

The unemployment rate is lower than the recent peak in March 2012, but remains higher than the regional and national average.

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The 2021 Census shows 42.7% of the population as being from BME groups an increase from 35% in 2011.The number of births has risen in recent years until 2011 but the numbers have slowly declined since then.In the short to medium term, the City is unlikely to follow the national trend of seeing large increases in the number of people over retirement age, although the number aged 85+ is projected to increase.Full-time university students comprise about 1 in 7 of the population.Just under 30% of the population are aged 18 to 29.International migration (recently from Eastern Europe) and an increase in student numbers are the main reasons for the population growth since 2001, together with the excess of births over deaths. Population projections suggest that this may rise to around 344,300 by 2027.The City continues to see a large amount of population 'churn', with 32,300 people arriving from elsewhere within the UK and 34,500 leaving in the year 2019 - 2020.The latest estimate of the City’s resident population is 323,700 (Census 2021) which is 13,000 lower than the Mid-Year Estimates 2020 which estimated the population to be 337,100.Please read these headline statistics in conjunction with the Nottingham City District Profile and our infographic providing an overview of the City population. Working age population (16-64) - 226,400Įxcept * from Universities: number living and studying in the City.
