Editing Leicester (section)

===Comparing===
In the 2021 census, the population of the Leicester unitary authority area was 368,581, an increase of 11.7% compared to the [[2011 United Kingdom census|United Kingdom Census 2011]] figure of 329,839. The wider [[Leicester Urban Area]],<ref name="BUA">{{cite web |title=Leicester local authority profile 2023 |url=https://www.leicester.gov.uk/media/inmh1feq/living-in-leicester-infographic-summary-2023.pdf |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=16 April 2025 |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics|ONS]]}}</ref> showed an estimated population of 509,000. The population of the Leicester unitary authority area is marginally higher than that of Nottingham, while Nottingham has a higher urban area population compared to Leicester. [[Eurostat]]'s [[Larger Urban Zone]] lists the population of the Leicester LUZ at 886,673 (2017) below that of Nottingham;<ref>{{cite web |title=Population on 1 January by age groups and sex – functional urban areas |url=http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=urb_lpop1&lang=en |website=Eurostat – Data Explorer |publisher=Eurostat |access-date=14 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903213351/http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=urb_lpop1&lang=en |archive-date=3 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> metropolitan and city region populations tend to be similar. According to the 2011 census Leicester had the largest proportion of people aged 19-and-under in the East Midlands at 27 per cent. Coventry, to the south west, has a population of 352,900 (2016 est.) compared to Leicester's 348,300 at the same date. Nonetheless, Coventry has an area one third greater than Leicester's, approximately equivalent to a combined 'Leicester + [[Oadby and Wigston]]' with a respective population of 404,100 (2016 est.).

The Eurostat regional yearbook 2015 classifies Leicester as one of country's eleven 'Greater Cities', together with Birmingham and Nottingham in the Midlands. Leicester is second only to Bristol as the largest [[unitary authority]] city in England ([[List of English districts by population]] 2015 estimates), and ninth largest counting both unitary authority cities and cities within metropolitan counties.

In terms of [[List of English districts and their ethnic composition|ethnic composition]], according to the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]], 40.9% of the population was [[White people|White]] (33.2% [[White British]], 0.5% [[Irish migration to Great Britain|White Irish]], 0.1% [[Gypsy (term)|Gypsy]] or [[Irish Traveller]], 6.8% [[Other White]]), 43.4% [[British Asian|Asian]] (34.3% [[British Indian|Indian]], 3.4% [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]], 1.9% [[British Bangladeshi|Bangladeshi]], 0.7% [[British Chinese|Chinese]], 3.1% Other Asian), 3.8% of [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|mixed race]] (1.4% White and Black Caribbean, 0.5% White and Black African, 1.0% White and Asian, 0.8% Other Mixed), 7.8% [[Black British|Black]] (5.8% African, 1.4% [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]], 0.8% [[Other Black]]), 0.9% [[British Arab|Arab]] and 3.2% of other ethnic heritage.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS021/editions/2021/versions/1/filter-outputs/7c1de044-3865-4adc-bbf3-2ada317f228d |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref>

{{as of|2015}}, Leicester is the second fastest growing city in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/fast-growing-city-needs-backing-Government/story-16589527-detail/story.html |title=Our fast-growing city needs backing from Government |work=Leicester Mercury |access-date=29 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623231112/http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/fast-growing-city-needs-backing-Government/story-16589527-detail/story.html |archive-date=23 June 2015}}</ref>