Editing South West England (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Regional profile of the South West.png|thumb|Regional profile of the South West in 2011]]
[[File:South West of England population pyramid 2020.svg|thumb|200x200px|Population pyramid of the South West in 2020]]At the [[United Kingdom Census 2021|2021 census]], the population of the South West region was 5,701,186 <ref name="ons.gov.uk">{{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=29 November 2022 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref>
It has long been one of the fastest-growing regions in England and its 2021 population had increased by 7.8% since 2011 (when it was 5,288,935), and by 15.7% over the 2001 figure (4,928,434).

At the 2021 census, the proportion of white people in the region decreased from 95.4% to 93.1%, while the proportion of black and Asian residents increased significantly. At that time, 87.8% of the region's residents were classed as White British, which was higher than the England average of 73.5%.<ref name="ons.gov.uk"/>

The region had the oldest [[Population pyramid|median age]] in England; in the 2011 census, [[West Somerset]] had the UK's oldest average age&nbsp;– almost 48. The region had the second-highest proportion (23%) of rural population in the UK, after Northern Ireland.
{{Historical populations
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|source      = A Vision of Britain through Time<ref>[https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10089803/cube/TOT_POP the South West GovOf through time | Population Statistics | Total Population] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012152032/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TOT_POP&u_id=10205724&c_id=10001043&add=N|date=12 October 2012}}. Visionofbritain.org.uk. Retrieved on 14 March 2021</ref>
|1801|1,355,811 
|1811|1,498,569 
|1821|1,754,725 
|1831|1,981,488 
|1841|2,173,157 
|1851|2,263,070 
|1861|2,319,593 
|1881|2,444,167 
|1891|2,543,186 
|1911|2,825,046 
|1921|2,877,866 
|1931|2,989,977 
|1951|3,483,675 
|1961|3,693,029 
|1971|4,132,770 
|1981|4,163,729 
|1991|4,610,241 
|2001|4,928,364 
|2011|5,288,935 
|2021|5,701,186}}

=== Ethnicity ===
{| class="wikitable"
! rowspan="3" |Ethnic group
! colspan="8" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |1991<ref>As UK Census data past 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. Data is from  the [[UK Data Service]], [http://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/step1.cfm 1991 Census on Ethnic Data for England] (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=24 June 2022 |website=webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref>{{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=24 June 2022 |website=webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="ons.gov.uk"/>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
![[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]: Total
!4,546,848
!98.6%
!4,815,316
!97.7%
!5,046,429
!95.41%
!5,309,608
!93.1%
|-
|White: [[White British|British]]
|–
|–
|4,701,602
|95.39%
|4,855,676
|91.8%
|5,008,149
|87.8%
|-
|White: [[Irish Briton|Irish]]
|–
|–
|32,484
|0.65%
|28,616
|0.54%
|31,698
|0.6%
|-
|White: [[Irish Traveller]]/[[Romani people|Gypsy]]
|–
|–
| –
| –
|5,631
|
|6,382
|0.1%
|-
|White: Roma
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|5,785
|0.1%
|-
|White: [[White Other (United Kingdom Census)|Other]]
|–
|–
|81,230
|1.64%
|156,506
|2.95%
|257,594
|4.5%
|-
![[British Asian|Asian or Asian British]]: Total
!28,368
!0.6%
!45,522
!0.92%
!105,537
!1.99%
!159,184
!2.8%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Indian]]
|10,915
|
|16,394
|
|34,188
|
|58,847
|1.0%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Pakistani|Pakistani]]
|3,925
|
|6,729
|
|11,622
|
|17,432
|0.3%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Bangladeshi|Bangladeshi]]
|2,308
|
|4,816
|
|8,416
|
|12,217
|0.2%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Chinese|Chinese]]
|6,687
|
|12,722
|
|22,243
|
|26,516
|0.5%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Asian|Asian Other]]
|4,533
|
|4,861
|
|29,068
|
|44,172
|0.8%
|-
![[Black British people|Black or Black British]]: Total
!21,779
!0.5%
!20,920
!0.42%
!49,476
!0.93%
!69,614
!1.3%
|-
|Black or Black British: [[Black British|African]]
|2,820
|
|6,171
|
|24,226
|
|43,318
|0.8%
|-
|Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean community|Caribbean]]
|12,387
|
|12,405
|
|15,129
|
|17,226
|0.3%
|-
|Black or Black British: [[Other Black|Other]]
|6,572
|
|2,344
|
|10,121
|
|9,070
|0.2%
|-
![[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed]]: Total
!–
!–
!37,371
!0.75%
!71,884
!1.35%
!114,074
!2%
|-
|Mixed: [[White people|White]] and [[British African-Caribbean community|Caribbean]]
|–
|–
|13,343
|
|25,669
|
|33,217
|0.6%
|-
|Mixed: [[White people|White]] and [[Black British|African]]
|–
|–
|3,917
|
|8,550
|
|15,644
|0.3%
|-
|Mixed: [[White people|White]] and [[British Asian|Asian]]
|–
|–
|11,198
|
|21,410
|
|34,960
|0.6%
|-
|Mixed: [[Multiracial|Other Mixed]]
|–
|–
|8,913
|
|16,255
|
|30,253
|0.5%
|-
!Other: Total
!12,429
!0.3%
!9,305
!0.18%
!15,609
!0.29%
!48,706
!0.9%
|-
|Other: [[Arab people|Arab]]
|–
|–
| –
| –
|5,692
|
|10,302
|0.2%
|-
|Other: Any other ethnic group
|12,429
|0.3%
|9,305
|0.18%
|9,917
|
|38,404
|0.7%
|-
!Ethnic minority: Total
!62,576
!1.4%
!113,118
!2.3%
!242,506
!4.6%
!391,578
!6.9%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!Total
!4,609,424
!100%
!4,928,434
!100%
!5,288,935
!100%
!5,701,186
!100%
|}

