# Demographics of the West Midlands County

The Demographics of West Midlands County is analysed by the Office for National Statistics and data is produced for each of its seven metropolitan boroughs and the county overall.

## Ethnicity

| Ethnic Group | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year | Year |
| Ethnic Group | 1966 estimations | 1966 estimations | 1971 estimations | 1971 estimations | 1981 estimations | 1981 estimations | 1991 census | 1991 census | 2001 census | 2001 census | 2011 census | 2011 census | 2021 census | 2021 census |
| Ethnic Group | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % |
| White: Total | – | – | 2,580,903 | 93.2% | 2,371,072 | 88.7% | 2,237,135 | 85.1% | 2,043,231 | 80% | 1,919,138 | 70.1% | 1,793,173 | 61.4% |
| White: British | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,956,156 | 76.5% | 1,806,708 | 66% | 1,630,823 | 55.9% |
| White: Irish | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 54,011 | 2.1% | 39,183 | 1.4% | 31,490 | 1.1% |
| White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,618 | | 2,417 | |
| White: Roma | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,246 | |
| White: Other | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 33,064 | 1.3% | 71,629 | 2.6% | 124,197 | 4.3% |
| Asian or Asian British: Total | – | – | – | – | 206,289 | 7.7% | 276,162 | 10.5% | 352,288 | 13.8% | 514,981 | 18.8% | 667,315 | 22.9% |
| Asian or Asian British: Indian | – | – | – | – | 118,101 | 4.4% | 148,320 | 5.6% | 157,062 | 6.1% | 185,271 | 6.8% | 226,927 | 7.8% |
| Asian or Asian British: Pakistani | – | – | – | – | 65,985 | 2.5% | 93,426 | 3.6% | 138,007 | 5.4% | 200,545 | 7.3% | 278,837 | 9.6% |
| Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi | – | – | – | – | 11,006 | 0.4% | 19,131 | 0.7% | 29,085 | 1.1% | 48,727 | | 72,168 | 2.5% |
| Asian or Asian British: Chinese | – | – | – | – | 4,543 | 0.2% | 6,119 | 0.2% | 10,548 | 0.4% | 21,430 | | 22,718 | 0.8% |
| Asian or Asian British: Other Asian | – | – | – | – | 6,654 | | 9,166 | | 17,586 | | 59,008 | | 66,665 | 2.3% |
| Black or Black British: Total | – | – | – | – | 80,412 | 3% | 96,384 | 3.7% | 95,234 | 3.7% | 164,069 | 6% | 236,047 | 8.1% |
| Black or Black British: African | – | – | – | – | 3,602 | 0.1% | 4,134 | 0.2% | 10,000 | 0.4% | 55,557 | 2% | 126,041 | 4.3% |
| Black or Black British: Caribbean | – | – | – | – | 63,597 | 2.4% | 75,612 | 2.9% | 76,386 | 3% | 79,632 | 2.9% | 81,732 | 2.8% |
| Black or Black British: Other Black | – | – | – | – | 13,213 | | 16,638 | 0.6% | 8,848 | 0.3% | 28,880 | | 28,274 | 1% |
| Mixed: Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 54,757 | 2.1% | 96,204 | 3.5% | 121,685 | 4.2% |
| Mixed: White and Black Caribbean | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31,525 | 1.2% | 53,234 | 1.9% | 59,903 | 2.1% |
| Mixed: White and Black African | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,446 | | 6,053 | | 9,735 | |
| Mixed: White and Asian | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12,641 | | 21,964 | | 28,872 | |
| Mixed: Other Mixed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8,145 | | 14,953 | | 23,175 | |
| Other: Total | – | – | – | – | 15,327 | 0.5% | 19,719 | 0.7% | 10,082 | 0.4% | 42,068 | 1.5% | 101,435 | 3.5% |
| Other: Arab | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16,029 | | 28,083 | 1% |
| Other: Any other ethnic group | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10,082 | 0.4% | 26,039 | | 73,352 | 2.5% |
| Ethnic minority: Total | 102,850 | – | 188,306 | 6.8% | 302,027 | 11.3% | 392,265 | 14.9% | 512,361 | 20% | 817,322 | 29.9% | 1,126,482 | 38.6% |
| Total | – | 100% | 2,769,209 | 100% | 2,673,099 | 100% | 2,629,400 | 100% | 2,555,592 | 100% | 2,736,460 | 100% | 2,919,655 | 100% |
* White
* White-British
* White-Irish
* White-Other
* Asian
* Asian-Indian
* Asian-Pakistani
* Asian-Bangladeshi
* Asian-Chinese
* Black
* Black-African
* Black-Caribbean
* Other-Arab

## Country of birth

| Country of birth | 2021 | 2021 |
| Country of birth | Number | % |
| United Kingdom | 2,286,558 | 78.3% |
| EU Countries | 165,431 | 5.7% |
| Other European | 15,241 | 0.5% |
| Africa | 102,205 | 3.5% |
| Middle East and Asia | 308,122 | 10.6% |
| Caribbean and Americas | 37,477 | 1.3% |
| Oceania | 2,275 | 0.1% |
| British Overseas | 2,340 | 0.1% |
| Overall | 2,919,649 | 100% |

## Religion

| Religion | 2001 | 2001 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Religion | Number | % | Number | % |
| No religion | 305,365 | 11.9% | 814,372 | 27.9% |
| Christian | 1,701,519 | 66.5% | 1,189,066 | 40.7% |
| Buddhist | 5,817 | | 9,380 | |
| Hindu | 49,484 | | 68,376 | |
| Jewish | 3,310 | | 2,559 | |
| Muslim | 191,559 | 7.5% | 501,480 | 17.2% |
| Sikh | 91,890 | | 148,937 | |
| Other religion | 5,381 | | 17,805 | |
| Not answered | 201,267 | | 167,685 | |
| Total | 2,555,592 | 100% | 2,919,660 | 100% |
* Christianity
* Islam
* Judaism
* Hinduism
* Sikhism
* Buddhism
* Other religion
* No religion

## Housing

| Tenure | 2001 | 2001 | 2021 | 2021 |
| Tenure | Number | % | Number | % |
| Owned | 667,665 | | 657,680 | |
| Social renting | 262,163 | | 248,490 | |
| Private renting | 73,373 | | 221,929 | |
| Rent free | 29,743 | | 3,661 | |
| Total | 1,032,944 | 100% | 1,131,760 | |