Newham Info – Population

It is essential to understand population size and characteristics in order to effectively plan and deliver services such as education, transport and healthcare. This section displays the latest population estimates and projections for Newham.

The projections below take population estimates as their starting point. The projected local authority populations for each year are calculated by ageing on the population from the previous year, applying local fertility and mortality rates to calculate the number of projected births and deaths, and then adjusting for migration into and out of each local authority. Fertility, mortality and migration assumptions are derived using values estimated using data from the five years before the base projection year, and do not take into account any known policy or demographic changes.

Population projections for all persons by broad age group

	Newham	London	England
0 to 15	80,393	22.1	1,774,124	19.7	10,934,800	19.3
16 to 64	256,112	70.3	6,119,732	68.1	35,348,200	62.2
65 and over	27,841	7.6	1,097,473	12.2	10,512,100	18.5

Population projections for all persons by year

	Newham	London
2015	337,300	8,605,871
2020	364,346	8,991,329
2025	410,912	9,380,861
2030	465,435	9,728,414
2035	490,821	10,064,288
2040	508,035	10,375,713
2045	510,028	10,657,368
2050	508,097	10,897,107

Population projection for all persons by 5-year age group

	Count	%	Count	%
	Newham		London
0 to 4	27,824	7.6	590,238	6.6
5 to 9	25,020	6.9	555,414	6.2
10 to 14	23,157	6.4	528,954	5.9
15 to 19	21,576	5.9	474,863	5.3
20 to 24	28,594	7.9	560,114	6.2
25 to 29	37,669	10.3	786,487	8.8
30 to 34	40,497	11.1	842,301	9.4
35 to 39	35,348	9.7	789,460	8.8
40 to 44	25,845	7.1	681,186	7.6
45 to 49	21,358	5.9	601,415	6.7
50 to 54	19,882	5.5	569,290	6.3
55 to 59	16,572	4.6	508,995	5.7
60 to 64	13,161	3.6	405,140	4.5
65 to 69	9,414	2.6	318,267	3.5
70 to 74	7,001	1.9	280,857	3.1
75 to 79	4,718	1.3	197,815	2.2
80 to 84	3,664	1	152,182	1.7
85 and over	3,044	0.8	148,352	1.7

	Newham	London
Persons BAME	263,212	72.4	4,005,764	43.5

Projected ethnic makeup

	Count	%	Count	%
	Newham		London
Arab	4,732	1.3	146,572	1.6
Bangladeshi	45,259	12.4	263,556	2.9
Black African	40,439	11.1	669,217	7.3
Black Caribbean	14,837	4.1	346,086	3.8
Chinese	5,984	1.6	158,737	1.7
Indian	53,917	14.8	654,653	7.1
Other Asian	24,134	6.6	518,236	5.6
Other Black	9,533	2.6	214,057	2.3
Other Ethnic Group	10,317	2.8	224,729	2.4
Other Mixed	6,035	1.7	167,217	1.8
Other White	49,660	13.7	1,457,978	15.8
Pakistani	35,777	9.8	281,377	3.1
White & Asian	4,127	1.1	132,736	1.4
White & Black African	4,013	1.1	86,605	0.9
White & Black Caribbean	4,108	1.1	141,984	1.5
White - British	47,844	13.2	3,552,634	38.6
White - Irish	2,835	0.8	186,955	2

	Newham	London	England
UK nationals	265,000	74	6,972,000	77.6	50,040,000	89.9
Non-UK nationals	93,000	26	2,008,000	22.3	5,587,000	10

Population by nationality (excluding UK)

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Newham		London		England
European Union	62,000	17.3	1,146,000	12.8	3,323,000	6
Non-EU European	3,000	0.8	105,000	1.2	203,000	0.4
Middle and East Central Asian	N/A	N/A	52,000	0.6	189,000	0.3
East Asian	N/A	N/A	63,000	0.7	142,000	0.3
South Asian	17,000	4.7	225,000	2.5	684,000	1.2
South East Asian	N/A	N/A	53,000	0.6	154,000	0.3
Sub Saharan African	5,000	1.4	141,000	1.6	396,000	0.7
North African	N/A	N/A	16,000	0.2	55,000	0.1
North American	N/A	N/A	66,000	0.7	164,000	0.3
Central and South American	N/A	N/A	82,000	0.9	160,000	0.3
Oceanian	N/A	N/A	59,000	0.7	118,000	0.2
Rest of the World	10,000	2.8	364,000	4.1	892,000	1.6

	Newham	London	England
UK	188,000	52.5	5,659,000	63	46,977,000	84.4
Non-UK	170,000	47.5	3,317,000	36.9	8,648,000	15.5

Population by country of birth (excluding UK)

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Newham		London		England
European Union	51,000	14.2	1,055,000	11.7	3,214,000	5.8
Non-EU European	10,000	2.8	184,000	2	354,000	0.6
Middle and East Central Asia	2,000	0.6	147,000	1.6	380,000	0.7
East Asia	2,000	0.6	122,000	1.4	292,000	0.5
South Asia	54,000	15.1	659,000	7.3	1,776,000	3.2
South East Asia	5,000	1.4	110,000	1.2	329,000	0.6
Sub Saharan Africa	30,000	8.4	530,000	5.9	1,240,000	2.2
North Africa	N/A	N/A	58,000	0.6	127,000	0.2
North America	2,000	0.6	101,000	1.1	267,000	0.5
Central and South America	13,000	3.6	257,000	2.9	463,000	0.8
Oceania	N/A	N/A	94,000	1	207,000	0.4
Rest of the World	47,000	13.1	1,040,000	11.6	2,303,000	4.1

