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Demographics of Leicester

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{{Infobox place demographics|place=Leicester|image_size=350|caption=Population pyramid of Leicester|size_of_population=368,571 (2021)|image=File:Leicester population pyramid 2020.svg}}File:Population Density Leicester 2011 Census.png

Leicester, England is an ethnically and culturally diverse city. It is the thirteenth most populous city in the United Kingdom.

File:Leicester industry sectors over time.svg

Population

Leicester's total population, according to the 2011 UK census, was 329,839. The population density was 4,494 people per square km.

Ethnicity

File:Ethnic demography of Leicester from 1961 to 2021.gif

File:Ethnic makeup of Leicester by single year ages in 2021.svg

The following table shows the ethnic group of respondents in the 2001 and 2011 censuses in Leicester. The local district has been in a majority-minority state since around 2008{{cite news |date=11 September 2007 |last=Herbert |first=Ian |title=Leicester to be first city where white people are minority |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/leicester-to-be-first-city-where-white-people-are-minority-401968.html |access-date=12 November 2022 |website=The Independent |language=en}} and was reported in the 2011 census to be that, with the White British population at 45% of the population of Leicester.{{cite web |title=A City of Diversity - Story of Leicester |url=https://storyofleicester.info/city-stories/a-city-of-diversity/ |access-date=12 November 2022 |website=storyofleicester.info}}{{cite news |date=12 November 2022 |title=Census 2011: Leicester 'most ethnically diverse' in region |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-20678326 |access-date=12 November 2022}} Asian British residents, especially Indians, have risen since post-war migration to the UK began, famously Asians from Uganda who were expelled in 1972. In 1991, Asians as a broad multi-ethnic group made up nearly a quarter of the city's population but have risen to above a third of the population at 37.1%. Black British people have also risen as a group with the increase mostly coming from Black Africans who have risen from 0.3% of the city's population to nearly 4%.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
rowspan="2"|Ethnic group

! colspan="2" |1961 estimations{{Cite journal |last=McCarthy |first=Liam |date=2021-06-07 |title=The National Front and the BNP in Leicester and Leicestershire |url=https://leicester.figshare.com/articles/preprint/The_National_Front_and_the_BNP_in_post-immigration_Leicester_and_Leicestershire_/14685870/2 |language=en |doi=10.25392/leicester.data.14685870.v2}}

! colspan="2" |1971 estimations

! colspan="2" |1981 estimations{{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}}

! colspan="2" |1991 census{{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}}Data is taken from United Kingdom [http://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/index.htm Casweb Data services] of the United Kingdom [http://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/step1.cfm 1991 Census on Ethnic Data for England, Scotland and Wales] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405213012/http://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/step1.cfm |date=2022-04-05 }} (Table 6)

!colspan="2"|2001 census{{cite web |title=Office of National Statistics; 2001 Census Key Statistics |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/census-2001-key-statistics/local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/local-authorities-ks06--ethnic-group.xls |access-date=2021-09-07 |website=webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk}}

!colspan="2"|2011 census{{Cite web |title=2011 Census: Ethnic Group, local authorities in England and Wales |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks201ew.xls |access-date=2021-12-15 |website=webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk}}

! colspan="2" |2021 census{{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}}

Number

!%

!Number

!%

!Number

!%

!Number

!%

!Number

!%

!Number

!%

!Number

!%

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

White: Total

!267,470

!97.8%

!255,928

!90%

!207,109

!78.6%

!202,332

!71.1%

!178,739

!63.85%

!166,636

!50.52%

!150,657

!40.88%

style="text-align:left" | White: British

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

| –

169,45660.54%148,62945.06%

|122,395

|33.21%

style="text-align:left" | White: Irish

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|4,134

|1.52%

3,6021.29%2,5240.77%

|1,789

|0.49%

style="text-align:left" | White: Gypsy or Irish TravellerNew category created for the 2011 census

