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Census 2021 — Full Demographic Breakdown

The Census 2021 data below shows the full population breakdown for BH1 district. Figures are sourced from the Office for National Statistics and cover ethnicity, age, religion, education, occupation, housing tenure, and more.

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Ethnicity

Census 2021 data — sorted by count

District

10/10

City

8/10

BH1 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UK

White: English

57.2%82.4%74.4%

White: Other White

22.5%8.0%6.2%

Indian

3.1%1.2%3.1%

Any other ethnic group

2.6%1.1%1.6%

Other Asian

2.1%1.1%1.6%

African

2.0%0.7%2.5%

White and Black Caribbean

1.7%0.7%0.9%

Other Mixed

1.7%0.9%0.8%

Chinese

1.2%0.6%0.7%

White and Asian

1.1%0.8%0.8%

White and Black African

0.9%0.5%0.4%

White: Roma

0.9%0.2%0.2%

White: Irish

0.7%0.7%0.9%

Arab

0.7%0.3%0.6%

Caribbean

0.7%0.2%1.0%

Pakistani

0.3%0.1%2.7%

Bangladeshi

0.3%0.3%1.1%

Other Black

0.2%0.1%0.5%

White: Gypsy

0.1%0.1%0.1%

Main Ethnicity

White: English

57.2% of the population (UK avg: 74.4%)

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White: Other White+14.5pp

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White: English-25.2pp

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Religion

Census 2021 data — sorted by count

BH1 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UK

Christian

42.3%46.8%46.2%

No religion

39.7%42.2%37.2%

Not answered

8.6%6.9%6.0%

Muslim

3.4%1.7%6.5%

Hindu

2.2%0.7%1.7%

Jewish

1.4%0.4%0.5%

Other religion

1.2%0.7%0.6%

Buddhist

0.9%0.5%0.5%

Sikh

0.2%0.1%0.9%

Main Religion

Christian

42.3% of the population (UK avg: 46.2%)

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Christian-4.5pp

No religion-2.5pp

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Education

Census 2021 data — sorted by count

District

5/10

City

7/10

BH1 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UK

Level 4 and above

35.3%32.1%33.8%

Level 3

22.4%19.0%16.9%

No qualifications

15.2%15.9%18.2%

Level 2

10.6%14.1%13.4%

Level 1 and entry level

8.4%9.9%9.6%

Apprenticeship

4.8%6.0%5.3%

Other

3.4%2.9%2.8%

Main Education

Level 4 and above

35.3% of the population (UK avg: 33.8%)

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Level 4 and above+3.2pp

Level 3+3.4pp

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Level 2-3.5pp

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Age

Census 2021 data — sorted by count

District

1/10

City

3/10

BH1 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UK

20-24

12.5%6.7%6.0%

25-29

10.0%6.0%6.5%

30-34

9.8%6.5%7.0%

15-19

8.9%5.6%5.7%

35-39

8.1%6.6%6.7%

40-44

7.0%6.3%6.3%

45-49

5.5%6.2%6.4%

50-54

5.1%6.7%6.9%

55-59

4.9%6.6%6.8%

0-4

4.3%4.7%5.4%

60-64

3.9%5.9%5.8%

5-9

3.8%5.3%5.9%

65-69

3.4%5.2%4.9%

10-14

3.2%5.3%6.0%

70-74

3.2%5.6%5.0%

75-79

2.5%4.3%3.6%

85+

2.2%3.4%2.4%

80-84

1.6%3.1%2.5%

Main Age

20-24

12.5% of the population (UK avg: 6.0%)

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20-24+5.8pp

25-29+4.0pp

30-34+3.3pp

15-19+3.3pp

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60-64-2.0pp

10-14-2.1pp

70-74-2.4pp

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Occupation

Census 2021 data — sorted by count

District

5/10

City

7/10

BH1 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UK

Professional

17.2%19.6%20.2%

Elementary occupations

15.8%9.5%10.5%

Caring and leisure

13.1%10.7%9.4%

Associate professional

10.8%12.9%13.2%

Sales and customer service

10.2%8.6%7.5%

Managers and directors

9.5%13.0%12.8%

Skilled trades

9.3%10.8%10.3%

Process and machine operatives

7.3%5.9%7.0%

Administrative and secretarial

6.7%8.9%9.3%

Main Occupation

Professional

17.2% of the population (UK avg: 20.2%)

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Elementary occupations+6.3pp

Caring and leisure+2.4pp

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Professional-2.4pp

Associate professional-2.1pp

Managers and directors-3.5pp

Administrative and secretarial-2.2pp

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Socio-economic

Census 2021 data — sorted by count

District

5/10

City

7/10

BH1 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UK

Full-time students

19.3%8.6%7.7%

Lower managerial and professional

15.1%20.4%19.9%

Routine

12.4%10.2%12.1%

Semi-routine

12.0%12.5%11.4%

Higher managerial and professional

9.9%12.8%13.1%

Intermediate

9.2%12.0%11.4%

Small employers and own account

9.0%11.6%10.6%

Never worked / long-term unemployed

7.5%6.5%8.5%

Lower supervisory and technical

5.6%5.2%5.4%

Main Socio-economic

Full-time students

19.3% of the population (UK avg: 7.7%)

