Sandwell

Metropolitan Borough in West Midlands

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Name	Status	Population Census 2001-04-29	Population Census 2011-03-27	Population Census 2021-03-21
Sandwell	Metropolitan Borough	282,904	308,063	341,832
Sandwell	Metropolitan Borough	282,900	308,063	341,817	→
West Midlands	Region	5,267,308	5,601,847	5,950,757

Source: UK Office for National Statistics (web).

Explanation: Parishes as at May 2022. All population and corresponding area figures of parishes are based on assigning output areas by using population-weighted centroids. Thus, slight discrepancies are possible compared to the actual parish boundaries that are depicted in the map. No population figures (and the actual area) are provided for parishes smaller than output areas.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender (C 2021)
Males	168,259
Females	173,578

Age Groups (C 2021)
0-17 years	85,122
18-64 years	207,008
65+ years	49,707

Age Distribution (C 2021)
80+ years	13,515
70-79 years	22,334
60-69 years	31,092
50-59 years	43,924
40-49 years	45,527
30-39 years	49,456
20-29 years	42,886
10-19 years	46,361
0-9 years	46,742

Country of Birth (C 2021)
UK	261,213
EU	19,806
Europe (other)	1,821
Middle East & Asia	43,547
Africa	9,786
Other country	5,660

Ethnic Group (C 2021)
White	195,624
Asian	88,024
Black	29,779
Arab	2,016
Mixed/multiple	14,680
Other ethnic group	11,709

Religion (C 2021)
Christian	136,354
Muslim	45,763
Hindu	9,447
Sikh	39,252
Buddhist	943
Jewish	79
Other religion	2,430
No religion	89,102

Located in:

West Midlands metropolitan county