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

| –

––4170.13%

|457

|0.12%

style="text-align:left" | White: RomaNew category created for the 2021 census

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

| –

| –

| –

| –

| –

|839

|0.23%

style="text-align:left" | White: Other

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

| –

5,6812.03%15,0664.57%

|25,177

|6.83%

Asian or Asian British: Total

!3,742{{Cite journal |last=Byrne |first=D |date=1998 |title=Class and Ethnicity in Complex Cities—The Cases of Leicester and Bradford |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1068/a300703 |journal=Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space |language=en |volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=703–720 |doi=10.1068/a300703 |issn=0308-518X|url-access=subscription }}

!1.4%

!–

!–

!48,923

!18.6%

!72,069

!25.3%

!85,177

!30.43%

!122,470

!37.13%

!159,977

!43.40%

style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Indian

|–

|–

|–

|–

|44,132

|16.7%

|64,669

|22.7%

72,03325.73%93,33528.30%

|126,421

|34.30%

style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Pakistani

|–

|–

|–

|–

|1,827

|0.7%

|2,827

| 1%

4,2761.53%8,0672.45%

|12,673

|3.44%

style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi

|–

|–

|–

|–

|591

|

|1,131

|

1,9260.69%3,6421.10%

|7,055

|1.91%

style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: ChineseIn 2001, listed under the 'Chinese or other ethnic group' heading.

|–

|–

|–

|–

|495

|

|716

|

1,4260.51%4,2451.29%

|2,481

|0.67%

style="text-align:left" | Asian or Asian British: Other Asian

|–

|–

|–

|–

|1,878

|0.7%

|2,726

| 0.9%

5,5161.97%13,1814.00%

|11,347

|3.08%

Black or Black British: Total

!–

!–

!–

!–

!5,300

!2%

!7,065

!2.5%

!8,595

!3.07%

!20,585

!6.24%

!28,766

!7.80%

style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: Caribbean

|–

|–

|–

|–

|3,382

|1.3%

|4,394

| 1.5%

4,6101.65%4,7901.45%

|5,025

|1.36%

style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: African

|–

|–

|–

|–

|568

|

|782

|

3,4321.23%12,4803.78%

|21,536

|5.84%

style="text-align:left" | Black or Black British: Other Black

|–

|–

|–

|–

|1,350

|

|1,889

|

5530.20%3,3151.01%

|2,764

|0.75%

Mixed: Total

!–

!–

!–

!–

!–

!–

!–

!–

!6,506

!2.32%

!11,580

!3.51%

!13,899

!3.77%

style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black Caribbean

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

| –

2,8411.01%4,6911.42%

|5,025

|1.36%

style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Black African

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

| –

5390.19%1,1610.35%

|1,776

|0.48%

style="text-align:left" | Mixed: White and Asian

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

| –

1,9080.68%3,3881.03%

|3,659

|0.99%

style="text-align:left" | Mixed: Other Mixed

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

| –

1,2180.44%2,3400.71%

|3,439

|0.75%

Other: Total

!–

!–

!–

!–

!2,266

!0.9%

!3,234

!1.1%

!904

!0.32%

!8,568

!2.60%

!15,272

!4.14%

style="text-align:left" | Other: ArabNew category created for the 2011 census

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

| –

| –

––3,3111.00%

|3,402

|0.92%

style="text-align:left" | Other: Any other ethnic group

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|

|

9040.32%5,2571.59%

|11,870

|3.22%

Ethnic minority: Total

!6,000

!2.2%

!28,280

!10%

!56,489

!21.4%

!82,368

!28.9%

!101,182

!36.15%

!163,203

!49.48%

!217,914

!59.12%

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

Total

!273,470

!100%

!284,208

!100%

!263,598

!100%

!284,700

!100%

!279,921

!100%

!329,839

!100%

!368,571

!100%

Notes for table above

{{Gallery

|title=Distribution of ethnic groups in Leicester according to the 2011 census.