Household composition breakdown

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Newham		London		England
One family only: All aged 65 and over	1,975	1.9	134,063	4.1	1,789,465	8.1
One family only: Cohabiting couple	5,789	5.7	282,907	8.7	2,172,438	9.8
One family only: Cohabiting couple: All children non-dependent	347	0.3	12,288	0.4	108,486	0.5
One family only: Cohabiting couple: Dependent children	2,414	2.4	91,774	2.8	890,780	4
One family only: Cohabiting couple: No children	3,028	3	178,845	5.5	1,173,172	5.3
One family only: Lone parent	14,987	14.8	413,464	12.7	2,339,824	10.6
One family only: Lone parent: All children non-dependent	4,687	4.6	134,478	4.1	766,569	3.5
One family only: Lone parent: Dependent children	10,300	10.1	278,986	8.5	1,573,255	7.1
One family only: Married or same-sex civil partnership couple	26,466	26.1	916,407	28.1	7,329,455	33.2
One family only: Married or same-sex civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent	4,365	4.3	155,658	4.8	1,234,355	5.6
One family only: Married or same-sex civil partnership couple: Dependent children	16,468	16.2	490,040	15	3,375,890	15.3
One family only: Married or same-sex civil partnership couple: No children	5,633	5.5	270,709	8.3	2,719,210	12.3
One person household: Aged 65 and over	7,001	6.9	312,022	9.6	2,725,596	12.4
One person household: Other	19,535	19.2	718,536	22	3,940,897	17.9
Other household types: All aged 65 and over	219	0.2	8,660	0.3	61,715	0.3
Other household types: All full-time students	1,791	1.8	24,384	0.7	124,285	0.6
Other household types: Other	13,123	12.9	306,687	9.4	995,677	4.5
Other household types: With dependent children	10,633	10.5	149,043	4.6	584,016	2.6

Main language breakdown

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Newham		London		England
English (English or Welsh if in Wales)	171,384	58.6	6,083,420	77.9	46,936,780	92
Welsh/Cymraeg (in England only)	13	0	1,310	0	8,248	0
Other UK language	32	0	1,166	0	4,637	0
French	2,532	0.9	84,191	1.1	145,026	0.3
Portuguese	4,061	1.4	71,525	0.9	131,002	0.3
Spanish	2,211	0.8	71,192	0.9	118,554	0.2
Other European language (EU)	24,898	8.5	423,054	5.4	1,155,972	2.3
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU)	24	0	1,506	0	2,878	0
Other European language (non EU)	1,119	0.4	38,419	0.5	64,985	0.1
Other European language (non-national)	55	0	3,818	0	4,600	0
Russian	1,774	0.6	26,603	0.3	66,271	0.1
Turkish	811	0.3	71,242	0.9	98,083	0.2
Arabic	1,690	0.6	70,602	0.9	152,490	0.3
West/Central Asian language	2,343	0.8	82,246	1.1	181,424	0.4
South Asian language	64,318	22	507,675	6.5	1,281,168	2.5
East Asian language	5,641	1.9	128,149	1.6	374,013	0.7
Oceanic/Australian language	3	0	204	0	1,729	0
North/South American language	55	0	438	0	1,022	0
Caribbean Creole	18	0	234	0	506	0
African language	8,706	3	132,216	1.7	240,572	0.5
Other languages	553	0.2	8,250	0.1	17,675	0
Sign language	179	0.1	3,988	0.1	20,853	0

Marital and civil partnership status breakdown

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Newham		London		England
Divorced or formerly in a same-sex civil partnership which is now legally dissolved	14,724	6.2	484,106	7.4	3,857,137	9
In a registered same-sex civil partnership	637	0.3	27,425	0.4	100,288	0.2
Married	96,382	40.5	2,608,345	39.8	20,029,369	46.6
Separated (but still legally married or still legally in a same-sex civil partnership)	9,058	3.8	211,500	3.2	1,141,196	2.7
Single (never married or never registered a same-sex civil partnership)	107,512	45.2	2,888,944	44.1	14,889,928	34.6
Widowed or surviving partner from a same-sex civil partnership	9,777	4.1	328,853	5	2,971,702	6.9

Religion breakdown

	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
	Newham		London		England
Buddhist	2,446	0.8	82,026	1	238,626	0.5
Christian	123,119	40	3,957,984	48.4	31,479,876	59.4
Hindu	26,962	8.8	411,291	5	806,199	1.5
Jewish	342	0.1	148,602	1.8	261,282	0.5
Muslim	98,456	32	1,012,823	12.4	2,660,116	5
Sikh	6,421	2.1	126,134	1.5	420,196	0.8
Other religion	1,090	0.4	47,970	0.6	227,825	0.4
No religion	29,373	9.5	1,694,372	20.7	13,114,232	24.7

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