Area type
Region
Population Density
312
Population growth
0.6%
Gender ratio
0.97 male to female
english main language
92%
birth rate
8.6
death rate
9.1
Major religion
46% Other
Urbanisation
73%
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The population of The East Midlands is 4,880,094 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. The East Midlands's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 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 312 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021.
According to the latest 2021 census, the population in The East Midlands is predominantly white (86%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 14% of the population.
The median average age in The East Midlands in 2021 was 41.6, with over 18s representing 83.1% of the population. The sex ratio was 96.9 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.
In 2021, 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 Others who account for 46% of the population.
English is spoken as the main language by 91.7% of people in The East Midlands, and spoken either well or very well by 6% of the population. 1.6% 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 4,880,094 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2020 and mid-2021, the population in The East Midlands grew by an estimated 14,511 people, and in the ten years before mid-2021, the population grew by .
The East Midlands's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 0.6%, which is 0.1% lower than the average population growth rate in The East Midlands for the ten years before mid-2021 (0.7%).
The East Midlands covers an area of 15,623 square kilometres (6,032 square miles) and has a population density of 312 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021. 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 49.2% of The East Midlands's 4,880,094 population, while females made up 50.8% of the total.
The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 96.927 males to every 100 females in 2021. In England as a whole, the gender ratio was 96 males to every 100 females in 2021.
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 4,054,783.
The East Midlands's age structure shows the working-age population to be 3,097,054 which is 63.5% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 16.9% 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 to .
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 41.6 years in 2019.
Of the The East Midlands population over the age of 90, girls outnumber boys by 2.1 to 1.
Age | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00-01 | 79.2 | 82.7 | 81.0 |
| 01-04 | 78.5 | 82.0 | 80.3 |
| 05-09 | 74.5 | 78.1 | 76.3 |
| 10-14 | 69.6 | 73.1 | 71.4 |
| 15-19 | 64.6 | 68.1 | 66.4 |
| 20-24 | 59.7 | 63.2 | 61.5 |
| 25-29 | 54.8 | 58.2 | 56.5 |
| 30-34 | 50.0 | 53.3 | 51.7 |
| 35-39 | 45.2 | 48.4 | 46.8 |
| 40-44 | 40.5 | 43.6 | 42.1 |
According to the latest 2021 census, the population in The East Midlands is predominantly white (85.7%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 14.3% of the population.
Asian people were the largest minority group in The East Midlands accounting for 8.0% of the population.
129,986 or 3% of the The East Midlands population are black according to the latest 2021 census.
In England more broadly the portion of the population that is white is 81%. 10% are Asian and 4% 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').
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According to the latest 2021 census, the most populous religious group within The East Midlands is Others, accounting for 46.4% of the population.
The East Midlands has a Muslim population of 210,766 which is 4.3% of the population.
Compared to England as a whole, in England circa 46% of the population is Christian, 7% 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 2023. Data sources: ONS Local statistics