Editing Portsmouth (section)

== {{anchor|Demography}}Demographics ==
[[File:Portsmouth population pyramid.svg|thumb|Population pyramid of Portsmouth (unitary authority) in 2021]]
Portsmouth is the second-most densely populated city in the [[United Kingdom]], after [[London]].<ref name="PortsmouthCouncil">{{cite web |title=Portsmouth demography – JSNA report|url=https://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/services/health-and-care/health/joint-strategic-needs-assessment/portsmouth-demography/ |publisher=Portsmouth City Council |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="OffNatStat">{{cite web |title=Estimates of the population for the UK, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=25 January 2024}}</ref> In the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]], the city had 208,100 residents.<ref name="auto"/> The city used to be even more densely populated, with the 1951 census showing a population of 233,545.{{sfn|Dickinson|p=390|1998}}{{page needed|date=May 2020}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Population Of Portsmouth In 2016 |url=http://ukpopulation2016.com/population-of-portsmouth-in-2016.html |publisher=UK Population 2016 |access-date=11 August 2016}}</ref> In a reversal of that decrease, its population has been gradually increasing since the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www3.hants.gov.uk/portsmouth_historical_profile-3.pdf |title=A demographic profile of Portsmouth Past, Hampshire County Council |access-date=29 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402101742/http://www3.hants.gov.uk/portsmouth_historical_profile-3.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> With about 860,000 residents, [[South Hampshire]] is the [[List of urban areas in the United Kingdom|fifth-largest urban area in England]] and the largest in [[South-East England]] outside London; it is the centre of one of the United Kingdom's most-populous metropolitan areas.<ref>{{cite web |title=United Kingdom: Urban Areas in England – Population Statistics in Maps and Charts |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/UK-EnglandUA.html |website=City Population |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=3 October 2016}}</ref>

The city is predominantly white (85.3% of the population). However, Portsmouth's long association with the Royal Navy ensures some diversity.<ref name="hant">{{cite web |url=http://www3.hants.gov.uk/planning/factsandfigures/population-statistics/census_pages/census_information/pop_ethnicity.htm |title=Portsmouth Census and Ethnicity Information |access-date=29 March 2015 |publisher=Hampshire County Council |archive-date=16 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216010931/http://www3.hants.gov.uk/planning/factsandfigures/population-statistics/census_pages/census_information/pop_ethnicity.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Some large, well-established non-white communities have their roots in the Royal Navy, particularly the [[Chinese people|Chinese]] community from [[British Hong Kong]].<ref name="hant"/><ref>{{cite web |title=A Review of A Glorious 25 years |url=http://www.portsmouthchinese.org.uk/attachments/article/5/25GloriousYearsEN.pdf |website=Portsmouth Chinese Association |publisher=Portsmouth City Council |access-date=26 July 2016 |archive-date=10 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510220739/http://www.portsmouthchinese.org.uk/attachments/article/5/25GloriousYearsEN.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Portsmouth's long industrial history with the Royal Navy has drawn many people from across the British Isles (particularly Irish Catholics) to its factories and docks.{{sfn|Daly|2011|p=27}}{{Efn|Portsmouth is one of 34 British towns and cities with a Catholic cathedral.<ref name="cathhh">{{cite web |title=Non-Anglican cathedrals |url=http://www.cbcew.org.uk/CBCEW-Home/Dioceses |publisher=English Cathedrals |access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lovemytown.co.uk/Cathedrals/CathedralsTable5.asp |title=List of Catholic Cathedrals in the UK |publisher=Love My Town |access-date=19 July 2009}}</ref>}} According to the 2021 census, Portsmouth's population was 78% [[White British]], 6.8% [[other White]],  2.3% [[British Bangladeshi|Bangladeshi]], 2.6% [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|mixed race]], 1.5% [[British Indians|Indian]], 1.0% [[British Chinese|Chinese]], 1.8% [[2001 United Kingdom census|other]], 0.5% [[Black British people|Black African]], 0.5% [[Irish migration to Great Britain|white Irish]], 1.8% [[British Asian|other Asian]], 0.3% [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]], 2.6% [[British African-Caribbean people|Black Caribbean]] and 0.4% other Black.<ref name=":0" />

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{| class="wikitable" style="border:0; text-align:center; line-height:120%;"
|+[[Population growth]] in Portsmouth since 1310{{sfn|Patterson|1976}}
|-
!  Year
! 1310
! 1560
! 1801
! 1851
! 1901
! 1951
! 1961
! 1971
! 1981
! 1991
! 2001
! 2011
! 2021
|- style="text-align:center;"
!  Population
| 740 (est)
| 1000 (est)
| 32,160
| 72,096
| 188,133
| 233,545
| 215,077
| 197,431
| 175,382
| 177,142
| 186,700
| 205,400
| 208,100
|}

