The Central Bureau of Statistics released some interesting date pertaining to Yerushalayim ahead of Yom Yerushalayim, which is observed today, 28 Iyar 5772.
Yerushalayim is the largest city in Israel, and the number of people residing in the city surpassed the 800,000 mark in 2011. Almost 500,000 of the inhabitants of the capital are Jews, 280,000 are Muslims, and the remainder Christians and non-categorized.
Interestingly, 34% of adults over the age of 20 identify as chareidim, 19%, 27% as traditional and 19% as secular.
The internal migration rate also indicates the influence of chareidim as new residents of the capital come primarily from Bnei Brak, Beit Shemesh and Tel Aviv. Immigrants from Jerusalem relocate to Beit Shemesh, Betar Illit and Tel Aviv.
Another fact, the average Jerusalem household consists of four persons.
Regarding education however, the numbers are somewhat more pronounced with 65.3% of the capital’s Jewish students being chareidi, an increase from 63.3% in 5767.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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So Israel is probably the demographic future of Eretz Yisrael, with Hareidim and Arabs already being the majority group. One lesson from history is that when you have a ruling class, separated from the bulk of the population by ethnicity, religion and economics – that ruling class either changes are will typically come to a not very good end.
Akuperma, IY”H the future ruling class will indeed be Chareidi though of course others will try and push that time off as long as possible by any means possible. I do however look forward to seeing how the country will be run then. It is far easier to be a smaller interest group with a limited agenda to concentrate on than to run a country as a “full spectrum” government. I look forward to see us prove that we are able to run a country that besides Torah also excels in defence, science, healtcare, business and all the other numerous facets that Derech Hatevah make up a prosperous country in the 21st century. I would love to be able to say that we are ready to face the responsibilities that will one day be ours.