===Religion===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Religion in South West England
|-
! rowspan="2" |Religion
! colspan="2" |[[2021 United Kingdom census|2021]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=TS030 - Religion Edit query|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/c2021ts030|access-date=2022-11-29|website=www.nomisweb.co.uk}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |[[2011 United Kingdom census|2011]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=KS209EW (Religion) - Nomis - 2011 |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks209ew |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=www.nomisweb.co.uk}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |[[2001 United Kingdom census|2001]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=KS007 - Religion - Nomis - 2001 |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/ks007 |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=www.nomisweb.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!Number
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!Number
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
|[[History of Christianity in Britain|Christianity]]
| 2,635,872
| 46.2%
| 3,194,066
| 60.4%
| 3,646,488
| 74.0%
|-
|[[Islam in the United Kingdom|Islam]]
| 80,152
| 1.4%
| 51,228
| 1.0%
| 23,465
| 0.5%
|-
|[[Hinduism in the United Kingdom|Hinduism]]
| 27,746
| 0.5%
| 16,324
| 0.3%
| 8,288
| 0.2%
|-
|[[Buddhism in the United Kingdom|Buddhism]]
| 24,579
| 0.4%
| 19,730
| 0.4%
| 11,299
| 0.2%
|-
|[[Sikhism in the United Kingdom|Sikhism]]
| 7,465
| 0.1%
| 5,892
| 0.1%
| 4,614
| 0.1%
|-
|[[History of the Jews in the United Kingdom|Judaism]]
| 7,387
| 0.1%
| 6,365
| 0.1%
| 6,747
| 0.1%
|-
|Other religion
| 36,884
| 0.6%
| 29,279
| 0.6%
| 18,221
| 0.4%
|-
|[[Irreligion in the United Kingdom|No religion]]
| 2,513,369
| 44.1%
| 1,549,201
| 29.3%
| 825,461
| 16.7%
|-
|Religion not stated
| 367,732
| 6.5%
| 416,850
| 7.9%
| 383,851
| 7.8%
|-
!Total population
! '''5,701,186'''
! '''100%'''
! '''5,288,935'''
! '''100%'''
! '''4,928,434'''
! '''100%'''
|-
|}

===Housing===
35% of people in the region own their homes outright, with no debt, the highest in the UK. The Cotswold district had the biggest house price increases in the region, and the second-biggest in the UK outside of London and the South-East, in a March 2015 survey. [[Weymouth and Portland]] has the highest council tax in England. West Somerset has the lowest average full-time pay at £287; West Somerset is also the district where poor children do much worse than wealthier children at school, with some of the worst differences in the UK, according to [[Ambition School Leadership]].

