Demography of Leicester
Leicester, England is an ethnically and culturally diverse city. It is the thirteenth most populous city in the United Kingdom.Population
Leicester's total population, according to the 2011 UK census, was 329,839. The population density was 4,494 people per square km.Ethnicity
The following table shows the ethnic group of respondents in the 2001 and 2011 censuses in Leicester.
Notes for table aboveLanguages
The most common main languages spoken in Leicester according to the 2011 census are shown below.
| Rank | Language | Usual residents aged 3+ | Proportion |
| 1 | English | 228,295 | 72.47% |
| 2 | Gujarati | 36,347 | 11.54% |
| 3 | Punjabi | 7,560 | 2.40% |
| 4 | Polish | 6,192 | 1.97% |
| 5 | Urdu | 3,376 | 1.07% |
| 6 | Somali | 3,331 | 1.06% |
| 7 | Arabic | 2,516 | 0.80% |
| 8 | Bengali | 1,808 | 0.57% |
| 9 | Portuguese | 1,750 | 0.56% |
| 10 | Kurdish | 1,520 | 0.48% |
| 11 | Tamil | 1,498 | 0.48% |
| 12 | Hindi | 1,095 | 0.35% |
| 13 | Persian | 1,021 | 0.32% |
| 14 | Slovak | 878 | 0.28% |
| 15 | French | 849 | 0.27% |
| 16 | Shona | 801 | 0.25% |
| 17 | Turkish | 584 | 0.19% |
| 18 | Greek | 546 | 0.17% |
| 19 | Swahili/Kiswahili | 533 | 0.17% |
| 20 | Tagalog/Filipino | 496 | 0.16% |
| Other | 14,015 | 4.45% |
Religion
The following table shows the religion of respondents in the 2001 and 2011 censuses in Leicester.
