Editing Brighton and Hove (section)

==Economy and demography==
{{main|Brighton#Economy}}
[[File:Brighton and Hove population pyramid.svg|thumb|Population pyramid of Brighton and Hove in 2021]]
The economy of the city is service-based with a strong emphasis on creative, digital and electronic technologies.  Tourism and entertainment are important sectors for the city, which has many hotels and amusements, as well as [[Brighton Pier]] and [[Shoreham-by-Sea|Shoreham/Portslade Harbour]].

The [[United Kingdom Census 2011]] showed a substantial fall in the proportion of the population claiming [[Jobseeker's Allowance]] or [[Income Support]], from 10.1% of the resident population in 2001, to 4.5% of the resident population in 2011''.''<ref name="ons">[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Key Statistics: Population; Quick Statistics: Economic indicators] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030211201309/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/ |date=11 February 2003 }}. ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] and [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]]) Retrieved 27 February 2015.</ref>

=== Demography ===
The first census of Brighton was in 1801.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Census records|url=https://new.eastsussex.gov.uk/libraries/reference-and-research/census|url-status=live|access-date=17 October 2021|website=East Sussex County Council|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128094922/https://new.eastsussex.gov.uk/libraries/reference-and-research/census |archive-date=28 January 2021 }}</ref>

The resident population of Brighton and Hove at the 2011 census was 273,369 persons, 50% male and 50% female.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brighton & Hove City Snapshot – Summary of Statistics 2014|url=http://www.bhconnected.org.uk/sites/bhconnected/files/City%20Snapshot%20Summary%20of%20Statistics%202014.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506214127/http://www.bhconnected.org.uk/sites/bhconnected/files/City%20Snapshot%20Summary%20of%20Statistics%202014.pdf|archive-date=6 May 2016|access-date=3 September 2017|publisher=Brighton & Hove City Council}}</ref>

The 2011 census found the ethnic composition of Brighton and Hove to be 89.1% white (80.5% white British, 1.4% white Irish, 7.1% other white), 4.1% Asian (1.1% Chinese, 1.1% Indian, 0.5% Bangladeshi, 1.2% other Asian), 3.8% mixed race (1.5% mixed black/white, 1.2% mixed white/Asian, 1.0% other mix), 1.5% black, and 0.8% Arab.<ref name="census2011">{{NOMIS2011|id=1946157280|title=Brighton and Hove Local Authority|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref>

The 2011 census found the religious composition to be 42.90% Christian, 42.42% nonreligious, 2.23% Muslim, 1.00% Buddhist, and 0.98% Jewish. 1.66% were adherents of some other religion, while 8.81% did not state their religion.<ref name="census2011" />

In the 2001 census, Brighton and Hove had the highest percentage of citizens [[Jedi census phenomenon|indicating their religion]] as [[Jediism|Jedi]] among all [[principal area]]s of [[England and Wales]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2001 Census|url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/rank/jedi.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109090209/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/profiles/rank/jedi.asp|archive-date=9 January 2007|publisher=statistics.gov.uk}}</ref>

