Editing Rybnik (section)

=== Nationality, language and religion ===
According to the 2011 census, 85.2% of Rybnik citizens declared [[Polish nationality law|Polish nationality]], while 28.6% declared nationality other than Polish (since 2011, in the Polish census, one can declare up to two nationalities). [[Silesians]] were the largest national minority, at 28.6% (40,311 people), followed by [[Germans]] at 0.5% (707). [[Polish language|Polish]] was the most-common language spoken at home, with 94.5% inhabitants declaring it. 24,372 people (17.3%) declared they speak [[Silesian language|Silesian]] at home.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=GUS|title=Struktura narodowo-etniczna, językowa i wyznaniowa ludności Polski - NSP 2011|url=https://stat.gov.pl/spisy-powszechne/nsp-2011/nsp-2011-wyniki/struktura-narodowo-etniczna-jezykowa-i-wyznaniowa-ludnosci-polski-nsp-2011,22,1.html|access-date=2021-09-24|website=stat.gov.pl|language=pl}}</ref> Since the 2011 census, Poland has experienced a significant influx of immigrants, [[Ukrainians in Poland|particularly from Ukraine]]. In Rybnik, the city hall estimates the Ukrainian immigrant population at around 10,000 as of 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=III Dni Kultury Ukrainy w Rybniku|url=https://www.rybnik.eu/dla-mieszkancow/aktualnosci/aktualnosc/iii-dni-kultury-ukrainy-w-rybniku-1|access-date=2021-09-24|website=www.rybnik.eu|date=18 August 2021 |language=pl}}</ref>

[[Catholic Church|Catholicism]] was the largest religious denomination in Rybnik according to the 2011 census, with 127,809 adherents (90.69% of all inhabitants). The only other denomination with more than 300 adherents were [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], at 434 adherents (0.31%). 2,270 (1.61%) people declared they had no religion, while 6,785 (4.81%) refused to answer the question and for 2,790 (1.98%) people the question could not be answered.<ref name=":2" /> Other religions with places of worship in Rybnik include: [[Buddhism|Buddhists]], [[Seventh-day Adventist Church|Seventh Day Adventists]], [[Lutheranism|Lutherans]] (with a parish since 1742, and a church from 1853), and [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostals]].