|width=225 | height=225

|align=center

|File:White Leicester 2011 census.png|White

|File:British Leicester 2011 census.png|White-British

|File:Irish Leicester 2011 census.png|White-Irish

|File:White other Leicester 2011 census.png|White-Other

|File:Asian Leicester 2011 census.png|Asian

|File:Indian Leicester 2011 census.png|Asian-Indian

|File:Pakistani Leicester 2011 census.png|Asian-Pakistani

|File:Bangladeshi Leicester 2011 census.png|Asian-Bangladeshi

|File:Chinese Leicester 2011 census.png|Asian-Chinese

|File:Black Leicester 2011 census.png|Black

|File:African Leicester 2011 census.png|Black-African

|File:Caribbean Leicester 2011 census.png|Black-Caribbean

|File:Arab Leicester 2011 census.png|Other-Arab

}}

File:White British in Leicester population pyramid 2021.svg|White British

= Ethnicity of school pupils =

The ethnicity of school pupils within Leicester has been in flux and in a majority-minority state since statistics have been first collected in 2003. For instance, the most profound change can be seen with the White British, who have declined from 45.6% in 2004 to 23.4% in 2022. Asian British school pupils have risen in percentage, going from 37.9% of the areas school pupil population to a near majority (47%). All other groups have grown in size as well. Other White school pupils have risen from 1.7% to 7.8%, Black British school pupils have risen from 6.4% to 10.4% in 2016 but then declined to 9.5% in 2022, Mixed have risen from 5.5% to 7.5% and Other ethnicities have gone from 0.8% to 2.7%.

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="3" |Ethnic group

! colspan="12" |School year{{Cite web |title=School and pupil characteristics |url=https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130104055718/http://www.education.gov.uk/researchandstatistics/statistics/statistics-by-topic/schoolpupilcharacteristics?page=1 |access-date=2022-11-08 |website=webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk}}{{Cite web |title=Schools, pupils and their characteristics, Academic Year 2021/22 |url=https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk |language=en}}

colspan="2" |1971{{Cite web |title=Immigrants - Volume 837: debated on Monday 22 May 1972 - Hansard |url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1972-05-22/debates/89a57ceb-f6fd-4c7f-92b2-cca417075993/Immigrants}}

