Editing Bristol (section)

== Demography{{anchor|Historical population records}} ==
{{Main|Demographics of Bristol}}

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|+ Bristol population data
|-
! scope="col" |Year !! scope="col" |Population !! scope="col" |Year !! scope="col" |Population
|-
| scope="row"| 1377 || 9,518{{sfn|Russell|1948|pp=142–143}} || 1901 || 323,698<ref name=visiontime/>
|-
| scope="row"| 1607 || 10,549{{sfn|Latimer|1900|p=34}} || 1911 || 352,178<ref name=visiontime/>
|-
| scope="row"| 1700 || 20,000<ref name=visiontime/> || 1921 || 367,831<ref name=visiontime/>
|-
| scope="row"| 1801 || 68,944<ref name=visiontime/> || 1931 || 384,204<ref name=visiontime/>
|-
| scope="row"| 1811 || 83,922<ref name=visiontime/> || 1941 || 402,839<ref name=visiontime/>
|-
| scope="row"| 1821 || 99,151<ref name=visiontime/> || 1951 || 422,399<ref name=visiontime/>
|-
| scope="row"| 1831 || 120,789<ref name=visiontime/> || 1961 || 425,214<ref name=visiontime/>
|-
| scope="row"| 1841 || 144,803<ref name=visiontime/> || 1971|| 428,089<ref name=visiontime/>
|-
| scope="row"| 1851 || 159,945<ref name=visiontime/> || 1981 || 384,883<ref name=visiontime/>
|-
| scope="row"| 1861 || 194,229<ref name=visiontime/> || 1991 || 396,559<ref name=visiontime/>
|-
| scope="row"| 1871 || 228,513<ref name=visiontime/> || 2001 || 380,615<ref name=visiontime/>
|-
| scope="row"| 1881 || 262,797<ref name=visiontime/> || 2012 || 432,500<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mid-2012 Population Estimates |url=http://www.bristol.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/council_and_democracy/statistics_and_census_information/Briefing%20Note%20-%202012%20Population%20Estimates.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6QZ0NjLEd?url=http://www.bristol.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/council_and_democracy/statistics_and_census_information/Briefing%20Note%20-%202012%20Population%20Estimates.pdf |archive-date=24 June 2014 |access-date=17 June 2014 |publisher=Bristol City Council}}</ref>
|-
| scope="row"| 1891 || 297,525<ref name=visiontime/> || 2017 || 459,300<ref name="bristol1">{{Cite web |date=1 July 2018 |title=The population of Bristol |url=https://www.bristol.gov.uk/documents/20182/33904/Population+of+Bristol+June+2018/53020277-05de-a153-2052-aa080338bb57 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724213709/https://www.bristol.gov.uk/documents/20182/33904/Population+of+Bristol+June+2018/53020277-05de-a153-2052-aa080338bb57 |archive-date=24 July 2018 |access-date=24 July 2018 |publisher=bristol.gov.uk}}</ref>
|}

According to the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]], 81.1% of the population was [[White people|White]] (71.6% [[White British]], 0.9% [[Irish migration to Great Britain|White Irish]], 0.1% [[Gypsy (term)|Gypsy]] or [[Irish Travellers]] and 8.3% [[Other White]]); 4.5% [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|mixed-race]] (1.6% white-and-black Caribbean, 0.6% white-and-black African, 1.2% white and Asian and 1.1% other mixed); 6.7% [[British Asian|Asian]] (1.8% [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]], 1.9% [[British Indian|Indian]], 1.2% [[British Chinese|Chinese]], 0.6% [[British Bangladeshi|Bangladeshi]], and 1.2% other Asian); 5.8% [[Black British|Black]] (3.8% African, 1.4% [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]], 0.6% [[Other Black]]), 0.5% [[British Arabs|Arab]] and 0.4% with other heritage. Bristol is unusual among major British towns and cities in its larger black than Asian population.<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> These statistics apply to the Bristol Unitary Authority area, excluding areas of the urban area (2006 estimated population 587,400) in South Gloucestershire, Bath and North East Somerset (BANES) and North Somerset—such as Kingswood, Mangotsfield, Filton and Warmley.<ref name="visiontime">{{Cite web |title=Bristol England through time&nbsp;– Population Statistics&nbsp;– Total Population |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_POP_CHANGE&u_id=10056676&c_id=10001043&add=N |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510100834/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_POP_CHANGE&u_id=10056676&c_id=10001043&add=N |archive-date=10 May 2011 |access-date=21 June 2009 |website=Great Britain Historical GIS Project |publisher=University of Portsmouth}}</ref> 56.2% of the 209,995 Bristol residents who are employed commute to work using either a car, van, motorbike or taxi, 2.2% commute by rail and 9.8% by bus, while 19.6% walk.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Method of Travel to Work |url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/bristol-city-of-e06000023/method-of-travel-to-work-qs701ew#sthash.vBysz4j3.dpbs |access-date=9 April 2017 |website=UK Census Data |publisher=UKCensusdata.com#sthash.umJUM2up.dpuf |archive-date=12 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512172923/https://www.ukcensusdata.com/bristol-city-of-e06000023/method-of-travel-to-work-qs701ew#sthash.vBysz4j3.dpbs |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Runnymede Trust found in 2017 that Bristol "ranked 7th out of the 348 districts of England & Wales (1=worst) on the Index of Multiple Inequality."<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last=Runnymede Trust |title=Bristol: a city divided? |url=https://www.runnymedetrust.org/uploads/CoDE%20Briefing%20Bristol%20v2.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.runnymedetrust.org/uploads/CoDE%20Briefing%20Bristol%20v2.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live}}</ref> In terms of employment, the report found that "ethnic minorities are disadvantaged compared to white British people nationally, but this is to a greater extent in Bristol, particularly for black groups." Black people in Bristol experience the 3rd highest level of educational inequality in England and Wales.<ref name="auto"/>

