United Kingdom: South Yorkshire

Contents: Boroughs

The population of the boroughs in the Metropolitan County of South Yorkshire.

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Name	Status	Population Estimate 1981-06-30	Population Estimate 1991-06-30	Population Estimate 2001-06-30	Population Estimate 2011-06-30	Population Census 2021-03-21
Barnsley	Metropolitan Borough	226,200	223,200	218,100	231,865	244,572	→
Doncaster	Metropolitan Borough	290,800	291,700	286,900	302,468	308,106	→
Rotherham	Metropolitan Borough	253,200	253,700	248,300	257,716	265,807	→
Sheffield	Metropolitan Borough	547,500	520,100	513,100	551,756	556,521	→
South Yorkshire	Metropolitan County	1,317,600	1,288,700	1,266,500	1,343,805	1,375,006

Source: UK Office for National Statistics. (web).

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males	677,559
Females	697,447

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years	283,001
18-64 years	837,521
65+ years	254,493

Age Distribution (C 2021)
0-9 years	155,711
10-19 years	161,880
20-29 years	186,896
30-39 years	183,393
40-49 years	162,174
50-59 years	189,369
60-69 years	149,864
70-79 years	118,768
80-89 years	56,148
90+ years	10,812

Country of Birth (C 2021)
UK	1,225,753
EU	61,578
Europe (other)	5,753
Middle East & Asia	50,659
Africa	23,355
Other country	7,904

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White	1,206,059
Asian	79,119
Black	33,985
Arab	10,373
Mixed/multiple	30,454
Other ethnic group	15,015

Religion (C 2021)
Christian	626,532
Muslim	78,811
Hindu	6,135
Sikh	3,035
Buddhist	4,013
Jewish	908
Other religion	6,153
No religion	572,928