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=== Ethnicity ===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! rowspan="3" |Ethnic Group
! colspan="10" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |1981 estimations<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1985 |title=Ethnic minorities in Britain: statistical information on the pattern of settlement |url=https://jstor.org/stable/community.28327806 |journal=Commission for Racial Equality |language=English |pages=Table 2.2|last1= Equality|first1= Commission for Racial}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1991<ref name=":412">Data is taken from United Kingdom [http://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/index.htm Casweb Data services] of the United Kingdom [http://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/step1.cfm 1991 Census on Ethnic Data for England, Scotland and Wales] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405213012/http://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/step1.cfm |date=5 April 2022 }} (Table 6)</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001<ref>{{cite web |title=Office of National Statistics; 2001 Census Key Statistics |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/census-2001-key-statistics/local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/local-authorities-ks06--ethnic-group.xls |access-date=2021-09-07 |website=webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name=":36">{{Cite web |title=2011 Census: Ethnic Group, local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks201ew.xls |access-date=2021-12-15 |website=webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS021/editions/2021/versions/1/filter-outputs/d2f0a39a-75b6-4995-b4bd-a5b68ff79027#get-data |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
![[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]: Total
!165,149
!97.5%
!170,210
!97.3%
!176,882
!94.7%
!181,182
!88.4%
!177,277
!85.3%
|-
|White: [[White British|British]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|171,510
|91.9%
|172,313
|84%
|161,664
|77.7%
|-
|White: [[White Irish|Irish]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,339
|
|1,071
|
|1,066
|0.5%
|-
|White: [[White Gypsy or Irish Traveller|Gypsy or Irish Traveller]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|85
|
|118
|0.1%
|-
|White: Roma
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|324
|0.2%
|-
|White: [[Other White|Other]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|4,033
|
|7,713
|
|14,105
|6.8%
|-
![[British Asian|Asian or Asian British]]: Total
!–
!–
!2,879
!1.6%
!6,162
!3.3%
!12,474
!6.1%
!14,370
!6.9%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Indians|Indian]]
|–
|–
|702
|
|1,320
|
|2,911
|
|3,104
|1.5%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]]
|–
|–
|68
|
|215
|
|539
|
|603
|0.3%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]
|–
|–
|1,046
|
|2,522
|
|3,649
|
|4,742
|2.3%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Chinese|Chinese]]
|–
|–
|725
|0.4%
|1,607
|
|2,611
|
|2,116
|1.0%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: Other Asian
|–
|–
|338
|
|498
|
|2,764
|
|3,805
|1.8%
|-
![[Black British people|Black or Black British]]: Total
!–
!–
!778
!0.4%
!942
!0.5%
!3,777
!1.8%
!7,070
!3.5%
|-
|Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]]
|–
|–
|175
|
|219
|
|540
|
|5,369
|2.6%
|-
|Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|African]]
|–
|–
|246
|
|601
|
|2,958
|
|950
|0.5%
|-
|Black or Black British: [[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom|Other Black]]
|–
|–
|357
|
|122
|
|279
|
|751
|0.4%
|-
![[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed or British Mixed]]: Total
!–
!–
!–
!–
!1,859
!1%
!5,467
!2.7%
!5,487
!2.6%
|-
|Mixed: White and Black Caribbean
|–
|–
|–
|–
|414
|
|1,103
|
|1,176
|0.6%
|-
|Mixed: White and Black African
|–
|–
|–
|–
|235
|
|935
|
|1,244
|0.6%
|-
|Mixed: White and Asian
|–
|–
|–
|–
|560
|
|2,381
|
|1,540
|0.7%
|-
|Mixed: Other Mixed
|–
|–
|–
|–
|650
|
|1,048
|
|1,527
|0.7%
|-
!Other: Total
!–
!–
!830
!0.5%
!856
!0.5%
!2,156
!1.1%
!3,797
!1.8%
|-
|Other: Arab
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,078
|
|1,007
|0.5%
|-
|Other: Any other ethnic group
|–
|–
|830
|
|856
|
|1,078
|
|2,790
|1.3%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!Non-White: Total
!4,203
!2.5%
!4,487
!2.7%
!9,819
!5.3%
!23,874
!11.6%
!30,724
!14.3%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!Total
!169,352 
!100%
!174,697
!100%
!186,701
!100%
!205,056
!100%
!208,001
!100%
|}