=== Religion ===
{{Pie chart|label1=No religion|label2=Christianity|label3=Islam|label4=Hinduism|label5=Buddhism|label6=Sikhism|label7=Judaism|label8=Other religion|label9=Not stated|value1=51.4|value2=32.2|value3=6.7|value4=0.8|value5=0.6|value6=0.5|value7=0.3|value8=0.8|value9=6.9|color1=DarkOrange|color2=Red|color3=Green|color4=Yellow|color5=Blue|color6=DarkKhaki|color7=Purple|color8=White|color9=Grey|caption=Religion in Bristol (2021)<ref name="censusareachanges">{{cite web | url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censusareachanges/E06000023/ |date=19 January 2023 |website=Office for National Statistics | title=How life has changed in Bristol: Census 2021 }}</ref>}}
In the 2011 United Kingdom census, 46.8% of Bristol's population identified as [[Christian]] and 37.4% said they were not religious; the English averages were 59.4% and 24.7%, respectively. [[Islam]] is observed by 5.1% of the population, [[Buddhism]] by 0.6%, [[Hinduism]] by 0.6%, [[Sikhism]] by 0.5%, [[Judaism]] by 0.2% and other religions by 0.7%; 8.1% did not identify with a religion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2011 Census: Religion, local authorities in England and Wales |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks209ew.xls |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126035854/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks209ew.xls |archive-date=26 January 2013 |access-date=12 December 2012 |website=United Kingdom Census 2011 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}</ref>