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Full-time students+10.7pp

Routine+2.2pp

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Lower managerial and professional-5.3pp

Higher managerial and professional-2.9pp

Intermediate-2.8pp

Small employers and own account-2.6pp

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Industry

Census 2021 data — sorted by count

District

5/10

City

7/10

BH1 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UK

Health and social work

17.1%17.6%14.7%

Wholesale and retail

14.7%15.1%15.0%

Accommodation and food

12.1%6.0%4.9%

Financial and insurance

7.3%6.5%3.8%

Administrative and support

7.2%5.1%5.2%

Education

6.3%8.9%9.8%

Manufacturing

6.2%6.8%7.3%

Construction

5.9%8.8%8.7%

Information and communication

5.3%4.1%4.6%

Professional and scientific

4.6%5.2%6.6%

Transport and storage

4.3%4.0%5.0%

Other

3.9%4.7%4.6%

Public administration

2.3%4.1%5.9%

Real estate

1.6%1.8%1.5%

Water and waste

0.5%0.6%0.7%

Electricity and gas

0.3%0.4%0.6%

Agriculture

0.2%0.2%0.9%

Mining

0.0%0.1%0.2%

Main Industry

Health and social work

17.1% of the population (UK avg: 14.7%)

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Accommodation and food+6.1pp

Administrative and support+2.1pp

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Education-2.6pp

Construction-2.9pp

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Economic Status

Census 2021 data — sorted by count

District

4/10

City

4/10

BH1 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UK

Employee: Full-time

33.6%31.7%34.1%

Student

13.9%6.1%5.6%

Retired

13.3%24.8%21.6%

Employee: Part-time

10.0%12.4%11.9%

Long-term sick or disabled

5.1%3.9%4.2%

Unemployed

3.9%2.5%2.8%

Self-employed w/o employees: FT

3.6%4.4%4.5%

Other

3.5%2.6%3.1%

Looking after home

3.3%3.7%4.8%

Self-employed w/o employees: PT

2.8%3.7%3.5%

Student+Employee: PT

2.8%1.5%1.2%

Student+Unemployed

2.0%0.8%0.6%

Self-employed w/employees: FT

0.7%1.1%1.2%

Student+Employee: FT

0.7%0.3%0.3%

Self-employed w/employees: PT

0.4%0.3%0.4%

Student+Self-emp w/o emp: PT

0.3%0.1%0.1%

Student+Self-emp w/o emp: FT

0.0%0.0%0.0%

Student+Self-emp w/emp: PT

0.0%0.0%0.0%

Student+Self-emp w/emp: FT

0.0%0.0%0.0%

Main Economic Status

Employee: Full-time

33.6% of the population (UK avg: 34.1%)

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Student+7.8pp

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Retired-11.5pp

Employee: Part-time-2.4pp

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Housing Tenure

Census 2021 data — sorted by count

District

1/10

City

4/10

BH1 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UK

Private rented: Landlord

51.7%23.3%18.0%

Owned: Mortgage

16.8%28.5%28.7%

Owned: Outright

16.5%34.4%32.8%

Social rented: Other

7.1%5.9%8.7%

Social rented: Council

4.1%5.1%8.3%

Private rented: Other

2.9%2.1%2.2%

Shared ownership

0.8%0.7%1.0%

Lives rent free

0.1%0.1%0.1%

Main Housing Tenure

Private rented: Landlord

51.7% of the population (UK avg: 18.0%)

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Private rented: Landlord+28.4pp

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Owned: Mortgage-11.7pp

Owned: Outright-17.9pp

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House Type

Census 2021 data — sorted by count

District

1/10

City

3/10

BH1 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UK

Flat

59.7%26.8%16.6%

Shared house

16.2%7.6%3.4%

Semi-detached

7.6%17.3%31.5%

Terraced

6.1%9.9%23.2%

Detached

4.2%35.6%23.2%

Converted building

3.5%1.0%0.8%

Commercial building

2.7%1.4%0.8%

Temporary structure

0.0%0.4%0.4%

Main House Type

Flat

59.7% of the population (UK avg: 16.6%)

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Flat+32.9pp

Shared house+8.6pp

Converted building+2.5pp

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Semi-detached-9.7pp

Terraced-3.8pp

Detached-31.4pp

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Household Size

Census 2021 data — sorted by count

District

1/10

City

3/10

BH1 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UK

1 person

44.4%32.5%30.2%

2 people

32.5%35.5%34.1%

3 people

12.6%14.9%16.0%

4 people

7.2%11.9%12.8%

5 people

2.2%3.6%4.5%

6 people

0.8%1.1%1.5%

7 people

0.3%0.3%0.5%

8 or more

0.2%0.2%0.4%

Main Household Size

1 person

44.4% of the population (UK avg: 30.2%)

