East Riding of Yorkshire Demographics
According to the 2001 census, the district had a population of 314,113, and the most populous parishes are Bridlington (34,000), Goole (17,000), Beverley (17,000), Cottingham (17,000, part of the Hull urban area), Hessle (15,000, by Hull), Driffield (11,000), Anlaby with Anlaby Common (10,000, by Hull), Hornsea (8,000) and Willerby (8000, by Hull), Pocklington (8,000) and Elloughton-cum-Brough (7,000). Half the district's population reside in these 11 parishes, with the other half living in the other 160 parishes. In comparison, Hull's population according to the same census was 243,589. The population density of the district is around 135 people per square km.
The population of the East Riding is skewed to be older than average for England, with 18.4% of the people in the 2001 census being over 65 compared with 15.8% in England generally. There is a particularly strong deficit in the number of young adults.
The district is one of the least ethnically diverse, with the census reporting 98.8% of the inhabitants being white. Hull itself is also quite monoethnic for a city of its size, with the census reporting 97.7% white. |