Editing Edinburgh (section)

===Current===
[[File:Edinburgh population density map, 2011 census.png|thumb|upright=1.3|Population density map]]
The most recent official population estimates ({{Scottish settlement population citation|year}}) are {{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Edinburgh}} for the locality (includes [[Currie]]),<ref name="NRS Locality Estimate"/> and {{Scottish settlement population|Name|POP=Edinburgh}} for the Edinburgh settlement (includes [[Musselburgh]]).<ref name="NRS Locality Estimate" />

Edinburgh has a high proportion of young adults, with 19.5% of the population in their 20s (exceeded only by Aberdeen) and 15.2% in their 30s which is the highest in Scotland. The proportion of Edinburgh's population born in the UK fell from 92% to 84% between 2001 and 2011, while the proportion of White Scottish-born fell from 78% to 70%. Of those Edinburgh residents born in the UK, 335,000 or 83% were born in Scotland, with 58,000 or 14% being born in England.<ref name="edinburgh.gov.uk">{{Cite report |title=2011 Census Edinburgh: Topic summary: Ethnicity and related themes: ethnic group, country of birth, national identity, age and year of arrival in the UK, religion, languages |date=November 2013 |publisher=Planning Information, Planning and Building Standards, Services for Communities, The City of Edinburgh Council |url=http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/11895/census_2011-ethnicity_and_related_themes_ethnic_group_country_of_birth_national_identity_religion_languages_etc |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102194252/http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/11895/census_2011-ethnicity_and_related_themes_ethnic_group_country_of_birth_national_identity_religion_languages_etc |archive-date=2 January 2014 |access-date=29 December 2013}}</ref> 

