Editing London Borough of Redbridge (section)

==Demographics==
[[File:Redbridge population pyramid.svg|thumb|Population pyramid of Redbridge in 2021]]
In 2011 the population of Redbridge was recorded at 278,970.<ref name="2011censusONS">{{Cite web|url = http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/interactive/vp3-census-map/index.html/about_redbridge_council/2011_census/population.aspx|title = Population change 2001-2011|access-date = 30 November 2014|website = Office for National Statistics|date = 2012}}</ref> In common with the other London boroughs this continues a period of growth; between the 1991 and 2001 censuses the increase was 7.5%<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www2.redbridge.gov.uk/cms/the_council/about_the_council/about_redbridge_council/2011_census/2001_census_analysis/population_statistics.aspx|title = Population statistics|access-date = 30 November 2014|website = Redbridge i|publisher = Redbridge Council|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141207151758/http://www2.redbridge.gov.uk/cms/the_council/about_the_council/about_redbridge_council/2011_census/2001_census_analysis/population_statistics.aspx|archive-date = 7 December 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref> with a further rise of 15.3% by 2011.<ref name="2011censusONS" /> Redbridge has the third highest proportion of children and a higher-than-average proportion of older adults while the proportion of working age adults is slightly lower than average.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www2.redbridge.gov.uk/cms/the_council/about_the_council/about_redbridge_council/2011_census/population.aspx|title = 2011 Census - Population|access-date = 30 November 2014|website = Redbridge i|publisher = Redbridge Council|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141207151752/http://www2.redbridge.gov.uk/cms/the_council/about_the_council/about_redbridge_council/2011_census/population.aspx|archive-date = 7 December 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref> The population density was last recorded at 4,945 residents per km<sup>2 </sup>(the London regional density is 5,199, far higher than the England and Wales figure of 371).<ref name="2011censusONS" />

The healthy life expectancy (HLE) at birth for Redbridge residents stands at 65.5 years for males and 62.4 years for females (the England average HLE is 63.4 for males and 64.1 for females).<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/HTMLDocs/dvc173/index.html|title = How long can you expect to live in 'Good' general health?|date = 2014|access-date = 30 November 2014|website = Office for National Statistics}}</ref>

Redbridge is one of the most ethnically diverse local authority areas in the UK. 34% of respondents to the 2011 census stated that they were born outside the UK and 65.5% identified as belonging to an ethnic group other than white British.<ref name="redbridgeipopulation">{{Cite web|url = http://www2.redbridge.gov.uk/cms/the_council/about_the_council/about_redbridge_council/2011_census/diversity.aspx|title = 2011 Census - Diversity|access-date = 30 November 2014|website = Redbridge i|publisher = Redbridge Council|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141207151747/http://www2.redbridge.gov.uk/cms/the_council/about_the_council/about_redbridge_council/2011_census/diversity.aspx|archive-date = 7 December 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref> Redbridge's largest ethnic group is White British (34.5%), followed by Indian (16.4%),<ref name="redbridgeipopulation" /> and Pakistani (Redbridge has the highest proportion of Pakistani residents of any London borough).<ref name="redbridgeipopulation" />

{{Historical populations
| title= Population census
| percentages = 
| 1801 |4909
| 1811 |6317
| 1821 |7829
| 1831 |8572
| 1841 |9290
| 1851 |9921
| 1861 |16409
| 1871 |22897
| 1881 |29385
| 1891 |51250
| 1901 |77621
| 1911 |117735
| 1921 |152209
| 1931 |196790
| 1941 |230876
| 1951 |270876
| 1961 |254605
| 1971 |239337
| 1981 |224724
| 1991 |231198
| 2001 |238628
| 2011 |278970
| 2021 |310261
|footnote=Note:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/data_cube_table_page.jsp?data_theme=T_POP&data_cube=N_TPop&u_id=10057346&c_id=10001043&add=N|title=Redbridge: Total Population |access-date=6 September 2011 |work=A Vision of Britain Through Time |publisher=Great Britain Historical GIS Project }}</ref>
}}

