Demographics
| North Somerset compared | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Census 2001 | North Somerset UA | South West England | England | ||
| Total population | 188,564 | 4,928,434 | 49,138,831 | ||
| Foreign born | 9.5% | 9.4% | 9.2% | ||
| White | 97.1% | 97.7% | 91% | ||
| Asian | 1.7% | 0.7% | 4.6% | ||
| Black | 0.9% | 0.4% | 2.3% | ||
| Christian | 75.0% | 74.0% | 72% | ||
| Muslim | 0.2% | 0.5% | 3.1% | ||
| Hindu | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.1% | ||
| No religion | 16.6% | 16.8% | 15% | ||
| Over 75 years old | 9.9% | 9.3% | 7.5% | ||
| Unemployed | 2.1% | 2.6% | 3.3% | ||
North Somerset covers an area of around 145 square miles (380 km2) and has a resident population of 193,000 (1.4% BME) living in 85,000 households.
The population of North Somerset has doubled since the 1950s and is predicted to rise by 6,184 or 3.0% to 2011 and by 17% to 2026. Whilst the proportion of people in North Somerset who are under 45 is lower than the national average, population growth is predicted to be strongest in the 2034 age group. Conversely North Somerset has a 4.2% higher percentage of older people (60+ female, 65+ male) than the rest of England and Wales. This disparity increases with age with the percentage of the population over 75 years almost 30% higher than the national average, resulting in a relatively aged population.
In 2001 there were 134,132 people of working age living in North Somerset and 91,767 were in employment; an economic activity rate of 68.4%. This is very close to the economic activity rate of the West of England sub-region which was 68.8% in the 2001 census.
The 2001 census stated that 1.38% of North Somerset residents identified themselves as belonging to a visible ethnic group and a further 1.27% identified themselves as ‘white other’.
| Population since 1801 | |||||||||||||
| Year | 1801 | 1851 | 1901 | 1911 | 1921 | 1931 | 1941 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population North Somerset | 16,670 | 33,774 | 60,066 | 68,410 | 75,276 | 82,833 | 91,967 | 102,119 | 119,509 | 139,924 | 160,353 | 179,865 | 188,556 |
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