The total population of Bath and North East Somerset is:  169,040

Ethnicity

% of B&NES population from white groups: 97.22%

% of B&NES population from Black and Minority Ethnic groups (BME):  2.8% (4699 people) (in 1991, the BME population of B&NES was 1.6%) 

In England and Wales, the % of BME people is 9.1%

The largest BME groups in B&NES are:

Chinese (860) 0.51%

Mixed white and Black Caribbean (620) 0.37%,

Mixed white and Asian (490) 0.29%

Asian (Indian) Asian: (489) 0.29%

Black Caribbean (489) 0.29%

Gender breakdown: 

86,897 female

82,143 male

Disability

The census question focused on people of working age with a limiting long-term illness.  The percentage of B&NES residents who declared this was 15.8%

Age

Median age of people in B&NES =39 (as opposed to 37 for England and Wales as a whole)

Religion

Christian 120,052

None: 32,978

Not stated 13, 579

Muslim: 665

Other: 612

Buddhist: 558

Hindu: 274

Jewish: 202

Sikh: 120

Largest non Christian faith =Muslim

Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual

The 2001 census did not include a question on sexuality.  However, conservative estimates are that approximately 7% of the population are Lesbian, Gay or Bisexual.  In B&NES this would mean a figure of just under 12,000 people.