Area type
Unitary Authority
Population Density
3,627
Population growth
-0.3%
Gender ratio
1.02 male to female
english main language
94%
birth rate
12.2
death rate
10.5
Major religion
55% Christian
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The population of Kingston upon Hull, City of is 259,126 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. Kingston upon Hull, City of's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was -0.3% per year. Kingston upon Hull, City of covers an area of 71 square kilometres (28 square miles) and has a population density of 3,627 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020.
According to the latest 2011 census, the population in Kingston upon Hull, City of is predominantly white (94%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 6% of the population.
The median average age in Kingston upon Hull, City of in 2019 was 35.8, with over 18s representing 79.8% of the population. The sex ratio was 101.8 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.
The largest religious group in Kingston upon Hull, City of is Christians who account for 55% of the population.
English is spoken as the main language by 93.5% of people in Kingston upon Hull, City of, and spoken either well or very well by 5% of the remaining population. 1.5% reported having poor English language skills, and the remaining 0.3% spoke no English at all.
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The population of Kingston upon Hull, City of is 259,126 according to mid-2020 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2019 and mid-2020, the population in Kingston upon Hull, City of grew by an estimated -652 people, and in the ten years before mid-2020, the population grew by 3,003.
Kingston upon Hull, City of's population growth rate between mid-2019 and mid-2020 was -0.3%, which is 0.4% lower than the average population growth rate in Kingston upon Hull, City of for the ten years before mid-2020 (0.1%).
Kingston upon Hull, City of covers an area of 71 square kilometres (28 square miles) and has a population density of 3,627 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2020. That figure has increased by 42 people per km2 over the past decade.
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According to mid-year population estimates published by the ONS in 2019, males account for 50.5% of Kingston upon Hull, City of's 259,126 population, while females made up 49.5% of the total.
The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 101.823 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 Kingston upon Hull, City of, that is how many people there are over the age of 18, is 206,892.
Kingston upon Hull, City of's age structure shows the working-age population to be 167,455 which is 64.6% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 20.2% of the population, and over 65s represent 15.2% of the population. The percentage of the population that is of working-age has decreased over the last 10 years from 67.1% to 66.3%.
Kingston upon Hull, City of's age pyramid shows how the population is distributed by age and gender.
The median average age of someone in Kingston upon Hull, City of was 35.8 years in 2019. Split by gender, the average female age is 36.7 years, and the average male is 34.9 years.
Of the Kingston upon Hull, City of population over the age of 90, girls outnumber boys by 2.1 to 1.
The life expectancy of someone born today in Kingston upon Hull, City of is 78 years. Split by gender, a girl born today in Kingston upon Hull, City of has a life expectancy of 80 years, and a boy has a life expectancy of 77 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 Kingston upon Hull, City of has risen by 2 years over the past decade, from a life expectancy of 77 years to a life expectancy of 78 years. In England as a whole, life expectancies have risen by 3 years.
Age | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00-01 | 76.6 | 80.4 | 78.5 |
| 01-04 | 76.0 | 79.6 | 77.8 |
| 05-09 | 72.0 | 75.7 | 73.9 |
| 10-14 | 67.0 | 70.7 | 68.9 |
| 15-19 | 62.0 | 65.7 | 63.9 |
| 20-24 | 57.1 | 60.8 | 59.0 |
| 25-29 | 52.2 | 55.9 | 54.1 |
| 30-34 | 47.4 | 51.0 | 49.2 |
| 35-39 | 42.7 | 46.2 | 44.5 |
| 40-44 | 38.2 | 41.4 | 39.8 |
According to the latest 2011 census, the population in Kingston upon Hull, City of is predominantly white (94.1%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 5.9% of the population.
Asian people were the largest minority group in Kingston upon Hull, City of accounting for 2.5% of the population.
2,996 or 1% of the Kingston upon Hull, City of 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 Kingston upon Hull, City of were 2.9 in 2012 and 3.2 in 2021. In the rest of England levels of Anxiety are currently 3.1.
Reported levels of Happiness in 2021 were 7.1, and 7.3 in 2012. In England, the average happiness indicator is currently 7.5. Of the 363 areas in England, Kingston upon Hull, City of is the 350 th happiest area in England.
Life satisfaction scores for 2021 are 7.6 and were 7.4 in 2012. For the feeling that things done in life are worthwhile the 2021 level is 7.8 and was 7.6 in 2012.
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According to the latest 2011 census, the most populous religious group within Kingston upon Hull, City of is Christians, accounting for 54.9% of the population.
Kingston upon Hull, City of has a Muslim population of 5,447 which is 2.1% 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