=== Ethnicity ===
{| 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=7 September 2021 |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=15 December 2021 |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=29 November 2022 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
![[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]: Total
!221,767
!96.9%
!233,582
!94.3%
!243,512
!89.1%
!236,571
!85.4%
|-
|White: [[White British|British]]
|–
|–
|218,134
|88%
|220,018
|80.5%
|204,831
|73.9%
|-
|White: [[White Irish|Irish]]
|–
|–
|3,965
|
|3,772
|
|3,944
|1.4%
|-
|White: [[White Gypsy or Irish Traveller|Gypsy or Irish Traveller]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|198
|
|197
|0.1%
|-
|White: [[Romani people|Roma]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|787
|0.3%
|-
|White: [[Other White|Other]]
|–
|–
|11,483
|4.6%
|19,524
|7.1%
|26,812
|9.7%
|-
![[British Asian|Asian or Asian British]]: Total
!3,845
!1.7%
!5,844
!2.4%
!11,278
!4.1%
!13,217
!4.7%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Indians|Indian]]
|1,241
|
|2,106
|
|2,996
|
|3,633
|1.3%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]]
|283
|
|540
|
|649
|
|929
|0.3%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]
|465
|
|975
|
|1,367
|
|1,729
|0.6%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: [[British Chinese|Chinese]]
|965
|
|1,305
|
|2,999
|
|3,065
|1.1%
|-
|Asian or Asian British: Other Asian
|891
|
|918
|
|3,267
|
|3,861
|1.4%
|-
![[Black British people|Black or Black British]]: Total
!1,343
!0.6%
!1,992
!0.8%
!4,188
!1.5%
!5,458
!2%
|-
|Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|African]]
|562
|
|1,380
|
|2,893
|
|3,949
|1.4%
|-
|Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]]
|323
|
|468
|
|879
|
|988
|0.4%
|-
|Black or Black British: [[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom|Other Black]]
|458
|
|144
|
|416
|
|521
|0.2%
|-
![[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed or British Mixed]]: Total
!–
!–
!4,799
!1.9%
!10,408
!3.8%
!13,228
!4.7%
|-
|Mixed: White and Black Caribbean
|–
|–
|834
|
|2,182
|
|2,410
|0.9%
|-
|Mixed: White and Black African
|–
|–
|961
|
|2,019
|
|2,334
|0.8%
|-
|Mixed: White and Asian
|–
|–
|1,582
|
|3,351
|
|4,198
|1.5%
|-
|Mixed: Other Mixed
|–
|–
|1,422
|
|2,856
|
|4,286
|1.5%
|-
!Other: Total
!2,017
!1%
!1,600
!0.6%
!3,983
!1.5%
!8,629
!3.1%
|-
|Other: Arab
|–
|–
|–
|–
|2,184
|0.8%
|3,049
|1.1%
|-
|Other: Any other ethnic group
|2,017
|1%
|1,600
|0.6%
|1,799
|0.6%
|5,580
|2.0%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!Total
!228,972
!100%
!247,817
!100%
!273,369
!100%
!277,103
!100%
|}

=== Religion ===
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! rowspan="2" |Religion
! colspan="2" |2001<ref>{{Cite web |title=KS007 - Religion - Nomis - 2001 |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/ks007 |access-date=18 October 2022 |website=www.nomisweb.co.uk}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref>{{Cite web |title=KS209EW (Religion) - Nomis - 2011 |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks209ew |access-date=18 October 2022 |website=www.nomisweb.co.uk}}</ref>
! colspan="2" | 2021<ref>{{cite web |date=29 November 2022 |title=Religion - 2021 census |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS030/editions/2021/versions/1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129115419/https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS030/editions/2021/versions/1 |archive-date=29 November 2022 |access-date=16 December 2022 |website=Office of National Statistics}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!No religion
!66,955
!27.0
!|115,954
!42.4
!152,966
!55.2
|-
!Holds religious beliefs
!158,849
!64.1
!133,326
!48.8
!104,377
!37.7
|-
|[[File:Gold_Christian_Cross_no_Red.svg|26x26px]] [[Christians|Christian]]
| align="right" |146,466
| align="right" |59.1
| align="right" |117,276
| align="right" |42.9
| align="right" |85,629
| align="right" |30.9
|-
|[[File:Dharma_Wheel.svg|20x20px]] [[Buddhism|Buddhist]]
| align="right" |1,747
| align="right" |0.7
| align="right" |2,742
| align="right" |1.0
| align="right" |2,455
| align="right" |0.9
|-
|[[File:Om.svg|21x21px]] [[Hinduism|Hindu]]
| align="right" |1,300
| align="right" |0.5
| align="right" |1,792
| align="right" |0.7
| align="right" |2,100
| align="right" |0.8
|-
|[[File:Star_of_David.svg|23x23px]] [[Jews|Jewish]]
| align="right" |3,358
| align="right" |1.4
| align="right" |2,670
| align="right" |1.0
| align="right" |2,455
| align="right" |0.9
|-
|[[File:Star_and_Crescent.svg|20x20px]] [[Muslim]]
| align="right" |3,635
| align="right" |1.5
| align="right" |6,095
| align="right" |2.2
| align="right" |8,500
| align="right" |3.1
|-
|[[File:Khanda.svg|24x24px]] [[Sikhism|Sikh]]
| align="right" |237
| align="right" |0.1
| align="right" |342
| align="right" |0.1
| align="right" |378
| align="right" |0.1
|-
|Other religion
| align="right" |2,106
| align="right" |0.8
| align="right" |2,409
| align="right" |0.9
| align="right" |2,860
| align="right" |1.0
|-
|-
!Religion not stated
! align="right" |22,013
! align="right" |8.9
! align="right" |24,089
! align="right" |8.8
! align="right" |19,760
! align="right" |7.1
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!Total population
! align="right" |247,817
! align="right" |100.0
! align="right" |273,369
! align="right" |100.0
! align="right" |277,103
! align="right" |100.0
|}