Bristol is unusual among major British towns and cities in its larger black than Asian population. Name Status Population Estimate 1981-06-30 Population Estimate [369][370] Twin towns include: People and military units receiving the Freedom of the City of Bristol include: This article is about the city in England. This means they may not sum exactly. [362] Further routes were subsequently introduced from Cribbs Causeway to Hengrove Park (route m1), and from Long Ashton Park and Ride to Bristol City Centre (route m2). [166], The population of Bristol's contiguous urban area was put at 551,066 by the ONS based on Census 2001 data. [85] As air travel grew in the first half of the century, aircraft manufacturers built factories. [171], Bristol has a long history of trade, originally exporting wool cloth and importing fish, wine, grain and dairy products;[172] later imports were tobacco, tropical fruits and plantation goods. A variety of products have been produced which summarize the first results and give a glimpse of how Gloucestershire's population has changed in the past decade. 28 October 2000 is a date of significance in the city as it is the last time Bristol Rovers were above Bristol City in the Football league. [182], Bristol is one of the eight-largest regional English cities that make up the Core Cities Group, and is ranked as a Gamma level global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, the fourth-highest-ranked English city. The graffiti artist Banksy is believed to be from Bristol, and many of his works are on display in the city. Of South Gloucestershire households, 18.5% included a couple but no children in 2021, down from 19.4% in 2011. This area had a lower average (median) age than the South West as a whole in 2021 (44 years) but had a similar averaage (median) age to England (40 years). [231] The nomadic Antlers Gallery opened in 2010, moving into empty spaces on Park Street, on Whiteladies Road and in the Purifier House on Bristol's Harbourside. This may have influenced how people perceived and rated their health, and therefore may have affected how people chose to respond. Other smaller theatres include the Tobacco Factory, QEH, the Redgrave Theatre at Clifton College, The Wardrobe Theatre, Bristol Improv Theatre, and the Alma Tavern. Age-standardised proportions are used throughout the health, disability and unpaid care sections. All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, /visualisations/censusareachanges/E06000025/, Source: Office for National Statistics 2011 Census and Census 2021, Never married and never registered a civil partnership, Married or in a registered civil partnership, Separated, but still legally married or still legally in a civil partnership, Widowed or surviving civil partnership partner, Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African, Any other combination of only UK identities, Economically active (excluding full-time students): In employment, Economically active (excluding full-time students): Unemployed, Economically active and a full-time student: In employment, Economically active and a full-time student: Unemployed, Economically inactive: Looking after home or family, Economically inactive: Long-term sick or disabled, One-person household: Aged 66 years and over (Aged 65 years and over in 2011), Single-family household: Cohabiting-couple family: No children, Single-family household: Cohabiting-couple family: With dependent children, Single-family household: Cohabiting-couple family: All children non-dependent, Single-family household: Lone-parent household, How your area has changed in 10 years: Census 2021. [248] The second-oldest is Bristol Cathedral and its associated Great Gatehouse. [341], Bristol's principal surviving suburban railway is the Severn Beach Line to Avonmouth and Severn Beach. It is in the West of England Combined Authority and the most populous city in South West England. [288], A dialect of English (West Country English), known as Bristolian, is spoken by longtime residents, who are known as Bristolians. Several public houses were also built in this period, including the Llandoger Trow[255] on King Street and the Hatchet Inn. The latest census data also show that the average (median) age remained 40 years in South Gloucestershire between the last two censuses. International migration has risen from a net inflow of 889 in 2011 to an inflow of 1,004 in 2021. [339] Your browser does not allow scripting so some of the features of this page may not work. In 2001, the population of Gloucester was 136,860. [316] In 2014, the Great British Pub Awards ranked The Apple as the best cider bar in the UK. [267] Bristol City Women are based at Twerton Park. The authority's first mayor, Tim Bowles, was elected in May 2017. [78] Riots broke out in 1793[79] and 1831; the first over the renewal of tolls on Bristol Bridge, and the second against the rejection of the second Reform Bill by the House of Lords. [51], Fishermen from Bristol, who