Leicester
Demographic comparatives

Leicester

Section Title: Demographic comparatives
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Leicester compared

UK Census 2011	Leicester	East Midlands	England

Total population	329,839	4,533,222	53,012,456

Foreign born	33.6%	9.9%	13.8%

White (2001)	63.9%	93.5%	90.9%

White (2011)	50.6%	89.3%	85.5%

South Asian (2001)	29.9%	4.0%	4.6%

South Asian (2011)	31.8%	5.1%	5.5%

Black (2001)	3.1%	0.9%	2.3%

Black (2011)	6.3%	1.7%	3.4%

Mixed (2001)	2.3%	1.9%	1.3%

Mixed (2011)	3.5%	1.4%	2.2%

East Asian and Other (2001)	0.8%	0.5%	0.9%

East Asian and Other (2011)	5.3%	1.3%	2.2%

Christian	32.4%	58.8%	59.4%

Muslim	18.6%	3.1%	5.0%

No religion	17.4%	15.2%	24.7%

Hindu	15.2%	2.0%	1.5%

OTHERS	n%	N2%	N3%

English as a main language	69.3%	93.3%	90.9%

Sentence(s)

The population of the City of Leicester from the 2011 census was 329,839.

final_sentence: The population of the City of Leicester from the 2011 census was 329,839.