Editing Plymouth (section)

== Demography ==
[[File:Plymouth population pyramid.svg|thumb|Population pyramid of Plymouth (unitary authority) in 2021]]
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From the 2011 Census, the [[Office for National Statistics]] published that Plymouth's unitary authority area population was 256,384;<ref name="ethnicity" /> 15,664 more people than that of the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|last census]] from 2001, which indicated that Plymouth had a population of 240,720.<ref name="census 2001">{{cite web |title=Plymouth UA |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/00HG-A.asp |access-date=15 February 2008 |website=[[United Kingdom Census 2001|Census 2001]] |publisher=The [[Office for National Statistics]] |archive-date=21 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421055145/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/00HG-A.asp |url-status=live }}</ref> The Plymouth [[List of urban areas in the United Kingdom|urban area]] had a population of 260,203 in 2011 (the [[urban sprawl]] which extends outside the authority's boundaries). The city's average household size was 2.3 persons.<ref>{{cite web |date=30 January 2013 |title=Household Size, 2011 |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275200&c=plymouth&d=13&e=61&g=6390905&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1374085522542&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2555 |access-date=17 July 2013 |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |archive-date=5 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605124109/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275200&c=plymouth&d=13&e=61&g=6390905&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1374085522542&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2555 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=30 January 2013 |title=Household Composition – People, 2011 |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275200&c=plymouth&d=13&e=61&g=6390905&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1374085522542&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2548 |access-date=17 July 2013 |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |archive-date=5 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605063441/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275200&c=plymouth&d=13&e=61&g=6390905&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1374085522542&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2548 |url-status=live }}</ref> At the time of the 2021 UK census, the ethnic composition of Plymouth's population was 94.1% [[White people|White]] (of 89.5% was [[White British]]), with the largest minority ethnic group being [[British Chinese|Chinese]] at 0.5%.<ref name="ethnicity">{{cite web |date=30 January 2013 |title=Ethnic Group, 2011 |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275200&c=plymouth&d=13&e=61&g=6390905&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1446922814000&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2575 |access-date=17 July 2013 |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |archive-date=23 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223095946/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275200&c=plymouth&d=13&e=61&g=6390905&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1446922814000&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2575 |url-status=live }}</ref> The white Irish ethnic group saw the largest decline in its share of the population since the 2001 Census to 2011 (−24%), while the ''Other Asian'' and Black African had the largest increases (360% and 351% respectively).<ref name="ethnicity" /><ref>{{cite web |date=18 November 2004 |title=Ethnic Group, 2001 |url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275200&c=plymouth&d=13&e=13&g=6390905&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1374089129277&enc=1&dsFamilyId=87 |access-date=17 July 2013 |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |archive-date=5 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605075300/http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=6275200&c=plymouth&d=13&e=13&g=6390905&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1374089129277&enc=1&dsFamilyId=87 |url-status=live }}</ref> This excludes the two new ethnic groups added to the 2011 census of Gypsy or Irish Traveller and Arab. The population rose rapidly during the second half of the 19th century, but declined by over 1.6% from 1931 to 1951.

Plymouth's [[gross value added]] (a measure of the size of its economy) was [[Pound sterling|£]]5,169&nbsp;million in 2013 making up 25% of [[Devon]]'s GVA.<ref name="GVA">{{cite web |date=December 2014 |title=Regional GVA NUTS3 |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/regional-accounts/regional-gross-value-added--income-approach-/december-2014/rft-nuts3.xls |access-date=3 June 2015 |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |format=Excel |archive-date=5 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505002004/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/regional-accounts/regional-gross-value-added--income-approach-/december-2014/rft-nuts3.xls |url-status=live }}</ref> Its GVA per person was £19,943 and compared to the national average of £23,755, was £3,812 lower.<ref name="GVA" /> Plymouth's unemployment rate was 7.0% in 2014 which was 2.0 points higher than the South West average and 0.8 points higher than the average for Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland).<ref>{{cite web |title=All people – Economically active – Unemployed (Model Based) Plymouth |url=http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/1946157352/subreports/ea_time_series/report.pdf?&allInGB=&pdfHeader=All%20people%20-%20Economically%20active%20-%20Unemployed%20(Model%20Based)&pivot=5&sort=&ascending= |access-date=3 June 2015 |publisher=The [[Office for National Statistics]] |archive-date=23 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723222351/http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/lmp/la/1946157352/subreports/ea_time_series/report.pdf?allInGB=&pdfHeader=All+people+-+Economically+active+-+Unemployed+%28Model+Based%29&pivot=5&sort=&ascending= |url-status=live }}</ref>