===Teenage pregnancy===
For top-tier authorities, Torbay has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in the region,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/news/Disappointment-teen-pregnancies-increase/article-1093382-detail/article.html|title=Disappointment as teen pregnancies increase|date=20 June 2009|publisher=This is South Devon|access-date=9 September 2009}}</ref> with Exeter the highest rate for council districts. For top-tier authorities, North Somerset (closely followed by Bath & NE Somerset) has the lowest rate, with [[Cotswold (district)|Cotswold]] having the lowest rate for council districts.

===Health===
The population in the region with the highest obesity level is [[Sedgemoor]] in Somerset, with 73.4%, the fifth in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=Carl |date=2021 |title=House of Commons Library: Briefing paper number 3336, 12 January 2021: Obesity statistics |url=https://dera.ioe.ac.uk/id/eprint/37120/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=dera.ioe.ac.uk |language=en}}</ref> North Dorset has the lowest proportion of cancer deaths in England – 97 per 100,000 (the England average is 142 per 100,000), down from 162 ten years earlier.{{when|date=January 2024}}

In the 2011 census, East Dorset had the highest rate of marriage in the UK; East Dorset also has the third-highest life expectancy for men in the UK at 82.7.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

===Crime===
For England and Wales in 2015, [[Wiltshire Police|Wiltshire]] has the fourth-lowest crime rate, and [[Devon and Cornwall Police|Devon and Cornwall]] has the fifth-lowest.

===Deprivation===
As measured by the [[Indices of deprivation 2007|English Indices of Deprivation 2007]], the region shows similarities with [[Southern England]] in having more [[Super Output Areas|Lower Layer Super Output Areas]] in the 20% least [[Multiple deprivation index|multiple deprived]] districts than the 20% most deprived.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/576659.pdf |title=Deprivation indices 2007 |access-date=24 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609171001/http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/576659.pdf |archive-date= 9 June 2012 }}</ref> The relative amount of deprivation is similar to the [[East Midlands]], except the South West has many fewer deprived areas. According to the LSOA data in 2007, the most deprived districts<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.gov.uk/dataset/index_of_multiple_deprivation_imd_2007|title=Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2007|date=9 February 2010 |publisher=Data.gov|access-date=9 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127164056/http://data.gov.uk/dataset/index_of_multiple_deprivation_imd_2007|archive-date=27 January 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> (before Cornwall became a unitary authority) were, in descending order: Bristol (64th in England), Torbay (71st), Plymouth (77th), [[Kerrier]] (86th), [[Restormel]] (89th), [[North Cornwall]] (96th), and West Somerset (106th). At county level, the deprived areas are City of Bristol (49th in England), Torbay (55th), Plymouth (58th), and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (69th).

The least deprived council districts are, in descending order: East Dorset, North Wiltshire, South Gloucestershire, Cotswold, Kennet, Stroud, Tewkesbury, West Wiltshire, Salisbury, and Bath and North East Somerset. At county level, the least deprived areas, in descending order, are South Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Poole, North Somerset, and Somerset. For smaller areas, the least-deprived in the region are E01015563 (139th in England) – Shaw and Nine Elms ward, in north Swindon; E01014791 (163rd in England) – Portishead East ward, in North Somerset off the A369 in [[Portishead and North Weston]]; E01020377 (184th in England) – [[Colehill]] East ward, in East Dorset, east of Wimborne Minster.

In March 2011, the region had the second-lowest [[Jobseeker's Allowance|unemployment claimant]] count in England, second to [[South East England]], with 2.7%. Inside the region, [[Torbay]] has the highest rate with 4.5%, followed by Bristol and Plymouth with 3.8%. East Dorset has the lowest rate with 1.4%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/regional-analysis/changing-regional-economies/changing-regional-economies/changing-regional-economies---south-west.pdf |title=Changing Regional Economies&nbsp;— South West |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=17 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916105720/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/regional-analysis/changing-regional-economies/changing-regional-economies/changing-regional-economies---south-west.pdf |archive-date=16 September 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>