The Demographics of West Midlands County is analysed by the Office for National Statistics and data is produced for each of its seven metropolitan boroughs and the county overall.
| Ethnic Group | Year | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 estimations[1] | 1971 estimations[2] | 1981 estimations[3] | 1991 census[4] | 2001 census[5] | 2011 census[6] | 2021 census[7] | |||||||||
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
| White Total | – | – | 2,580,903 | 93.2% | 2,371,072 | 88.7% | 2,237,135 | 85.1% | 2,043,231 | 80% | 1,919,138 | 70.1% | 1,793,173 | 61.4% | |
| White: British | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,956,156 | 76.5% | 1,806,708 | 66% | 1,630,823 | 55.9% | |
| White: Irish | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 54,011 | 2.1% | 39,183 | 1.4% | 31,490 | 1.1% | |
| White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,618 | 2,417 | |||
| White: Roma | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,246 | ||
| White: Other | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 33,064 | 1.3% | 71,629 | 2.6% | 124,197 | 4.3% | |
| Asian or Asian British Total | – | – | – | – | 206,289 | 7.7% | 276,162 | 10.5% | 352,288 | 13.8% | 514,981 | 18.8% | 667,315 | 22.9% | |
| Asian or Asian British: Indian | – | – | – | – | 118,101 | 4.4% | 148,320 | 5.6% | 157,062 | 6.1% | 185,271 | 6.8% | 226,927 | 7.8% | |
| Asian or Asian British: Pakistani | – | – | – | – | 65,985 | 2.5% | 93,426 | 3.6% | 138,007 | 5.4% | 200,545 | 7.3% | 278,837 | 9.6% | |
| Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi | – | – | – | – | 11,006 | 0.4% | 19,131 | 0.7% | 29,085 | 1.1% | 48,727 | 72,168 | 2.5% | ||
| Asian or Asian British: Chinese | – | – | – | – | 4,543 | 0.2% | 6,119 | 0.2% | 10,548 | 0.4% | 21,430 | 22,718 | 0.8% | ||
| Asian or Asian British: Other Asian | – | – | – | – | 6,654 | 9,166 | 17,586 | 59,008 | 66,665 | 2.3% | |||||
| Black or Black British Total | – | – | – | – | 80,412 | 3% | 96,384 | 3.7% | 95,234 | 3.7% | 164,069 | 6% | 236,047 | 8.1% | |
| Black or Black British: African | – | – | – | – | 3,602 | 0.1% | 4,134 | 0.2% | 10,000 | 0.4% | 55,557 | 2% | 126,041 | 4.3% | |
| Black or Black British: Caribbean | – | – | – | – | 63,597 | 2.4% | 75,612 | 2.9% | 76,386 | 3% | 79,632 | 2.9% | 81,732 | 2.8% | |
| Black or Black British: Other Black | – | – | – | – | 13,213 | 16,638 | 0.6% | 8,848 | 0.3% | 28,880 | 28,274 | 1% | |||
| Mixed Total | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 54,757 | 2.1% | 96,204 | 3.5% | 121,685 | 4.2% | |
| Mixed: White and Black Caribbean | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31,525 | 1.2% | 53,234 | 1.9% | 59,903 | 2.1% | |
| Mixed: White and Black African | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,446 | 6,053 | 9,735 | ||||
| Mixed: White and Asian | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12,641 | 21,964 | 28,872 | ||||
| Mixed: Other Mixed | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8,145 | 14,953 | 23,175 | ||||
| Other: Total | – | – | – | – | 15,327 | 0.5% | 19,719 | 0.7% | 10,082 | 0.4% | 42,068 | 1.5% | 101,435 | 3.5% | |
| Other: Arab | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16,029 | 28,083 | 1% | ||
| Other: Any other ethnic group | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10,082 | 0.4% | 26,039 | 73,352 | 2.5% | ||
| Ethnic minority: Total | 102,850 | – | 188,306 | 6.8% | 302,027 | 11.3% | 392,265 | 14.9% | 512,361 | 20% | 817,322 | 29.9% | 1,126,482 | 38.6% | |
| Total | – | 100% | 2,769,209 | 100% | 2,673,099 | 100% | 2,629,400 | 100% | 2,555,592 | 100% | 2,736,460 | 100% | 2,919,655 | 100% | |
| 2021[8] | |||
| Number | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2,286,558 | 78.3% | |
| EU Countries | 165,431 | 5.7% | |
| Other European | 15,241 | 0.5% | |
| Africa | 102,205 | 3.5% | |
| Middle East and Asia | 308,122 | 10.6% | |
| Caribbean and Americas | 37,477 | 1.3% | |
| Oceania | 2,275 | 0.1% | |
| British Overseas | 2,340 | 0.1% | |
| Overall | 2,919,649 | 100% |
| Religion | 2001[9] | 2021[10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| No religion | 305,365 | 11.9% | 814,372 | 27.9% | |
| Christian | 1,701,519 | 66.5% | 1,189,066 | 40.7% | |
| Buddhist | 5,817 | 9,380 | |||
| Hindu | 49,484 | 68,376 | |||
| Jewish | 3,310 | 2,559 | |||
| Muslim | 191,559 | 7.5% | 501,480 | 17.2% | |
| Sikh | 91,890 | 148,937 | |||
| Other religion | 5,381 | 17,805 | |||
| Not answered | 201,267 | 167,685 | |||
| Total | 2,555,592 | 100% | 2,919,660 | 100% | |
| 2001[11] | 2021[12] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Owned | 667,665 | 657,680 | |||
| Social renting | 262,163 | 248,490 | |||
| Private renting | 73,373 | 221,929 | |||
| Rent free | 29,743 | 3,661 | |||
| Total | 1,032,944 | 100% | 1,131,760 | ||