Among the notable [[List of churches in Bristol|Christian churches]] are the [[Anglican]] [[Bristol Cathedral]] and [[St Mary Redcliffe]] and the Roman Catholic [[Clifton Cathedral]]. [[Nonconformist (Protestantism)|Nonconformist]] chapels include [[Buckingham Baptist Chapel]] and [[John Wesley's New Room]] in Broadmead.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The New Room Bristol&nbsp;– John Wesley's Chapel in the Horsefair |url=http://www.newroombristol.org.uk/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309234414/http://www.newroombristol.org.uk/ |archive-date=9 March 2009 |access-date=15 March 2009 |publisher=The New Room Bristol}}</ref> After [[St James' Presbyterian Church of England, Bristol|St James' Presbyterian Church]] was [[The Blitz|bombed]] on 24 November 1940, it was never again used as a church;{{sfn|Duncan|Webb|1990|p=86}} although its [[bell tower]] remains, its [[nave]] was converted into offices.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marchant |first=Neil |title=The Presbyterian Churches of Bristol |url=http://www.churchcrawler.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bristolchurches/presbyterian.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925000023/http://www.churchcrawler.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/bristolchurches/presbyterian.htm |archive-date=25 September 2013 |access-date=5 May 2014 |publisher=Church Crawler}}</ref> The city has eleven mosques,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mosques in Bristol |url=http://www.allmosquestogether.org/mosques/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602192457/http://www.allmosquestogether.org/mosques/ |archive-date=2 June 2013 |access-date=27 January 2013 |publisher=All Mosques Together}}</ref> several Buddhist meditation centres,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bristol Buddhist Forum |url=http://www.bristolbuddhistforum.org.uk/groups.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515143029/http://www.bristolbuddhistforum.org.uk/groups.htm |archive-date=15 May 2011 |access-date=15 March 2009 |publisher=Bristol Buddhist Forum}}</ref> a [[Hindu temple]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bristol Hindu Temple |url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/am67668 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928171418/http://www.culture24.org.uk/am67668 |archive-date=28 September 2015 |access-date=27 September 2015 |publisher=Culture 24}}</ref> [[Movement for Reform Judaism|Reform]] and Orthodox-Jewish synagogues<ref>{{Cite web |title=Synagogues in Bristol&nbsp;– Shuls in Bristol&nbsp;– Jewish Temples in Bristol |url=http://www.mavensearch.com/synagogues/C3382Y41287RX |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204172221/http://www.mavensearch.com/synagogues/C3382Y41287RX |archive-date=4 December 2008 |access-date=15 March 2009 |publisher=Maven Search}}</ref> and four [[Sikh temples]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sikhism |url=http://bristolmultifaithforum.org.uk/faiths/sikhism/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524023158/http://bristolmultifaithforum.org.uk/faiths/sikhism/ |archive-date=24 May 2014 |access-date=23 May 2014 |publisher=Bristol Multi Faith Forum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ramgharia Sikh Temple (Gurwara) |url=http://www.englandspastforeveryone.org.uk/Counties/Bristol/Projects/EthnicMinorities/Items/Ramgharia_Sikh_Temple?Session/@id=D_dLx4XM484WWSGX1LR3yf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305153032/http://www.englandspastforeveryone.org.uk/Counties/Bristol/Projects/EthnicMinorities/Items/Ramgharia_Sikh_Temple?Session%2F%40id=D_dLx4XM484WWSGX1LR3yf |archive-date=5 March 2012 |access-date=23 August 2009 |website=England's Past for Everyone in Bristol |publisher=Victoria County History}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UK Gurdwara List: Avon |url=http://www.boss-uk.org/gurdwara#avon |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105063346/http://www.boss-uk.org/gurdwara |archive-date=5 January 2012 |access-date=23 August 2009 |publisher=British Organisation of Sikh Students}}</ref>

=== Bristol conurbation ===
The population of [[Bristol Urban Area|Bristol's contiguous urban area]] was put at 551,066 by the ONS based on Census 2001 data.<ref name="ANameSoThatWeDontHaveToUseIbidForTheNextRef">{{Cite web |title=The UKs major urban areas |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_compendia/fom2005/03_FOPM_UrbanAreas.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628203215/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_compendia/fom2005/03_FOPM_UrbanAreas.pdf |archive-date=28 June 2011 |access-date=12 May 2007 |website=Census 2001 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}</ref> In 2006 the ONS estimated Bristol's urban-area population at 587,400,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Population of Bristol |url=http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/stream/asset/?asset_id=29800002& |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918070115/http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/stream/asset/?asset_id=29800002& |archive-date=18 September 2010 |access-date=12 June 2011 |publisher=Bristol City Council |page=5 |format=PDF}}</ref> making it England's sixth-most populous city and tenth-most populous urban area.<ref name="ANameSoThatWeDontHaveToUseIbidForTheNextRef" />
At {{cvt|3599|PD/km²|0}} it has the seventh-highest population density of any English district.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2006 |title=ONS 2005 Mid-Year Estimates |url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=9395&More=Y |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302063319/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/statbase/ssdataset.asp?vlnk=9395&More=Y |archive-date=2 March 2007 |access-date=12 May 2007 |publisher=Office for National Statistics}}</ref> According to data from 2019, the urban area has the 11th-largest population in the UK with a population of 670,000.<ref name="UrbanPopulation">{{cite web |url=http://www.citypopulation.de/UK-UA.html |title=United Kingdom: Urban Areas |website=Citypopulation.de |access-date = 22 November 2020}}</ref>

In 2007 the [[European Spatial Planning Observation Network]] (ESPON) defined Bristol's [[functional urban area]] as including Weston-super-Mare, Bath and Clevedon with a total population of 1.04&nbsp;million, the twelfth largest of the UK.<ref>[[European Spatial Planning Observation Network]], [http://www.espon.eu/export/sites/default/Documents/Projects/ESPON2006Projects/StudiesScientificSupportProjects/UrbanFunctions/fr-1.4.3_April2007-final.pdf Study on Urban Functions (Project 1.4.3)] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924002318/http://www.espon.eu/export/sites/default/Documents/Projects/ESPON2006Projects/StudiesScientificSupportProjects/UrbanFunctions/fr-1.4.3_April2007-final.pdf |date=24 September 2015 }}, Final Report, Chapter 3, (ESPON, 2007)</ref>
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