2012 Mid-Year Estimates (MYE) of Population

2012 Mid-Year Estimates (MYE) of Population

The figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) on 8th August 2013 refer to the population estimate for mid-2012 (as of 30th June 2012)

ONS MYE 2012 Link

Summary

• The 2012 mid-year population estimate for West Sussex was 815,100

• This was a 0.8% increase from the 2011 mid-year estimate, which is an increase of 6,200 people.

• This is similar to the percentage change seen for the South East but slightly higher than the 0.7% change for England. There were 53.5million people in England in 2012, 53.1 million in 2011.

• The number of older people continues to increase faster than the overall population change. Between 2011 and 2012, there was a 3.8% increase in older people aged 65 years and over, which is higher than the 0.9% increase in the 0-19 years age group and the 0.3% decrease in the 20-64 years age group.

• The population increase in West Sussex was accounted for by natural change(600 more births than deaths) and more significantly, by inward migration of 5,600 people into the county.

• Migration patterns show that there is more internal migration (from other areas in the UK) into the county than international migration. More than 90% of migration into the county was internal migration. This is seen for all districts apart for Crawley where net international migration was higher than net internal migration.

• Adur, Arun and Crawley had the highest population increase between 2011 and 2012 while Chichester and Horsham had the lowest population increase (0.4% and 0.5% respectively).

• Population increase in Adur, Arun and Chichester were caused entirely by inward migration as there were higher number of deaths than births in these districts.

MYE 2012 Population Estimate by 5-year Age Groups

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Population Pyramid – MYE 2012

Components of Population Change

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Population Change 2011-2012 by Broad Age Groups

Net Migration – MYE 2012

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