A 2014 profile by the [[National Health Service]] showed Plymouth had higher than average levels of poverty and deprivation (26.2% of the population among the poorest 20.4% nationally).<ref name="National Health Service">{{cite web |date=August 2014 |title=Health Profile 2014 Plymouth |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/regional-accounts/regional-gross-value-added--income-approach-/december-2014/rft-nuts3.xls |access-date=3 June 2015 |publisher=[[National Health Service]] |archive-date=5 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505002004/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/regional-accounts/regional-gross-value-added--income-approach-/december-2014/rft-nuts3.xls |url-status=live }}</ref> Life expectancy in Plymouth is 78.8 years for men and 82.5 for women<ref>{{Cite web |title=3.1.3 Local trends in life expectancy {{!}} PLYMOUTH.GOV.UK |url=https://www.plymouth.gov.uk/313-local-trends-life-expectancy |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Plymouth City Council |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! rowspan="3" |Ethnic Group
! colspan="8" |Year
|-
! 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>{{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
!%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
![[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]: Total
!241,233
!99.1%
!236,767
!98.4%
!246,509
!96.1%
!248,727
!94.1%
|-
|White: [[White British|British]]
|–
|–
|232,377
|96.5%
|238,263
|92.9%
|236,802
|89.5%
|-
|White: [[White Irish|Irish]]
|–
|–
|1,359
|0.6%
|1,105
|
|1,055
|0.4%
|-
|White: [[White Gypsy or Irish Traveller|Gypsy or Irish Traveller]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|153
|
|165
|0.1%
|-
|White: Roma
|
|
|
|
|
|
|168
|0.1%
|-
|White: [[Other White|Other]]
|–
|–
|3,031
|
|6,988
|
|10,537
|4.0%
|-
![[British Asian|Asian or Asian British]]: Total
!971
!0.4%
!1,427
!0.6%
!3,906
!1.5%
!5,947
!2.1%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Indians|Indian]]
|209
|
|258
|
|875
|
|1,403
|0.5%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]]
|53
|
|83
|
|202
|
|389
|0.1%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]
|105
|
|152
|
|359
|
|537
|0.2%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Chinese|Chinese]]
|382
|
|685
|
|1,251
|
|1,430
|0.5%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: Other Asian
|222
|
|249
|
|1,219
|
|2188
|0.8%
|-
![[Black British people|Black or Black British]]: Total
!621
!0.3%
!451
!0.2%
!1,678
!0.7%
!2,786
!1.1%
|-
|Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|African]]
|180
|
|230
|
|1,106
|
|2,022
|0.8%
|-
|Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]]
|177
|
|165
|
|343
|
|460
|0.2%
|-
|Black or Black British: [[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom|Other Black]]
|264
|
|56
|
|229
|
|304
|0.1%
|-
![[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed or British Mixed]]: Total
!–
!–
!1,559
!0.6%
!3,287
!1.3%
!4,656
!1.7%
|-
|Mixed: White and Black Caribbean
|–
|–
|420
|
|904
|
|1,108
|0.4%
|-
|Mixed: White and Black African
|–
|–
|246
|
|523
|
|860
|0.3%
|-
|Mixed: White and Asian
|–
|–
|498
|
|1,028
|
|1,349
|0.5%
|-
|Mixed: Other Mixed
|–
|–
|395
|
|832
|
|1,339
|0.5%
|-
!Other: Total
!548
!0.3%
!516
!0.6%
!944
!0.4%
!2,579
!1%
|-
|Other: Arab
|
|
|
|
|339
|
|677
|0.3%
|-
|Other: Any other ethnic group
|548
|0.3%
|516
|0.6%
|605
|
|1,902
|0.7%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!Total
!243,373
!100%
!240,720
!100%
!256,384
!100%
!264,695
!100%
|}