Area type
Region
Population Density
356
Population growth
0.4%
Gender ratio
0.96 male to female
english main language
93%
birth rate
10.4
death rate
10.5
Major religion
46% Other
Urbanisation
82%
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The population of Yorkshire and the Humber is 5,481,431 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. Yorkshire and the Humber's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 0.4% per year. Yorkshire and the Humber covers an area of 15,406 square kilometres (5,948 square miles) and has a population density of 356 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021.
According to the latest 2021 census, the population in Yorkshire and the Humber is predominantly white (85%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 15% of the population.
The median average age in Yorkshire and the Humber in 2021 was 40.7, with over 18s representing 82.6% of the population. The sex ratio was 96.3 males to every 100 females. Compare average age by area.
In 2021, the urban population of Yorkshire and the Humber was approximately 4,358,730 or 82%, while the rural population was around 925,003 or 18%.
The largest religious group in Yorkshire and the Humber is Others who account for 46% of the population.
English is spoken as the main language by 93.2% of people in Yorkshire and the Humber, and spoken either well or very well by 5% of the 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 Yorkshire and the Humber is 5,481,431 according to mid-2021 population figures published by the ONS. In the year between mid-2020 and mid-2021, the population in Yorkshire and the Humber grew by an estimated -44,919 people, and in the ten years before mid-2021, the population grew by .
Yorkshire and the Humber's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 0.4%, which is 0.1% higher than the average population growth rate in Yorkshire and the Humber for the ten years before mid-2021 (0.3%).
Yorkshire and the Humber covers an area of 15,406 square kilometres (5,948 square miles) and has a population density of 356 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 49.1% of Yorkshire and the Humber's 5,481,431 population, while females made up 50.9% of the total.
The sex ratio (the number of males for each female in a population) was 96.348 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 Yorkshire and the Humber, that is how many people there are over the age of 18, is 4,526,386.
Yorkshire and the Humber's age structure shows the working-age population to be 3,478,950 which is 63.5% of the population. People under the age of 16 represent 17.4% of the population, and over 65s represent 19.1% of the population. The percentage of the population that is of working-age has decreased over the last 10 years from to .
Yorkshire and the Humber's age pyramid shows how the population is distributed by age and gender.
The median average age of someone in Yorkshire and the Humber was 40.7 years in 2019.
Of the Yorkshire and the Humber population over the age of 90, girls outnumber boys by 2.1 to 1.
The life expectancy of someone born today in Yorkshire and the Humber is 80 years. Split by gender, a girl born today in Yorkshire and the Humber 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 Yorkshire and the Humber 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 | 78.4 | 82.2 | 80.3 |
| 01-04 | 77.7 | 81.5 | 79.6 |
| 05-09 | 73.8 | 77.6 | 75.7 |
| 10-14 | 68.8 | 72.6 | 70.7 |
| 15-19 | 63.8 | 67.6 | 65.7 |
| 20-24 | 58.9 | 62.7 | 60.8 |
| 25-29 | 54.1 | 57.8 | 56.0 |
| 30-34 | 49.2 | 52.8 | 51.0 |
| 35-39 | 44.4 | 48.0 | 46.2 |
| 40-44 | 39.8 | 43.2 | 41.5 |
According to the latest 2021 census, the population in Yorkshire and the Humber is predominantly white (85.4%), with non-white minorities representing the remaining 14.6% of the population.
Asian people were the largest minority group in Yorkshire and the Humber accounting for 8.9% of the population.
117,643 or 2% of the Yorkshire and the Humber 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 Yorkshire and the Humber is Others, accounting for 45.6% of the population.
Yorkshire and the Humber has a Muslim population of 442,533 which is 8.1% 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