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" width="100%"
|+ Demographics of Edinburgh by ethnic group
! rowspan="2" |Ethnic group
! colspan="2" |1991<ref name=":412">As UK Census data post 2001 is unavailable through the ONS website, it has been [https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/2011census/2011censusdata/censusdata18011991 recommended] to use archival census collection websites to obtain data. 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 Scotland.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405213012/http://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/step1.cfm |date=5 April 2022 }} (Table 6)</ref><ref name=":422">{{Cite report |publisher=Office of Population Censuses and Surveys; General Register Office for Scotland; Registrar General for Northern Ireland |date=1997 |title=1991 Census aggregate data. UK Data Service |edition=1997 |doi=10.5257/census/aggregate-1991-1}} This information is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Census Dissemination Unit |first=Mimas |date=5 May 2011 |title=InFuse |url=https://infuse2011gf.ukdataservice.ac.uk/ |access-date=24 June 2022 |website=infuse2011gf.ukdataservice.ac.uk |language=English}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Council |first=The City of Edinburgh |title=Census 2011 – The Results for Edinburgh – The City of Edinburgh Council |url=http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/2938/census_2011_-_ethnicity_and_related_themes_-_topic_report_for_edinburgh |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218010434/http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/2938/census_2011_-_ethnicity_and_related_themes_-_topic_report_for_edinburgh |archive-date=18 December 2018 |access-date=18 January 2019 |website=www.edinburgh.gov.uk}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />
! colspan="2" |2022<ref name="2022census_Scot">{{cite web |url=https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/media/trbdxzme/scotland-s-census-2022-ethnic-group-national-identity-language-and-religion-chart-data.xlsx |title=Scotland's Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion - Chart data |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=21 May 2024 |website=Scotland's Census |publisher=[[National Records of Scotland]] |access-date=21 May 2024 }} [https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/search-the-census#/search-by Alternative URL] 'Search data by location' > 'Local Authority (CA2019)' > 'City of Edinburgh' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Ethnic Group'</ref>
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!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
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|
|-
![[White people|White]]: Total
!409,044
!97.64%
!430,369
!95.9%
!437,167
!91.7%
!436,742
!84.9%
|-
|White: [[Scottish people|Scottish]]
| –
| –
|354,053
|78.9%
|334,987
|70.2%
|298,533
|58.0%
|-
|White: [[White British|Other British]]
| –
| –
|51,407
|11.4%
|56,132
|11.7%
|69,829
|13.6%
|-
|White: [[Irish Briton|Irish]]
|5,518
|1.31%
|6,470
|1.4%
|8,603
|1.8%
|10,326
|2.0%
|-
|White: [[Irish Traveller|Gypsy/Traveller]]{{efn|name=auto|New category created for the 2011 census}}
| –
| –
| –
| –
|388
| –
|256
| –
|-
|White: [[White Polish|Polish]]{{efn|name=auto}}
| –
| –
| –
| –
|12,820
|2.68%
|16,351
|3.18%
|-
|White: [[White Other (United Kingdom Census)|Other]]
| –
| –
|18,439
|4.1%
|24,237
|5.1%
|41,449
|8.1%
|-
![[Asian people|Asian]], [[Asian-Scots|Asian Scottish]] or [[British Asian|Asian British]]: Total
!6,979
!1.66%
!11,600
!2.5%
!26,264
!5.5%
!44,070
!8.6%
|-
|Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: [[British Indian|Indian]]
|1,176
|0.28%
|2,384
|0.53%
|6,470
|1.35%
|12,414
|2.41%
|-
|Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: [[British Pakistani|Pakistani]]
|2,625
|0.62%
|3,928
|0.87%
|5,858
|1.22%
|7,454
|1.45%
|-
|Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: [[British Bangladeshi|Bangladeshi]]
|328
| –
|636
|0.14%
|1,277
|0.26%
|2,685
|0.52%
|-
|Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: [[British Chinese|Chinese]]
|1,940
|0.46%
|3,532
|0.78%
|8,076
|1.69%
|15,076
|2.93%
|-
|Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British: [[British Asian|Asian Other]]
|910
|0.21%
|1,201
|0.26%
|4,583
|0.96%
|6,441
|1.25%
|-
![[Black people|Black]], [[Black Scottish people|Black Scottish]] or [[Black British]]{{efn|Category restructured for the 2011 census}}
!1,171
!0.3%
!1,577
!0.3%
!5,505
!1.2%
!10,881
!2.1%
|-
![[Black people|African]]: Total
!603
!-
!1,285
!0.2%
!4,474
!0.9%
!9,462
!1.84%
|-
|African: [[Black people|African]], [[Black Scottish people|African Scottish]] or [[Black British|African British]]
|603
| –
|1,285
|0.2%
|4,364
|0.91%
|809
|0.16%
|-
|African: [[Black British|Other African]]
| –
| –
| –
| –
|110
| –
|8,653
|1.68%
|-
![[British African-Caribbean community|Caribbean]] or [[Black British|Black]]: Total
!568
!–
!292
!–
!1,031
!0.2%
!1,419
!0.3%
|-
|[[British African-Caribbean community|Caribbean]]
|175
| –
|292
| –
|505
|0.1%
|477
|0.1%
|-
|[[Black British|Black]]
| –
| –
| –
| –
|403
| –
|80
| –
|-
|Caribbean or Black: [[Other Black|Other]]
|393
| –
| –
| –
|123
| –
|862
|0.17%
|-
![[British Mixed|Mixed or multiple ethnic groups]]: Total
!–
!–
!2,776
!0.6%
!4,087
!0.8%
!12,882
!2.5%
|-
!Other: Total
!1,720
!0.41%
!2,047
!0.45%
!3,603
!0.8%
!9,966
!1.9%
|-
|Other: [[British Arabs|Arab]]{{efn|name=auto}}
| –
| –
| –
| –
|2,500
|0.52%
|4,119
|0.8%
|-
|Other: Any other ethnic group
|1,720
|0.41%
|2,047
|0.45%
|1,103
|0.23%
|5,849
|1.14%
|-
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!Total:
!418,914
!100%
!448,624
!100%
!476,626
!100%
!514,543
!100%
|}Some 16,000 people or 3.2% of the city's population are of [[White Polish|Polish]] descent. 77,800 people or 15.1% of Edinburgh's population class themselves as Non-White, which is an increase from 8.2% in 2011 and 4% in 2001. Of the Non-White population, the largest group by far is [[Asian-Scots|Asian]], totalling about 44 thousand people. Within the Asian population, people of [[British Chinese|Chinese]] descent are now the largest sub-group, with 15,076 people, amounting to about 2.9% of the city's total population. The city's population of [[British Indian|Indian]] descent amounts to 12,414 (2.4% of the total population), while there are some 7,454 of [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]] descent (1.5% of the total population). Although they account for only 2,685 people or 0.5% of the city's population, Edinburgh has the highest number and proportion of people of [[British Bangladeshi|Bangladeshi]] descent in Scotland. Close to 12,000 people were born in African countries (2.3% of the total population) and over 13,000 in the Americas. With the notable exception of Inner London, Edinburgh has a higher number of people born in the United States (over 6,500) than any other city in the UK.<ref name="2022census_Scot"/>