! colspan="2" |2004

! colspan="2" |2008

! colspan="2" |2012

! colspan="2" |2015/16

! colspan="2" |2021/2022

Number

!%

!Number

!%

!Number

!%

!Number

!%

!Number

!%

!Number

!%

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

White: Total

!–

!86.5%

!19,480

!48.1%

!16,720

!42.4%

!15,515

!39%

!16,583

!36.6%

!18,905

!31.8%

White: British

|–

|–

|18,490

|45.6%

|15,090

|38.3%

|13,258

|33.3%

|13,215

|29.1%

|13,890

|23.4%

White: Irish

|–

|–

|190

|

|133

|

|86

|

|73

|

|65

|

White: Traveller of Irish heritage

|–

|–

|70

|

|35

|

|50

|

|61

|

|47

|

White: Gypsy/Roma

|–

|–

|30

|

|30

|

|139

|

|235

|

|266

|

White: Other

|–

|–

|700

|1.7%

|1,432

|

|1,978

|

|2,999

|

|4,637

|7.8%

Asian / Asian British: Total

!–

!–

!15,360

!37.9%

!15,924

!40.4%

!16,512

!41.5%

!19,682

!43.4%

!27,906

!47%

Asian / Asian British: Indian

|–

|–

|12,150

|30%

|12,267

|31.1%

|12,049

|30.3%

|14,179

|31.3%

|19,855

|33.4%

Asian / Asian British: Pakistani

|–

|–

|1,020

|

|1,227

|

|1,382

|

|1,724

|

|2,557

|

Asian / Asian British: Bangladeshi

|–

|–

|560

|

|638

|

|826

|

|994

|

|1,617

|

Asian / Asian British: Chinese

|–

|–

|80

|

|79

|

|80

|

|113

|

|169

|

Asian / Asian British: Other Asians

|–

|–

|1,550

|3.8%

|1,713

|

|2,175

|

|2,672

|

|3,708

|6.2%

Black / Black British: Total

!–

!–

!2,610

!6.4%

!3,450

!8.7%

!4,050

!10.2%

!4,726

!10.4%

!5,680

!9.5%

Black: Caribbean

|–

|–

|590

|

|534

|

|505

|

|500

|

|454

|

Black: African

|–

|–

|1,860

|4.6%

|2,576

|

|3,130

|

|3,589

|

|4,390

|7.4%

Black: Other Blacks

|–

|–

|160

|

|337

|

|415

|

|637

|

|836

|

Mixed / British Mixed

!–

!–

!2,230

!5.5%

!2,440

!6.2%

!2,730

!6.9%

!3,082

!6.8%

!4,457

!7.5%

Other: Total

!–

!–

!310

!0.8%

!534

!1.4%

!650

!1.6%

!910

!2%

!1,618

!2.7%

Unclassified

!–

!–

!570

!1.4%

!152

!0.4%

!312

!0.8%

!384

!0.8%

!833

!1.4%

Non-White: Total

!–

!13.5%

!

!51.9%

!

!57.6%

!

!61%

!

!63.4%

!

!68.2%

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

Total:

!–

!100%

!40,540

!100%

!39,430

!100%

!39,765

!100%

!45,367

!100%

!59,399

!100%

Ethnicity of births

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"

! rowspan="2" |Ethnic Group

! colspan="2" |1981 estimates{{Cite journal |last=Coleman |first=David |date=1983-01-01 |title=Some problems of data for the demographic study of immigration and of immigrant and minority populations in Britain |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.1983.9993401 |journal=Ethnic and Racial Studies |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=103–110 |doi=10.1080/01419870.1983.9993401 |issn=0141-9870|url-access=subscription }}

! colspan="2" |2021{{Cite web |title=Live births by ethnicity and local authority, 2020 to 2021 - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/adhocs/15652livebirthsbyethnicityandlocalauthority2020to2021 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}

Number

!%

!Number

!%

|

|

|

|

White: Total

!–

!66%

!1,362

!32.6%

White: British

|–

|–

|897

|21.5%

White: Other

|–

|–

|465

|11.1%

Asian / Asian British: Total

!–

!–

!1,858

!44.6%

Asian / Asian British: Indian

|–

|–

|1,384

|33.2%

Asian / Asian British: Pakistani

|–

|–

|176

|4.2%

Asian / Asian British: Bangladeshi

|–

|–

|111

|2.7%

Asian / Asian British: Other Asians

|–

|–

|187

|4.5%

Black / Black British: Total

!–

!–

!324

!7.7%

Black: Caribbean

|–

|–

|27

|0.6%

Black: African

|–

|–

|258

|6.2%

Black: Other Blacks

|–

|–

|39

|0.9%

Mixed / British Mixed

!–

!–

!331

!7.9%

Other: Total

!–

!–

!130

!3.1%

Not Stated

!–

!–

!167

!4.0%

|

|

|

|

Non-White: Total (not including Not stated)

!–

!33%

!2,643

!63.3%

|

|

|

|

Total:

!–

!100%

!4,172

!100%

Country of birth

File:UK born and foreign born population pyramid in Leicester in 2021.svg

class="wikitable"

! rowspan="3" |Country of Birth

! colspan="12" |Year

colspan="2" |1971Taken from [http://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/index.htm Casweb] UK Data Service from the 1971 UK wide Census. SAS08 of Country of Birth of England.

! colspan="2" |1981Taken from [http://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/index.htm Casweb UK Data Service] from the 1981 UK wide Census. Table 4 of Country of Birth in Scotland.

! colspan="2" |1991Data taken from 1991 census data query on [https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/ NOMIS]

! colspan="2" |2001[http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/census-2001-key-statistics/local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/local-authorities-ks05--country-of-birth.xls Census 2001 Key Statistics – Local Authorities KS05 Country of birth], Accessed 19 December 2022

! colspan="2" |2011[http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks204ew.xls 2011 Census: KS202EW National identity, local authorities in England and Wales], Accessed 19 December 2022

! colspan="2" |2021{{Cite web |title=Demography and migration data, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/articles/demographyandmigrationdatacontent/2022-11-02#demography-migration |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}