had fished the Grand Banks of Newfoundland since the 16th century,[52] began settling Newfoundland permanently in larger numbers during the 17th century, establishing colonies at Bristol's Hope and Cuper's Cove. A system called Chirrup was founded by. Although the Nails are cited as originating the phrase "cash on the nail" (immediate payment), the phrase was probably in use before their installation. [211], The Bristol Old Vic, founded in 1946 as an offshoot of The Old Vic in London, occupies the 1766 Theatre Royal (607 seats) on King Street; the 150-seat New Vic (a studio-type theatre), and a foyer and bar in the adjacent Coopers' Hall (built in 1743). The figure has risen from around 235,000 in 2011, which at the time represented 89.4% of South Gloucestershire's population. This figure decreased from 11.5% in 2011. [126] Covering Bristol and the rest of the old Avon county with the exception of North Somerset, the new combined authority has responsibility for regional planning, roads, and local transport, and to a lesser extent, education and business investment. In the 2013 local elections, in which a third of the city's wards were up for election, Labour gained 7seats and the Green Party doubled their seats from 2to 4. [121], Bristol is both a city and a county, since King Edward III granted it a county charter in 1373. In South Gloucestershire, the percentage of households in the social rented sector rose from 9.9% in 2011 to 10.8% in 2021, while across England it fell from 17.7% to 17.1%. See talk page for further discussion, ** Contiguous with Kingswood. [132] The rivers Avon and Frome cut through the limestone to the underlying clay, creating Bristol's characteristically hilly landscape. Annual rainfall increases from north to south, with totals north of the Avon in the 600900mm (2435in) range and 9001,200mm (3547in) south of the river. Across the region, only Stroud (from 8.4% to 5.0%) and Cotswold (from 7.6% to 4.3%) saw a greater decrease in the proportion of people (aged five years and over) providing up to 19 hours of weekly unpaid care. The number of South Gloucestershire residents born in Poland rose from just over 1,800 in 2011 (0.7% of the local population) to just over 3,300 in 2021 (1.1%). Bristol (/brstl/ (listen)) is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. [179][180] The Ministry of Defence (MoD)'s Procurement Executive, later known as the Defence Procurement Agency and Defence Equipment and Support, moved to its headquarters to Abbey Wood, Filton, in 1995. [53] Bristol was the slave capital of England: In 1755, it had the largest number of slave traders in the country with 237, as against London's 147. Census 2021 was conducted during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Glouces-tershire Diabetic Eye Screening Pro-gramme (GDESP) maintains Gloucestershire. The belt extends outside the city boundaries into surrounding counties and districts, for several miles in places, to afford a protection from urban sprawl to surrounding villages and towns. Source: UK Office for National Statistics (web). They play their games at The Creek, Sea Mills,[271] in the north of Bristol. The Bloodhound SSC project to break the land speed record is based at the Bloodhound Technology Centre on the city's harbourside. There are many factors that may be contributing to the changing ethnic composition of England and Wales, such as differing patterns of ageing, fertility, mortality, and migration. [59] At the height of the Bristol slave trade from 1700 to 1807, more than 2,000 slave ships carried a conservatively estimated 500,000 people from Africa to slavery in the Americas. View maps showing the latest population estimates by LSOA, and age groups. The first-class cricket club Gloucestershire County Cricket Club[280] has its headquarters and plays the majority of its home games at the Bristol County Ground, the only major international sports venue in the south-west of England. [281] The club is arguably Bristol's most successful, achieving a period of success between 1999 and 2006 when it won nine trophies and became the most formidable one-day outfit in England, including winning a "double double" in 1999 and 2000 (both the Benson and Hedges Cup and the C&G Trophy), and the Sunday League in 2000. In 1499, William Weston, a Bristol merchant, was the first Englishman to lead an exploration to North America. [198], The aerospace industry remains a major sector of the local economy. [365] The church also has statues of King Edward I (moved from Arno's Court Triumphal Arch) and King Edward III (taken from Lawfords' Gate in the city walls when they were demolished about 1760), and 13th-century statues of Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester (builder of Bristol Castle) [93] and Geoffrey de Montbray (who built the city's walls) from Bristol's Newgate. [needs update][349], Private car use is high in the city, leading to traffic congestion costing an estimated 350million per year. Bristol