The proportion of people residing in Edinburgh born outside the UK was 23.5% in 2022, compared with 15.9% in 2011 and 8.3% in 2001. Below are the largest overseas-born groups in Edinburgh according to the 2022 census, alongside the two previous censuses.

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable" style="text-align:right"
|-
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; background:#9dbec3;" | Place of birth
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; background:#9dbec3;" | 2022<ref name="CountryBirth_22">{{cite web |title=Table UV204 - Country of birth: Country by Country of Birth by Individuals |url=https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/search-the-census#/location/topics/list?topic=Ethnicity,%20Identity,%20Language%20and%20Religion&categoryId=4 |publisher=National Records of Scotland|access-date=24 May 2024}} '2022' > 'City of Edinburgh' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Country of birth: UV204'</ref>
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; background:#9dbec3;" | 2011<ref name="edinburgh.gov.uk"/>
! scope="col" style="text-align:center; background:#9dbec3;" | 2001<ref>{{cite web |title=Table UV08 - Country of birth: Final council area/LAD by Country of Birth by Person and Termtime Address Indicator |url=https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/search-the-census#/location/topics/list?topic=Ethnicity,%20Identity,%20Language%20and%20Religion&categoryId=4 |publisher=National Records of Scotland|access-date=24 May 2024}} '2001' > 'All of Scotland' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Country of birth: UV204'</ref>
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Poles in the United Kingdom|Poland]]
| 13,842
| 11,651
| 416
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|India}}
| 9,445
| 4,888
| 1,733
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Mainland China}}{{efn|This figure does not include [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]].}}
| 8,229
| 4,188
| 978
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|United States}} [[Americans in the United Kingdom|United States]]
| 6,539
| 3,715
| 2,184
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Italians in the United Kingdom|Italy]]
| 4,885
| 1,716
| 1,257
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Spaniards in the United Kingdom|Spain]]
| 4,837
| 2,011
| 1,058
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Irish people in Great Britain|Ireland]]
| 4,774
| 4,743
| 3,324
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Germans in the United Kingdom|Germany]]
| 3,843
| 3,526
| 2,760
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Hong Kong}} [[Hong Kongers in the United Kingdom|Hong Kong]]
| 3,556
| 1,622
| 1,416
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Pakistan}}
| 3,220
| 2,472
| 1,663
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Nigerians in the United Kingdom|Nigeria]]
| 2,978
| 1,186
| 231
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|France}} [[French migration to the United Kingdom|France]]
| 2,973
| 2,039
| 1,412
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[South Africans in the United Kingdom|South Africa]]
| 2,464
| 1,824
| 1,331
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Greeks in the United Kingdom|Greece]]
| 2,377
| 992
| 575
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Australians in the United Kingdom|Australia]]
| 2,189
| 2,086
| 2,012
|-
| scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Canadians in the United Kingdom|Canada]]
| 2,079
| 1,760
| 1,332
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left;"| '''Overall – all overseas-born'''
! 120,978
! 75,698
! 37,420
|-
|}