United Kingdom: South Yorkshire

Contents: Boroughs

The population of the boroughs in the Metropolitan County of South Yorkshire.

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 1981-06-30	Population Estimate 1991-06-30	Population Estimate 2001-06-30	Population Estimate 2011-06-30	Population Estimate 2019-06-30
Barnsley	Metropolitan Borough	226,200	223,200	218,100	231,865	246,866	→
Doncaster	Metropolitan Borough	290,800	291,700	286,900	302,468	311,890	→
Rotherham	Metropolitan Borough	253,200	253,700	248,300	257,716	265,411	→
Sheffield	Metropolitan Borough	547,500	520,100	513,100	551,756	584,853	→
South Yorkshire	Metropolitan County	1,317,600	1,288,700	1,266,500	1,343,805	1,409,020

Source: UK National Statistics (web).

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (E 2019)
Males	698,689
Females	710,331

Age Groups (E 2019)
0-17 years	293,259
18-64 years	861,115
65+ years	254,646

Age Distribution (E 2019)
0-9 years	165,236
10-19 years	162,560
20-29 years	211,022
30-39 years	181,670
40-49 years	167,607
50-59 years	187,847
60-69 years	147,444
70-79 years	117,087
80-89 years	57,074
90+ years	11,473

Passport (C 2011)
UK	1,001,993
Republic of Ireland	3,522
EU (other)	24,194
other passport	34,586
no passport	285,969

Country of Birth (C 2011)
UK	1,239,460
Republic of Ireland	3,953
EU (other)	28,341
Other country	71,847

Ethnic Group (C 2011)
White	1,217,653
Asian	64,211
Black	25,752
Arab	9,412
Mixed/multiple	20,791
Other ethnic group	5,782

Religion (C 2011)
Christian	818,974
Muslim	58,350
Hindu	5,112
Sikh	2,572
Jewish	938
Buddhist	3,710
Other religion	4,111
No religion	359,491