONS in 2019, males account for 49.5% of The East Midlands's 4,865,583 population, while females made up 50.5% of the total.
The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 97.872 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 The East Midlands, that is how many people there are over the age of 18, is 3,963,265.
The East Midlands's age structure shows the working-age population to be 3,008,608 which is 61.8% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 18.5% of the population, and over 65s represent 19.6% of the population. The percentage of the population that is of working-age has decreased over the last 10 years from 64.3% to 60.0%.
The East Midlands's age pyramid shows how the population is distributed by age and gender.
The median average age of someone in The East Midlands was 41.4 years in 2019. Split by gender, the average female age is 42.5 years, and the average male is 40.3 years.
Of the The East Midlands population over the age of 90, girls outnumber boys by 2.2 to 1.
Age | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00-01 | 79.0 | 82.8 | 80.9 |
| 01-04 | 78.4 | 82.1 | 80.3 |
| 05-09 | 74.4 | 78.1 | 76.3 |
| 10-14 | 69.4 | 73.2 | 71.3 |
| 15-19 | 64.5 | 68.2 | 66.4 |
| 20-24 | 59.6 | 63.3 | 61.5 |
| 25-29 | 54.7 | 58.3 | 56.5 |
| 30-34 | 49.8 | 53.4 | 51.6 |
| 35-39 | 45.1 | 48.5 | 46.8 |
| 40-44 | 40.3 | 43.7 | 42.0 |
According to the latest 2011 census, the population in The East Midlands is predominantly white (89.3%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 10.7% of the population.
Asian people were the largest minority group in The East Midlands accounting for 6.5% of the population.
81,484 or 2% of the The East Midlands 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 The East Midlands were 3.1 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 7.3 in 2012. In England, the average happiness indicator is currently 7.5. Of the 363 areas in England, The East Midlands is the 167 th happiest area in England.
Life satisfaction scores for 2021 are 7.7 and were 7.5 in 2012. For the feeling that things done in life are worthwhile the 2021 level is 8.0 and was 7.7 in 2012.
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According to the latest 2011 census, the most populous religious group within The East Midlands is Christians, accounting for 58.8% of the population.
The East Midlands has a Muslim population of 140,649 which is 2.9% 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