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.