South West England

Region in England

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Name	Status	Population Census 1991-04-05	Population Census 2001-04-29	Population Census 2011-03-27	Population Census 2021-03-21	Population Estimate 2025-06-30
South West England	Region	4,611,442	4,928,434	5,288,935	5,701,186	5,906,997
Bath and North East Somerset	Unitary Authority	158,692	169,040	176,016	193,409	200,898	→
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	Unitary Authority	325,475	346,597	378,888	400,196	405,829	→
Cheltenham	District	103,115	110,013	115,732	118,836	121,452	→
City of Bristol	Unitary Authority	376,146	380,615	428,234	472,465	495,260	→
Cornwall	Unitary Authority	466,377	499,114	532,273	570,305	584,782	→
Cotswold	District	73,965	80,376	82,881	90,832	91,563	→
Dorset	Unitary Authority	319,949	346,115	365,153	379,579	391,036	→
East Devon	District	115,873	125,520	132,457	150,828	159,637	→
Exeter	District	98,125	111,076	117,773	130,709	137,894	→
Forest of Dean	District	75,351	79,982	81,961	87,004	90,157	→
Gloucester	District	101,608	109,885	121,688	132,416	138,565	→
Isles of Scilly	Unitary Authority	2,048	2,153	2,203	2,054	2,299	→
Mid Devon	District	64,176	69,774	77,750	82,852	85,593	→
North Devon	District	84,800	87,508	93,667	98,611	101,281	→
North Somerset	Unitary Authority	177,472	188,564	202,566	216,728	227,160	→
Plymouth	Unitary Authority	243,373	240,720	256,384	264,695	271,361	→
Somerset	Unitary Authority	460,368	498,093	529,972	571,547	590,972	→
South Gloucestershire	Unitary Authority	220,364	245,641	262,767	290,424	308,787	→
South Hams	District	77,565	81,849	83,140	88,627	93,171	→
Stroud	District	103,622	107,898	112,779	121,104	126,418	→
Swindon	Unitary Authority	170,850	180,051	209,156	233,410	245,286	→
Teignbridge	District	108,258	120,958	124,220	134,803	138,607	→
Tewkesbury	District	70,709	76,405	81,943	94,884	103,753	→
Torbay	Unitary Authority	119,674	129,706	130,959	139,324	139,486	→
Torridge	District	52,163	58,965	63,839	68,114	70,378	→
West Devon	District	45,943	48,843	53,553	57,096	58,980	→
Wiltshire	Unitary Authority	395,381	432,973	470,981	510,330	526,392	→
England	Country	47,055,205	49,138,831	53,012,456	56,490,048	58,834,812

Source: UK Office for National Statistics.

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Gender (E 2025)
Males	2,887,412
Females	3,019,585

Age Groups (E 2025)
0-17 years	1,095,221
18-64 years	3,440,081
65+ years	1,371,695

Age Distribution (E 2025)
90+ years	70,495
80-89 years	327,097
70-79 years	622,182
60-69 years	759,591
50-59 years	772,769
40-49 years	700,576
30-39 years	741,210
20-29 years	678,928
10-19 years	673,970
0-9 years	560,179

Country of Birth (C 2021)
UK	5,119,492
EU	264,534
Europe (other)	24,877
Middle East & Asia	143,568
Africa	77,765
Other country	70,950

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White	5,309,608
Asian	159,184
Black	69,614
Arab	10,302
Mixed/multiple	114,074
Other ethnic group	38,404

Religion (C 2021)
Christians	2,635,872
Muslims	80,152
Hindus	27,746
Sikhs	7,465
Buddhists	24,579
Jews	7,387
Other religion	36,884
No religion	2,513,369

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