City, formed in 1894, were Division One runners-up in 1907 and lost the FA Cup final in 1909. [170], In 2007 the European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) defined Bristol's functional urban area as including Weston-super-Mare, Bath and Clevedon with a total population of 1.04million, the twelfth largest of the UK. [220] Since the late 1970s Bristol has been home to bands combining punk, funk, dub and political consciousness. A variety of products have been produced which summarize the first results and give a glimpse. The city had the largest circulating community currency in the UK, the Bristol Pound, which was pegged to the pound sterling before it ceased operation in August 2020. The questions relating to disability differed slightly between 2011 and 2021 to ensure that data were more closely aligned with the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010). In combination with a growing population, the population density comes to about 3172 individuals living per square kilometer (5140 residents per square mile). [310] In 2020 and 2021, Motion adapted many of its indoor events into outdoor events. The wider Bristol Built-up Area is the eleventh most populous urban area in the United . Gloucestershire is the 18th county in England (of 24 total) when ordered by total population. Bristol also gained city status that year. [249] Founded in 1140, the church became the seat of the bishop and cathedral of the new Diocese of Bristol in 1542. [173] Since the 13th century, the rivers have been modified for docks; during the 1240s, the Frome was diverted into a deep, human-made channel (known as Saint Augustine's Reach) which flowed into the River Avon. [206] The 70ha (170-acre) Urban Enterprise Zone has streamlined planning procedures and reduced business rates. [106] In the June 2009 council elections the Liberal Democrats gained four seats and, for the first time, overall control of the city council. The decrease in the percentage of people aged 16 years and over and in employment who said they usually worked over 49 hours per week in South Gloucestershire (2.4 percentage points) was similar to the decrease across the South West (2.5 percentage points, from 13.3% to 10.8%). Across the South West, the percentage of residents who described themselves as having "No religion" increased from 29.3% to 44.1%, while across England the percentage increased from 24.8% to 36.7%. [156] The city received the 2015 European Green Capital Award, becoming the first UK city to receive this award. [causing] increased levels of mental health problems within the population, we find that a regular number . [69], During the 19th century, Samuel Plimsoll, known as "the sailor's friend," campaigned to make the seas safer; shocked by overloaded vessels, he successfully fought for a compulsory load line on ships. Read the bulletin Ethnic group, England and Wales: Census 2021. Gloucester was founded by the Romans and became an important city and colony in AD 97 under Emperor Nerva as Colonia Glevum Nervensis . The Atlantic Ocean influences Bristol's weather, keeping its average temperature above freezing throughout the year, but winter frosts are frequent and snow occasionally falls from early November to late April. Gloucestershire's population growth rate of 0.93% is, Gloucestershire's population density of 244 people per km, Gloucestershire's fertility rate of 1.66 is 0.04 higher than England's fertility rate of 1.62, Gloucestershire's birth rate of 9.4 births per thousand people is 1.3 lower than England's birth rate, and Gloucestershire's death rate or mortality rate of 10.8 people per thousand is 0.8 higher than England's death rate, Gloucestershire's annual net international migration rate of 0.16% is below the English average of 0.4%. When William Wilberforce began his parliamentary abolition campaign on 12 May 1788, he recalled the history of the Irish slave trade from Bristol, which he provocatively claimed continued into the reign of Henry VII. The M49 motorway is a shortcut between the M5 in the south and the M4 Severn Crossing in the west, and the M32 is a spur from the M4 to the city centre. [227] Trip hop and drum & bass music, in particular, is part of the Bristol urban-culture scene which received international media attention during the 1990s. [14] However, other derivations have been proposed. It is a port, linked via the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal to the Severn Estuary . Since 2002, extremes were recorded at Filton. [58] Plantation goods such as sugar, tobacco, rum, rice, cotton and a few slaves (sold to the aristocracy as house servants) returned across the Atlantic to England. Figures reported by the ONS in 2018. This represented 85.8% of the local population. Thomas Clarkson came to Bristol to study the slave trade and gained access to the Society of Merchant Venturers records. To the west the Avon cuts through the limestone to form the Avon Gorge, formed largely by glacial meltwater after the last ice age. This report provides an overview of the current population of Gloucestershire. The Port of Bristol has since moved from Bristol Harbour in the city centre to the Severn Estuary at Avonmouth and Royal Portbury Dock. [122] On 1 April 1996, Avon was abolished and Bristol became a unitary authority.