United Kingdom: West Yorkshire

Contents: Boroughs

The population of the boroughs in the Metropolitan County of West 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 Census 2021-03-21
Bradford	Metropolitan Borough	464,300	468,800	470,800	523,115	546,412	→
Calderdale	Metropolitan Borough	192,800	192,900	192,400	204,170	206,631	→
Kirklees	Metropolitan Borough	377,300	379,000	389,000	422,970	433,216	→
Leeds	Metropolitan Borough	717,700	706,700	715,600	750,683	811,953	→
Wakefield	Metropolitan Borough	314,500	314,300	315,400	326,433	353,370	→
West Yorkshire	Metropolitan County	2,066,500	2,061,700	2,083,100	2,227,371	2,351,582

Source: UK Office for National Statistics. (web).

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males	1,150,725
Females	1,200,860

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years	528,330
18-64 years	1,430,760
65+ years	392,495

Age Distribution (C 2021)
0-9 years	290,051
10-19 years	298,199
20-29 years	314,836
30-39 years	324,995
40-49 years	295,426
50-59 years	307,101
60-69 years	236,600
70-79 years	181,838
80+ years	102,539

Country of Birth (C 2021)
UK	2,019,199
EU	102,330
Europe (other)	7,662
Middle East & Asia	158,300
Africa	46,386
Other country	17,702

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White	1,801,352
Asian	372,728
Black	72,257
Arab	11,515
Mixed/multiple	64,947
Other ethnic group	28,780

Religion (C 2021)
Christian	955,201
Muslim	340,875
Hindu	18,140
Sikh	19,245
Buddhist	6,256
Jewish	6,988
Other religion	9,824
No religion	863,872