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1 person+11.9pp

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2 people-3.0pp

3 people-2.3pp

4 people-4.7pp

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Marital Status

Census 2021 data — sorted by count

District

1/10

City

3/10

BH1 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UK

Single

57.7%37.5%37.9%

Married

24.9%42.5%44.2%

Divorced

10.3%10.7%9.1%

Widowed

3.7%6.6%6.1%

Separated (married)

2.6%2.1%2.2%

Married: Same sex

0.4%0.4%0.3%

Civil partnership: Same sex

0.2%0.2%0.1%

Dissolved civil partnership

0.1%0.0%0.0%

Separated (civil partnership)

0.0%0.0%0.0%

Civil partnership

0.0%0.1%0.1%

Surviving civil partner

0.0%0.0%0.0%

Main Marital Status

Single

57.7% of the population (UK avg: 37.9%)

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Single+20.2pp

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Married-17.6pp

Widowed-2.9pp

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Country of Birth

Census 2021 data — sorted by count

District

10/10

City

8/10

BH1 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UK

United Kingdom

61.9%84.5%83.2%

EU-8

9.1%3.0%2.1%

EU-14

7.3%3.1%2.7%

Middle East and Asia

7.0%3.3%5.6%

Americas and Caribbean

5.0%1.7%1.3%

EU-2

3.7%1.2%1.2%

Africa

3.3%1.8%2.7%

Non-EU Europe

2.1%0.9%0.8%

Antarctica and Oceania

0.3%0.3%0.3%

Other EU

0.2%0.1%0.2%

British Overseas

0.0%0.0%0.0%

Main Country of Birth

United Kingdom

61.9% of the population (UK avg: 83.2%)

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EU-8+6.1pp

EU-14+4.2pp

Middle East and Asia+3.7pp

Americas and Caribbean+3.3pp

EU-2+2.5pp

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United Kingdom-22.6pp

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Passport Held

Census 2021 data — sorted by count

District

10/10

City

8/10

BH1 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UK

57.9%77.2%76.7%

No passport held

10.5%12.3%13.5%

Poland

6.2%2.0%1.3%

Other EU

4.6%1.6%1.5%

Portugal

3.3%0.8%0.5%

Romania

2.8%0.9%0.9%

Southern Asia

2.5%0.6%1.2%

Italy

2.4%0.7%0.6%

Spain

1.9%0.5%0.4%

Central and South America

1.6%0.4%0.2%

Lithuania

0.8%0.3%0.3%

Central and Western Africa

0.7%0.2%0.3%

South-East Asia

0.6%0.2%0.2%

Eastern Asia

0.6%0.2%0.3%

Other Europe

0.6%0.2%0.2%

Ireland

0.5%0.5%0.6%

South and Eastern Africa

0.5%0.2%0.2%

Middle East

0.4%0.1%0.1%

France

0.4%0.2%0.3%

North America and Caribbean

0.4%0.2%0.3%

Germany

0.4%0.2%0.2%

Turkey

0.3%0.1%0.1%

North Africa

0.2%0.1%0.1%

Central Asia

0.1%0.0%0.0%

Antarctica and Oceania

0.1%0.1%0.1%

Main Passport Held

57.9% of the population (UK avg: 76.7%)

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Poland+4.2pp

Other EU+3.0pp

Portugal+2.5pp

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UK-19.3pp

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Migration

Census 2021 data — sorted by count

District

10/10

City

8/10

BH1 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UK

Same address

72.1%86.1%89.0%

Migrant from within UK

23.0%12.1%9.5%

Migrant from outside UK

3.1%1.0%0.9%

Student address in UK

1.8%0.8%0.6%

Main Migration

Same address

72.1% of the population (UK avg: 89.0%)

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Migrant from within UK+10.9pp

Migrant from outside UK+2.1pp

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Same address-14.0pp

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Length of Residence

Census 2021 data — sorted by count

District

10/10

City

8/10

BH1 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UK

Born in the UK

62.0%84.5%83.2%

10 years or more

14.1%8.4%9.8%

5 to 10 years

8.9%3.1%2.9%

2 to 5 years

7.9%2.2%2.2%

Less than 2 years

7.1%1.8%1.9%

Main Length of Residence

Born in the UK

62.0% of the population (UK avg: 83.2%)

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10 years or more+5.7pp

5 to 10 years+5.8pp

2 to 5 years+5.7pp

Less than 2 years+5.3pp

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Born in the UK-22.5pp

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Sex

Census 2021 data — sorted by count

BH1 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole UK

Male

51.0%48.8%49.0%

Female

49.0%51.2%51.0%

Main Sex

Male

51.0% of the population (UK avg: 49.0%)

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Male+2.2pp

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Female-2.2pp

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