[123]. [158] Since then, the plans have been revised in favour of a clean air zone whereby older and more polluting vehicles will be charged to drive through the city centre. [35] One-third to one-half of the population died in the Black Death of 134849,[36] which checked population growth, and its population remained between 10,000 and 12,000 for most of the 15th and 16th centuries.[37]. [167] In 2006 the ONS estimated Bristol's urban-area population at 587,400,[168] making it England's sixth-most populous city and tenth-most populous urban area. The lord mayor of Bristol, not to be confused with the mayor of Bristol, is a figurehead elected each May by the city council. " GLOUCESTERSHIRE, a west Midland county [Map (above shows location], situated upon the estuary of the Severn, and bounded north and north-east by Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire; by Oxfordshire; south by Berks, Wilts, and Somerset; and west by Monmouthshire, Herefordshire, and the estuary of the Severn; greatest length, south-we. [283] In 2009 ice hockey returned to Bristol after a 17-year absence, with the Bristol Pitbulls playing at Bristol Ice Rink; after its closure, it shared a venue with Oxford City Stars. Population figures - Inform - Gloucestershire County Council Councillors are elected in thirds, with elections held in three years out of every four-year period. It is in the West of England city region and the most populous city in South West England. [237] Southey (born on Wine Street in 1774) and his friend, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, married the Fricker sisters from the city. The proportion of South Gloucestershire residents describing their health as "very bad" was 0.9% (similar to 2011), while those describing their health as "bad" fell from 3.5% to 3.3%. Gloucester's 2023 population is now estimated at 167,850. Its films include Chicken Run (2000), Early Man (2018), shorts such as Creature Comforts and Adam and TV series like Shaun the Sheep and Timmy Time. These estimates represent the Urban agglomeration of Gloucester, which typically includes Gloucester's population in addition to adjacent suburban areas. [142] Temperatures at Long Ashton from 1959 to 2002 ranged from 33.5C (92.3F) in July 1976[143] to 14.4C (6.1F) in January 1982. Islam is observed by 5.1% of the population, Buddhism by 0.6%, Hinduism by 0.6%, Sikhism by 0.5%, Judaism by 0.2% and other religions by 0.7%; 8.1% did not identify with a religion. [141], The weather stations nearest Bristol for which long-term climate data are available are Long Ashton (about 5mi (8km) south west of the city centre) and Bristol Weather Station, in the city centre. Bristol's modern economy is built on the creative media, electronics and aerospace industries; the city-centre docks have been redeveloped as centres of heritage and culture. [87] After the premature closure of the exhibition the site was used, until 1919, as barracks for the Gloucestershire Regiment during World War I. [357] As of 2019, a four-line mass transit network with potential underground sections radiating from Bristol Temple Meads is proposed; a southern line to Bristol Airport, a northern line to Aztec West, a northeastern line Bristol & Bath Science Park and a southeastern line to Brislington or Keynsham. [88][89], Bristol was heavily damaged by Luftwaffe raids during World War II; about 1,300 people living or working in the city were killed and nearly 100,000 buildings were damaged, at least 3,000 beyond repair. Bristol has two further education institutions (City of Bristol College and South Gloucestershire and Stroud College) and two theological colleges: Trinity College, and Bristol Baptist College. The Bristol Museum and Art Gallery houses a collection encompassing natural history, archaeology, local glassware, Chinese ceramics and art. The city council boundary is the narrowest definition of the city itself. Caution should be taken when making comparisons between 2011 and 2021 because of changes in question wording and response options. Gloucester Demographics | Age, Ethnicity, Religion, Wellbeing - Varbes Data collection at these locations ended in 2002 and 2001, respectively, and Filton Airfield is currently the nearest weather station to the city. Tell us what you think about this publication by answering a few questions. [9] On the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Until 1991, the port was publicly owned; it is leased, with 330million invested and its annual tonnage increasing from 3.9million long tons (4million tonnes) to 11.8million (12million). List of settlements in Gloucestershire by population - Wikipedia [100] On 7 June 2020 a statue of Colston was pulled down from its plinth by protestors and pushed into Bristol Harbour. . The British Concorde prototype made its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford on 9 April 1969, five weeks after the French test flight. Gloucester has a high percentage of younger residents, with inhabitants in the 0 to 19 demographic accounting for one-quarter of the total population. This area was close to the median population density across English local authority areas at the last census. Black people in Bristol experience the 3rd highest level of educational inequality in England and Wales. [65] One of his contacts was the owner of the Seven Stars public house, who boarded sailors Clarkson sought to meet. It was subsequently added to in Georgian times and restored in the early 20th century. Bristol and later Liverpool became centres of the Triangular Trade. [114] At the 2017 general election, Labour won all four of the Bristol constituencies, gaining the Bristol North West seat, seven years after losing it to the Conservatives. Prevalence and incidence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in the UK [313] Other famous clubs in the city include Lakota and Thekla. What topic summary data for Census 2021 will be available and how to view them. [323] The contemporary Redcliffe Press has published over 200 books covering all aspects of the city. [11][12], The current name "Bristol" derives from the Old English form Brycgstow, which is typically etymologised as 'place at the bridge'. [215] Several organisations support Bristol theatre; the Residence (an artist-led community) provides office, social and rehearsal space for theatre and performance companies,[216] and Equity has a branch in the city.[217]. Census 2021 was undertaken during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Internal migration was the largest driver of population change over the past decade, representing circa 73% of the total change in population. On 26 November 2003 Concorde 216 made the final Concorde flight, returning to Bristol Filton Airport as the centrepiece of a proposed air museum which is planned to include the existing Bristol Aero collection (including a Bristol Britannia). Bristol is the only big city whose wealth per capita is higher than that of Britain as a whole. Interactive tool | Released 8 December 2022. This reflects growth increases by 9.2% from 2014 to 2004 and 9.8% from 2024 to 2039. However, when compiling the mid-2018 population estimates, five CCGs were incorrectly allocated to NHS England Midlands (Central Midlands) rather than NHS . Bath is located 11mi (18km) south east of the city centre, Weston-super-Mare is 18mi (29km) to the south west, and the Welsh city of Newport is 19mi (31km) to the north west. & H.O. [309] Motion is host to some of the world's top DJs, and leading producers. The wider Bristol Built-up Area is the eleventh most populous urban area in the United Kingdom.[7]. These pro-vide ophthalmology care to 33 000people with diabetes (PWD). [148] Although large cities in general experience an urban heat island effect, with warmer temperatures than their surrounding rural areas, this phenomenon is minimal in Bristol. Gloucestershire's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 0.9%, which is 0.1% higher than the average population growth rate in Gloucestershire for the ten years prior to mid-2021 (0.8%). Since its inception in 2016, it has become a major event in the city. Dont include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details. In Gloucester, the population size has increased by 8.9%, from around 121,700 in 2011 to 132,500 in 2021. The Gloucester Urban Area, which includes outlying districts, has a population estimated to be just under 150,000. [209], Bristol has a thriving current and historical arts scene. [67] His major speech on 2 April 1792 likewise described the Bristol slave trade specifically, and led to the arrest, trial and subsequent acquittal of a local slaver captain named Kimber. Around the beginning of the 11th century, the settlement was known as Brycgstow (Old English: 'the place at the bridge'). [233] Robert Newton, Bobby Driscoll and other cast members of the 1950 Walt Disney film Treasure Island (some scenes were filmed along the harbourside) were visitors to the city along with Walt Disney himself. Population - Inform - Gloucestershire County Council And a star shone over Bristol, wonderfully far and high. South Gloucestershire population change, Census 2021 - ONS [71] The port facilities were migrating downstream to Avonmouth and new industrial complexes were founded there. South Gloucestershire saw the South West's joint third-largest percentage-point fall (alongside Dorset, East Devon and Somerset West and Taunton) in the proportion of people (aged five years and over) providing up to 19 hours of weekly unpaid care (from 7.9% in 2011 to 4.8% in 2021).
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