2011 Census results
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census...tab-WHO-WE-ARE
WHO WE ARE
The information in this section is about the personal characteristics of the usually resident population as estimated by the 2011 Census for England and Wales. It covers our general health, whether we had an illness or disability that limited our day to day activities, our religious beliefs, our ethnicity, our national identity, whether or not we were born in the UK and when we arrived, what passports we held and our language skills.
•The resident population of England and Wales on 27 March 2011 was 56.1 million, a seven per cent (3.7 million) increase since 2001 with 55 per cent (2.1 million) of this increase being due to migration. One in six people were aged 65 or over (16 per cent, 9.2 million).
•Four out of every five usual residents of England and Wales described themselves as in very good or good health (81 per cent, 45.5 million).
•Fifty nine per cent (33.2 million) recorded their religion as Christian and 25 per cent (14.1 million) reported that they had no religious affiliation.
•Most residents of England and Wales belonged to the White ethnic group (86 per cent, 48.2 million) in 2011, and the majority of these belonged to the White British group (80 per cent of the total population, 45.1 million). In London in 2011, 45 per cent (3.7 million) out of 8.2 million usual residents were White British.
•Ninety one per cent (51.0 million) usual residents considered themselves to have at least one national identity of English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish, or British.
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Long-term activity-limiting illness
In 2011, those reporting a long term health problem or disability (including those related to age) that limited their day-to-day activities and that had lasted, or was expected to last, at least 12 months, were asked to assess whether their daily activities were limited a lot, a little or not at all by such a health problem. The 2011 estimates are in Table 1.
In 2001 the long term activity limiting illness response categories were yes and no. To compare 2001 and 2011, the 2011 results for 'Yes, limited a lot' and 'Yes, limited a little' must be amalgamated into a single 'Yes' response. On this basis, the percentage of people in England and Wales with a long-term activity-limiting illness has changed little - 18 per cent (10.0 million) in 2011, compared to 18 per cent (9.5 million) in 2001.
Link to tables (in excel) for above http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census...le-ks301ew.xls
All data tables can be found at http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publicatio...cm%3A77-286262
In England & Wales:
• 10,048,441 people with long-term health problems
• 4,706,202 of working age
• 5,800,246 unpaid Carers
% of Population with long-term health problems (Working Age)
17.9% (8.4%) England & Wales
22.7% (10.8%) Wales
17.6% (8.3%) England
21.6% (10.5%) North East
20.2% (10.0%) North West
19.0% (8.8%) West Midlands
18.8% (8.9%) Yorkshire & The Humber
18.6% (8.6%) East Midlands
18.4% (7.9%) South West
16.7% (7.2%) East
15.7% (6.8%) South East
14.2% (7.6%) London
% of Population Unpaid Carers
10.3% England & Wales
12.1% Wales
10.2% England
11.1% North Wast
11.0% North Eest
11.0% West Midlands
10.8% East Midlands
10.8% South West
10.4% Yorkshire & The Humber
10.2% East
9.8% South East
8.4% London
