Bristol has a strong White majority population, at 84%, which has declined from 94.5% in 1991. The largest ethnic group is the White British at 77.9% which have declined from 88% of the population in 2001. Black British residents are the 2nd biggest at 6% with Asian British at 5.5%.

The Black population of St Pauls accounts for 45.7%, white 36%, mixed ethnicity 8.1% and the Asian population 6.1%. Roughly 79% of St Pauls residents were born in the UK. Overall, the St Pauls sub-ward has a generally good level of health 51%, higher than the Bristol average of 48.8%.

There are 22,016 people resident in Bristol who indicated their religion as Muslim – this accounts for 5.1% of the total population of Bristol.

In Bristol the largest ethnic minority groups in 2021 were Somali 9,167 (1.9%), Pakistani 9,103 (1.9%) and Indian 8,371 (1.8%). There are many factors that may be contributing to the changing ethnic composition of England and Wales, such as differing patterns of ageing, fertility, mortality, and migration.