Number

!%

!Number

!%

!Number

!%

!Number

!%

!Number

!%

!Number

!%

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

|

{{flag|United Kingdom}}

!242,255

!87.4%

!223,681

!81%

!217,656

!80.4%

!215,455

!77%

!218,996

!66.4%

!217,078

!58.9%

{{flag|England}}

|234,551

|84.6%

|216,729

|78.5%

|212,010

|78.4%

|

|

|214,403

|65%

|213,555

|57.9%

{{flag|Scotland}}

|4,006

|

|3,708

|

|2,854

|

|

|

|2,330

|

|1821

|0.49%

{{flag|Wales}}

|2,243

|

|1,947

|

|1,726

|

|

|

|1,380

|

|1078

|0.29%

{{flag|Northern Ireland}}

|1,455

|

| –

|

|1,019

|

|

|

|781

|

|590

|0.16%

{{flag|United Kingdom}} (not otherwise specified)

|

|

|1,297

|

|47

|

|84

|

|102

|

|467

|0.13%

Europe (non-UK)

!9,015

!3.3%

!7,472

!2.7%

!6,180

!2.3%

!7,563

!2.7%

!19,689

!6%

!31,880

!8.6%

{{flag|Ireland}}

|4,807

|

|3,890

|

|3,099

|

|2,486

|

|1,933

|

|1,240

|0.34%

Other EEC/EU

|

|

|1,532

|0.6%

|1,750

|0.6%

|3,021

|1.1%

|15,927

|4.8%

|

|

Other Europe

|4,208

|

|2,050

|

|1,331

|

|2,056

|

|1,829

|

|31,880

|8.6%

Asia and Middle East

!12,567

!4.5%

!20,112

!7.3%

!23,623

!8.7%

!30,501

!10.9%

!55,108

!16.7%

!79,372

!21.5%

{{Flag|India}}

|11,365

|4.1%

|18,238

|6.6%

|20,837

|7.7%

|24,677

|

|

|

|59,842

|16.2%

{{Flag|Pakistan}}

|758

|

|912

|

|1,162

|

|1,854

|

|

|

|4,989

|1.4%

{{Flag|Bangladesh}}

|

|

|397

|

|686

|

|1,051

|

|

|

|3,233

|0.9%

Far East

|444

|

|565

|

|657

|

|1,751

|

|

|

|

|

Middle East

|

|

| –

|

|281

|

|771

|

|

|

|

|

Other

|

|

|

|

|

|

|4

|

|

|

|

|

Africa

!7,088

!2.6%

!19,082

!6.9%

!18,327

!6.8%

!22,056

!7.9%

!31,983

!9.7%

!33,542

!9.1%

North America and Caribbean

!2,870

!1%

!2,550

!0.9%

!

!

!2,909

!1%

!3,545

!

!2,825

!

South America

!

!

!

!

!

!

!169

!

!

!

!

!

Oceania

!

!

!–

!

!

!

!539

!

!516

!

!447

!

Other: New CommonwealthUsed as main option for when no other options are given, for example in 1971. This group contains all for Canada, Australia and New Zealand

!444

!

!493

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

Other: Old CommonwealthUsed as a conglomerate for New Commonwealth for when there are no other options as for example in 1971. This group contains all for remenents of the British Empire after 1945 (if not already indicated).

!402

!

!628

!

!455

!

!

!

!

!

!

!

Other:

!2548

!

!2,226

!

!

!

!645

!

!2

!

!

!

Total

!277,189

!100%

!276,244

!100%

!270,525

!100%

!279,921

!100%

!329,839

!100%

!368,570

!100%

Languages

The most common main languages spoken in Leicester according to the 2011 census are shown below.{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/qs204ew |title=Download:local authorities: county / unitary |publisher=NOMIS |accessdate=17 June 2015}} There were around over 70 languages or dialects spoken in the city in 2011.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
RankLanguageUsual residents aged 3+Proportion
1style="text-align:left"| English228,29572.47%
2style="text-align:left"| Gujarati36,34711.54%
3style="text-align:left"| Punjabi7,5602.40%
4style="text-align:left"| Polish6,1921.97%
5style="text-align:left"| Urdu3,3761.07%
6style="text-align:left"| Somali3,3311.06%
7style="text-align:left"| Arabic2,5160.80%
8style="text-align:left"| Bengali1,8080.57%
9style="text-align:left"| Portuguese1,7500.56%
10style="text-align:left"| Kurdish1,5200.48%
11style="text-align:left"| Tamil1,4980.48%
12style="text-align:left"| Hindi1,0950.35%
13style="text-align:left"| Persian1,0210.32%
14style="text-align:left"| Slovak8780.28%
15style="text-align:left"| French8490.27%
16style="text-align:left"| Shona8010.25%
17style="text-align:left"| Turkish5840.19%
18style="text-align:left"| Greek5460.17%
19style="text-align:left"| Swahili/Kiswahili5330.17%
20style="text-align:left"| Tagalog/Filipino4960.16%
style="text-align:left"| Other14,0154.45%

