Demography of Luton
Luton, Bedfordshire, England is an ethnically and culturally diverse town of 203,201 people. It's primarily urban, with a population density of. Luton has seen several waves of immigration. In the early part of the 20th century, there was internal migration of Irish and Scottish people to the town. These were followed by Afro-Caribbean and Asian immigrants. More recently immigrants from other European Union countries have made Luton their home. As a result of this Luton has a diverse ethnic mix, with a significant population of Asian descent, mainly Pakistani 29,353 and Bangladeshi 13,606.
Since the 2011 census, Luton has had a white British population less than 50%, one of three towns in the United Kingdom along with Leicester and Slough. Luton has a majority white population, when non-British white people such as the Irish and Eastern Europeans are included. 81% of the population of Luton define themselves as British.Ethnicity
The following table shows the ethnic group of respondents in the 2001 and 2011 censuses in Luton.
NotesDistribution
Languages
The most common main languages spoken in Luton according to the 2011 census are shown in the following table.
| Rank | Language | Usual residents aged 3+ | Proportion |
| 1 | English | 153,463 | 79.43% |
| 2 | Urdu | 8,567 | 4.43% |
| 3 | Polish | 8,006 | 4.14% |
| 4 | Bengali | 6,337 | 3.28% |
| 5 | Punjabi | 2,203 | 1.14% |
| 6 | Gujarati | 1,714 | 0.89% |
| 7 | Arabic | 1,037 | 0.54% |
| 8 | Lithuanian | 698 | 0.36% |
| 9 | Tamil | 653 | 0.34% |
| 10 | Tagalog/Filipino | 524 | 0.27% |
| 11 | Shona | 489 | 0.25% |
| 12 | Hindi | 484 | 0.25% |
| 13 | French | 439 | 0.23% |
| 14 | Portuguese | 397 | 0.21% |
| 15 | Slovak | 352 | 0.18% |
| 16 | Italian | 342 | 0.18% |
| 17 | Romanian | 340 | 0.18% |
| 18 | Russian | 324 | 0.17% |
| 19 | Malayalam | 316 | 0.16% |
| 20 | Pashto | 293 | 0.15% |
| Other | 6,217 | 3.22% |
Religion
The following table shows the religion of respondents in the 2001 and 2011 censuses in Luton.Distribution