=== Ethnic and religious change ===
In common with many London boroughs, the 2011 census showed notable ethnic and religious population mobility in Redbridge. Ethnic groups whose proportions fell in Redbridge were White British (-23% of the borough's total), Irish (-0.9%), and Caribbean (-0.6%). Ethnic groups whose proportions rose include Pakistani (+4.9%), other Asians (+4.4%), Bangladeshis (+3.9%), and other White  (+2.9%). Religious groups whose proportions fell in Redbridge were Christian (-13.9%) and Jews (-2.5%). For Jews this represented a fall of over 50% of their number in some wards. Religious groups whose proportions rose include Muslims (+11.4%) followed by Hindu (+3.6%).<ref name="redbridgeipopulation" />

===Ethnicity===
[[File:Ethnic makeup of Redbridge by single year ages in 2021.svg|thumb|Ethnic makeup of Redbridge by single year ages in 2021]]
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
! rowspan="3" |Ethnic Group
! colspan="12" |Year
|-
! colspan="2" |1971 estimations<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tim Butler |first=Chris Hamnett |title=Ethnicity, class and aspiration |url=https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/ethnicity-class-and-aspiration |access-date=2024-06-08 |website=Policy Press |page=66}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1981 estimations<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/ethnicityin1991c0000unse |title=Ethnicity in the 1991 census: Vol 3 - Social geography and ethnicity in Britain, geographical spread, spatial concentration and internal migration |date=1996 |publisher=London : HMSO |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-11-691655-6}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1991 census<ref name=":03">{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/ethnicityin1991c0000unse |title=Ethnicity in the 1991 census: Vol 3 - Social geography and ethnicity in Britain, geographical spread, spatial concentration and internal migration |date=1996 |publisher=London : HMSO |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-11-691655-6}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001 census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/submit.asp?forward=yes&menuopt=201&subcomp= |title=KS006 - Ethnic group  |publisher=NOMIS |access-date=30 January 2016}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011 census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/QS201EW/view/1946157259?cols=measures |title=Ethnic Group by measures |publisher=NOMIS |access-date=8 January 2016}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2021 census<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=2022-11-29 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
![[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]: Total
!–
!96.3%
!199,984
!88%
!181,134
!78.3%
!151,587
!63.5%
!118,646
!42.6%
!107,974
!34.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White British|British]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 137,097 || 57.5% || 96,253 || 34.5%
|71,844
|23.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Irish|Irish]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 5,559 || 2.3% || 3,900 || 1.4%
|3,092
|1.0%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[White Gypsy or Irish Traveller|Gypsy or Irish Traveller]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| –|| –|| 140 || 0.1%
|185
|0.1%
|-
|White: Roma
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|1,104
|0.4%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | White: [[Other White|Other]]
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 8,931 || 3.7% || 18,353 || 6.6%
|31,749
|10.2%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[British Asian|Asian or Asian British]]: Total 
!–
!–
!19,451
!8.5%
!37,177
!16.1%!! 61,585 !! 25.8% !! 116,503 !! 41.7%
!146,833
!47.3%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Indians|Indian]]
|–
|–
|13130
|
|24078
| || 33,304 || 14.0% || 45,660 || 16.4%
|51,183
|16.5%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Pakistanis|Pakistani]]
|–
|–
|3475
|
|6552
| || 14,888 || 6.2% || 31,051 || 11.1%
|44,000
|14.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Bangladeshis|Bangladeshi]]
|–
|–
|702
|
|1976
| || 4,224 || 1.8% || 16,011 || 5.7%
|31,895
|10.3%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: [[British Chinese|Chinese]]
|–
|–
|873
|
|1574
| || 1,962 || 0.8% || 3,000 || 1.1%
|2,918
|0.9%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Other Asian 
|–
|–
|1271
|
|2997
| || 7,207 || 3.0% || 20,781 || 7.4%
|16,837
|5.4%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[Black British people|Black or Black British]]: Total  
!–
!–
!5,877
!2.6%
!9,863
!4.2%!! 18,112 !! 7.6% !! 24,845 !! 8.8%
!26,096
!8.4%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|African]]
|–
|–
|1410
|
|2545
| || 7,827 || 3.3% || 12,357 || 4.4%
|14,573
|4.7%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]]
|–
|–
|3372
|
|5691
| || 9,126 || 3.8% || 9,064 || 3.2%
|8,452
|2.7%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: [[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom|Other Black]]
|–
|–
|1095
|
|1627
| || 1,159 || 0.5% || 3,424 || 1.2%
|3,071
|1.0%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed or British Mixed]]: Total 
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–
!–!! 5,831 !! 4.2% !! 11,456 !! 4.1%
!12,736
!4.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black Caribbean 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,884 || 1.5% || 3,204 || 1.1%
|3,154
|1.0%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black African 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 742 || 0.8% || 1,692 || 0.6%
|1,717
|0.6%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Asian 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,853 || 0.8% || 3,251 || 1.2%
|3,577
|1.2%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Mixed: Other Mixed 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| 1,352 || 2.5% || 3,309 || 1.2%
|4,288
|1.4%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Other: Total 
!–
!–
!1837
!
!3025
! !! 1,520 !! 0.6% !! 7,520 !! 2.7%
!16,622
!5.3%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Other: Arab 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–|| –|| –|| 1,551 || 0.6%
|2,263
|0.7%
|-
| style="text-align:left" | Other: Any other ethnic group 
|–
|–
|–
|–
|–
| –|| 1,520 || 0.6% || 5,969 || 2.1%
|14,359
|4.6%
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Ethnic minority: Total 
!–
!3.7%
!27,165
!11.9%
!50,065
!21.7%!! 87,048 !! 36.5% !! 160,324 !! 57.3%
!202,287
!65.1%
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Total 
!–
!100%
!227,149 
!100%
!231,199
!100%!! 238,635 !! 100.00% !! 278,970 !! 100.00%
!310,261
!100%
|}

