Population Demographics Data

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Description

This dataset contains population demographics data by area, age group, race, and gender. Data is available for the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland).

Questions answered by this dataset

  • What is the racial breakout of Manchester?
  • What is the gender breakout of Leeds?
  • Has the millennial population in our area grown or declined over the past three years?
  • Is our area more or less racially diverse than England at large?

Metrics

  • Population: The number of people living in the area who match the given dimensions.

Filters

  • Area (Nation, Country, NUTS1, NUTS3, and LAU1)
  • Age Band (19 bands)
  • Race (16 groups)
  • Gender
  • Year

Core LMI Metadata

This dataset is offered via the Core LMI API. The metadata for this Core LMI API dataset is below.

AttributeDescription
Dataset IDEMSI.uk.Demographics
Dataset URLhttps://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.uk.Demographics/{version}
Area Aggregation Path

The area aggregation path refers to the hierarchy that shows how data is aggregated, starting from the lowest-level geography and progressing to the highest-level geography.

The levels in the aggregation path include:

Aggregation Path
1234
Level 1NationMetropolitan USNationMetropolitan US
2 State MSA State MSA
3 County County County County
4 Zip Code Zip Code Census Tract Census Tract

Datasets with lower granularity aggregates only up to Level 1

Versions

http://agnitio.emsicloud.com/meta/dataset/EMSI.uk.Demographics/2026.1

Metrics

  {
"name": "<Metric>.<Year>"
  }

Valid Values for Metrics

{"Metric": ["Population"],
"Year": "2001-2034"

}

Dimensions

[
{
  "name": "Area",
  "levelsStored": [
     "0",
     "1",
     "2",
     "3",
     "4"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "AgeGroup",
  "levelsStored": [
     "1",
     "2"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "Gender",
  "levelsStored": [
     "0",
     "1"
  ]
},
{
  "name": "Race",
  "levelsStored": [
     "1",
     "2"
  ]
}
]

Attributes

{
"minYearInclusive": "2001",
"name": "Demographics",
"type": "dataset",
"path": "Demographics",
"maxYearInclusive": "2034",
"currentYear": "2024",
"countryCode": "uk",
"datarun": "2026.1",
"displayName": "UK Population Demographics",
"description": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
"releaseDate": "2026-03-02 18:01:54.468492Z"
}

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