Religion

{{Pie chart

| caption= Faith in Leicester (2021){{cite web|title=How life has changed in Leicester: Census 2021|publisher=gov.uk|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censusareachanges/E06000016/}}

| label1 = Christian

| value1 = 24.7

| color1 = dodgerblue

| label3 = Muslim

| value3 = 23.5

| color3 = green

| label2 = No Religion

| value2 = 23.0

| color2 = honeydew

| label4 = Hindu

| color4 = coral

| value4 = 17.9

| label5 = Sikh

| color5 = yellow

| value5 = 4.5

| label8 = Other Religions

| color8 = deeppink

| value8 = 0.6

| label9 = Religion not Stated

| color9 = lightgrey

| value9 = 5.6

| label7 = Jewish

| color7 = aqua

| value7 = 0.1

| label6= Buddhist

| color6 = goldenrod

| value6 = 0.3

}}

The following table shows the religion of respondents in the 2001 and 2011 censuses in Leicester. In 2012, almost 240 individual faith groups were reported to being practised in Leicester.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
rowspan="2"|Religion

! colspan="2" |1980s estimations

! colspan="2" |2001{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/components/stdListComponent.asp?menuopt=12&subcomp=100 |title=2001 census - theme tables |accessdate=17 June 2015}}

!colspan="2"|2011{{cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/qs208ew |title=Download:local authorities: county / unitary |publisher=NOMIS |accessdate=17 June 2015}}

!colspan="2"|2021

Number

!%

!Number

!%

!Number

!%

!Number

!%

style="text-align:left" | Christian

|–

|–

125,18744.72%106,87232.40%91,16124.73%
style="text-align:left" | Buddhist

|–

|–

6380.23%1,2240.37%1,1810.32%
style="text-align:left" | Hindu

|–

|–

41,24814.74%50,08715.19%65,82117.86%
style="text-align:left" | Jewish

|–

|–

4170.15%2950.09%3260.09%
style="text-align:left" | Muslim

|7,000{{Cite journal |last=Smith |first=P.R. |date=1980 |title=The Islamic environment in a British city — a case study of Leicester (extract) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43619730 |journal=Ekistics |volume=47 |issue=280 |pages=79–83 |issn=0013-2942}}

|–

30,88511.03%61,44018.63%86,44323.45%
style="text-align:left" | Sikh

|–

|–

11,7964.21%14,4574.38%16,4514.46%
style="text-align:left" | Other religion

|–

|–

1,1790.42%1,8390.56%2,0750.56%
style="text-align:left" | No religion

|–

|–

48,78917.43%75,28022.82%84,60722.96%
style="text-align:left" | Religion not stated

|–

|–

19,7827.07%18,3455.56%20,5095.56%
style="text-align:left" | Total

!–

!100%

279,921100.00%329,839100.00%368,574100.00%

{{Gallery

|title=Distribution of religions in Leicester according to the 2011 census.

|width=225 | height=225

|align=center

|File:Christianity Leicester 2011 census.png|Christianity

|File:Islam Leicester 2011 census.png|Islam

|File:Judaism Leicester 2011 census.png|Judaism

|File:Hinduism Leicester 2011 census.png|Hinduism

|File:Sikhism Leicester 2011 census.png|Sikhism

|File:Buddhism Leicester 2011 census.png|Buddhism

|File:Other Religion Leicester 2011 census.png|Other religion

|File:Noreligion Leicester 2011 census.png|No religion

}}

See also

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Notes

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References

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