===Religion===
[[File:Religious makeup of Redbridge by single year age groups in 2021.svg|thumb|Religious make up of Redbridge by single year age groups in 2021]]
{{bar box
|title=Religion in Redbridge<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/religion/bulletins/religionenglandandwales/census2021|title=Religion - Religion in England and Wales: Census 2021, ONS}}</ref>
|titlebar=#ddd
|left1=Religion
|right1=Per cent(%)
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Muslim]]|green|31.3}}
{{bar percent|[[Christians|Christian]]|purple|30.4}}
{{bar percent|[[Irreligion|No religion]]|red|12.6}}
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism|Hindu]]|Orange|11.1}}
{{bar percent|Undeclared|black|5.7}}
{{bar percent|[[Sikhism|Sikh]]|yellow|5.7}}
{{bar percent|[[Jewish]]|Blue|2.1}}
{{bar percent|Other|grey|0.7}}
{{bar percent|[[Buddhism|Buddhist]]|Gold|0.5}}
}}

According to the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 Census]], the largest religious groupings are [[Muslims]] (31.3 per cent), followed by [[Christians]] (30.4 per cent), those of [[Irreligion|no religion]] (12.6 per cent), [[Hinduism|Hindus]] (11.1 per cent) no response (5.7 per cent), [[Sikhism|Sikhs]] (5.7 per cent), [[Jews]] (2.1 per cent), [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] (0.5 per cent) and other religions at (0.7 per cent).

The proportion of Christians  residing in Redbridge in 2011 ranked fourth lowest in England and Wales, and 12 per cent below the London average of 48.4%. The number of Muslims in Redbridge has more than doubled since 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.redbridge.gov.uk/about-the-council/information-research-and-data-about-redbridge/2011-census-results/|title=Redbridge Census Results|publisher=Office of National Statistics}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Religion
! colspan="2" |1995 estimates<ref>{{Cite web |title=A PROFILE OF BRITISH JEWRY - 1995 |url=https://www.bjpa.org/content/upload/bjpa/a_pr/A%20PROFILE%20OF%20BRITISH%20JEWRY.pdf |page=12}}</ref>
|-
!Number
!%
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" |[[History of Christianity in Britain|Christian]]
|–
|–
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" |[[Irreligion in the United Kingdom|No religion]]
|–
|–
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" |[[Islam in the United Kingdom|Muslim]]
|–
|–
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" |Religion not stated
|–
|–
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" |[[Hinduism in the United Kingdom|Hindu]]
|–
|–
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" |[[History of the Jews in the United Kingdom|Jewish]]
|16,000
|7.1%
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" |[[Sikhism in the United Kingdom|Sikh]]
|–
|–
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" |Other religion
|–
|–
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-bgimage="" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" |[[Buddhism in the United Kingdom|Buddhist]]
|–
|–
|-
! scope="row" |'''Total'''
!–
!100%
|}
{{clear}}