The English region with the largest population increase was the East of England, which grew by around 8.3% or 488,000 more residents. The English region with the smallest increase was the North East, growing by 1.9% or around 50,000 people. In Wales, the population grew by 1.4% or 44,000 people.
A map shows the English regions and Wales.
In North Lincolnshire, the population size has increased by 1.3%, from around 167,400 in 2011 to 169,700 in 2021. This is lower than the overall increase for England (6.6%), where the population grew by nearly 3.5 million to 56,489,800.
A map of local authority areas in England is coloured to indicate the percentage change in population of each area. The data used in this article are available to download at the end.
Nearby areas like West Lindsey and Bassetlaw have seen their populations increase by around 6.7% and 4.4%, respectively, while others such as Doncaster saw a smaller increase (1.9%) and North East Lincolnshire saw a decrease of 1.7%.
The map then zooms to centre on North Lincolnshire and show neighbouring areas.
The largest population increases in Yorkshire and The Humber have been seen in Selby and Wakefield, where the populations have grown by 10.2% and 8.4%, respectively.
The map zooms out to show the percentage change in population size in all local authority areas in Yorkshire and The Humber
At the other end of the scale, Richmondshire has seen a fall of 4.4%.
The local authority areas displayed on the map change form and position to create a bar chart that orders selected areas of Yorkshire and The Humber by percentage change in total population.
At 1.3%, North Lincolnshire's population increase is lower than the increase for Yorkshire and The Humber (3.7%).
North Lincolnshire is highlighted on the bar chart along with other local authority areas in Yorkshire and The Humber.
Tower Hamlets saw the largest percentage growth in population in England, increasing 22.1% between 2011 and 2021. Dartford was second, increasing 20.0%.
Every local authority area of England is shown as a dot on a chart, with the legend running from the largest percentage decrease to the highest percentage increase in population. North Lincolnshire is highlighted.
Some local authority areas have seen their populations decline. Kensington and Chelsea had an estimated population of 143,400 in 2021, which was around 15,200 fewer than in 2011 and a decrease of 9.6%.
The chart continues to show all areas of England as dots, ordered by the percentage change in total population, with the largest decreases towards the left and the largest increases towards the right.
The total population of local authority areas varies a lot, from Birmingham with around 1,144,900 people to the Isles of Scilly with around 2,100 people. The sizes of these circles are proportionate to the size of the population in each local authority area.
The chart changes into circles located at the centre of each local authority area on a map. The area of each circle indicates the total population.
North Lincolnshire is growing but more slowly than other parts of the country, and more slowly than it has previously. That’s according to the first figures from the most recent Census.
According to the figures released by the Office for National Statistics this week, there were 169,700 people living in Scunthorpe on Census day, March 21, 2021. That was a 1.3% increase in the number of people resident in the area compared to 167,446 in 2011.
The population had grown by 9.6% over the period from 2001, when 152,844 people lived in Scunthorpe, to 2011. It had also grown by 0.4% in the preceding 10 years from 152,287 in 1991, and before that had grown by 2.2% from 148,946 in 1981.
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The Census provides the most comprehensive figures on the population across the country as every household is sent a form to fill in. The ONS reckons 97% of households filled it in last year.
The ONS said population change in certain areas may reflect how the coronavirus pandemic affected people's choice of usual residence on Census Day. These changes might have been temporary for some and more long-lasting for others.
North Lincolnshire has a population density of 200 people per square kilometre. Of those living in North Lincolnshire, 86,000 (50.7%) were women and 83,700 (49.3%) were men. There were 37,200 people aged 65 and over, 21.9% of the population, compared to 17.9% in 2011.
On Census Day, March 21, 2021, the usual resident population in England and Wales was 59,597,300 people, of which 56,489,800 were in England and 3,107,500 were in Wales. This was the largest population ever recorded through a census in England and Wales, according to today's release from the Office for National Statistics.
The population of England and Wales has grown by more than 3.5 million (6.3%) since the last census in 2011, when the total number of people living in the two countries was 56,075,912. The rate of population growth in England and Wales across the last decade decreased slightly compared with the rate between 2001 and 2011, when the population grew by 7.8% (4.0 million people).
Overall, there were 30,420,100 women (51.0% of the overall population) and 29,177,200 men (49.0%) in England and Wales in 2021. This is similar to 2011, when 50.8% of the population were female and 49.2% were male.
The trend of population ageing has continued, with more people than ever before in the older age groups. Nearly one in five people (18.6% or 11.1 million) in 2021 were aged 65 years and over, up from one in six (16.4% or 9.2 million) in 2011. The size of the population aged 90 years and over (527,900, 0.9% of the population) has increased since 2011, when 429,017, 0.8%, were aged 90 years and over.
The local authorities with the highest percentages of the population aged 65 years and over were North Norfolk (33.4%) and Rother (32.4%). East Devon had the highest percentage of the population aged 90 years and over (1.9%), followed by Rother (1.8%).
Every region of England, as well as Wales saw its population grow in the decade to 2021. However, some areas are seeing the number of people grow faster than others - the region with the highest population growth was the East of England, which increased by 8.3% from 2011 (a gain of approximately 488,000 residents).
Next highest were the South West (which grew by 7.8%, a gain of approximately 412,000 people) and London (which grew by 7.7%, a gain of almost 626,000 people). Wales had lower population growth compared with all English regions, increasing by 1.4% (a gain of approximately 44,000 people).
Most local authority areas experienced population increases between 2011 and 2021, although in some areas the population decreased. The areas with the largest population decreases were Kensington and Chelsea (9.6% decrease) and Westminster (6.9% decrease). The areas with the highest rates of population growth were Tower Hamlets (22.1% increase) and Dartford (20.0% increase).
Population figures for the whole of the UK won't be available for a while. Northern Ireland, which ran its Census on the same day as England and Wales, reported a population of 1.903 million – the highest ever, an increase of 90,000 people from 1.811 million in 2011.
However, Scotland's Census was delayed by a year due to the pandemic, with responses due back by May 31 this year. This means results for the country won't be announced until next year.
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