Lists of UK locations with large ethnic minority populations

This article lists United Kingdom locations with large and/or significant ethnic minority communities, as defined by official ethnicity statistics. The overwhelming majority of ethnic minority individuals in the UK reside in the larger cities, most specifically London. The British capital is home to 50 non-indigenous communities which have a population of more than 10,000 (therefore laying claim to being the most diverse city in the world).^[1] Despite this, there are other towns and cities across the country which have larger ethnic minority populations per head, such as Leicester, where 25 per cent of the population report being of Indian ethnicity.^[2]

Contents 1 British Asian communities 1.1 Bangladeshi communities 1.2 Indian communities 1.2.1 By region 1.2.2 By city and town 1.3 Pakistani communities 2 Black British communities 2.1 Afro-Caribbean communities 3 Chinese communities 4 Places with significant Irish population 5 See also 6 References

British Asian communities

Bangladeshi communities

All data below is based on 2007 estimates and is for Bangladeshi people in England and Wales regardless of birthplace (excluding those of partial Bangladeshi origin).^[3]

• London - 174,900 (2.3% of the city's population)
  • Tower Hamlets - 63,400 (29.4%)
  • Newham - 23,200 (9.3%)
  • Camden - 12,800 (5.5%)
• Birmingham - 23,700 (2.3%)
• Oldham - 11,200 (5.1%) (48.99% of the Coldhurst area of the town ^[4]
• Luton - 8,700 (4.6%)
• Bradford - 5,900 (1.2%)
• Newcastle upon Tyne - 3,100 (1.1%)

Indian communities

By region

Indian population in the United Kingdom regions (2007)
Region	Population of region	Indian population	Percentage of total population
London [5]	7,556,900	501,600	6.6%
West Midlands [6]	5,381,800	199,900	3.7%
East Midlands [7]	4,399,600	147,200	3.3%
South East [8]	8,308,700	140,800	1.7%
North West [9]	6,864,300	99,900	1.5%
East [10]	5,661,000	88,200	1.6%
Yorkshire and the Humber [11]	5,177,200	76,400	1.5%
South West [12]	5,178,000	42,400	0.8%
North East [13]	2,549,700	17,900	0.7%
Scotland	5,094,800	17,000	0.3%
Wales	2,903,085	8,200	0.3%
Northern Ireland	1,685,267	1,600	0.1%

By city and town

All below data is based on 2007 estimates and is for Indian people in the UK regardless of birthplace (excluding those of partial Indian origin).^[14]

• London - 501,600 (6.6% of the city's population)
  • Brent - 49,100 (18.2%)
  • Harrow - 47,900 (22.3%)
  • Ealing - 44,400 (14.6%)
  • Hounslow - 41,500 (18.8%)
  • Redbridge - 37,200 (14.6%)
  • Newham - 30,600 (12.3%)
  • Barnet - 29,400 (8.9%)
  • Croydon - 27,200 (8.0%)
  • Hillingdon - 25,600 (10.2%)
  • Westminster - 12,700 (5.4%)
  • Enfield - 12,600 (4.4%)
• Leicester - 73,100 (25.0%)
• Birmingham - 64,300 (6.1%)
• Wolverhampton - 28,100 (11.9%)
• Sandwell - 27,300 (9.5%)
• Coventry - 25,300 (8.3%)
• Slough - 18,000 (15.0%)
• Kirklees - 17,100 (4.3%)
• Leeds - 18,300 (2.4%)
• Bolton - 15,500 (5.9%)
• Bradford - 14,800 (3.0%)
• Blackburn - 14,100 (10.0%)
• Walsall - 14,000 (5.5%)
• Manchester - 12,300 (2.7%)
• Preston - 10,600 (8.1%)
• Derby - 9,900 (4.2%)
• Nottingham - 9,600 (3.3%)
• Bristol - 9,400 (2.3%)
• Charnwood - 8,700 (5.3%)
• Luton - 8,200 (4.4%)
• Sheffield - 7,200 (1.4%)
• Milton Keynes - 6,800 (3.0%)
• Bedford - 6,600 (4.3%)
• Oadby and Wigston - 6,400 (11.2%)
• Trafford - 6,000 (2.8%)
• Dudley - 5,300 (1.7%)
• Solihull - 5,200 (2.6%)
• Northampton - 5,200 (2.5%)
• Newcastle upon Tyne - 5,200 (1.9%)

Pakistani communities

All data below is based on 2007 estimates and is for Pakistani people in England and Wales regardless of birthplace (excluding those of partial Pakistani origin).^[15]

• London - 179,100 (2.4% of city's population, see Pakistani community of London)
  • Newham - 23,000 (9.2%)
  • Redbridge - 17,800 (7.0%)
  • Waltham Forest - 17,500 (7.8%)
  • Ealing - 12,400 (4.0%)
  • Brent - 12,200 (4.5%)
  • Hounslow - 10,200 (4.6%)
  • Croydon - 9,400 (2.8%)
  • Harrow - 6,100 (2.8%)
  • Barnet - 5,900 (1.8%)
  • Wandsworth - 5,400 (1.9%)
• Birmingham - 113,000 (11.2%)
• Bradford - 80,000 (16.1%)
• Kirklees - 28,600 (7.1%)
• Manchester - 28,100 (6.1%)
• Luton - 20,100 (10.6%)
• Leeds - 18,200 (2.4%)
• Sheffield - 17,400 (3.3%)
• Rochdale - 17,200 (8.4%)
• Oldham - 15,300 (7.0%)
• Slough - 14,600 (12.2%)
• Blackburn - 12,600 (9.0%)
• Pendle - 11,800 (13.1%)
• Calderdale - 11,500 (5.7%)
• Derby - 10,800 (4.5%)
• Nottingham - 10,500 (3.6%)
• Walsall - 10,300 (4.0%)
• Sandwell - 9,900 (3.4%)
• Wycombe - 9,100 (5.7%)
• Dudley - 7,900 (2.6%)
• Peterborough - 7,400 (4.6%)
• Bolton - 7,300 (2.8%)
• Coventry - 7,100 (2.3%)
• Stoke-on-Trent - 7,000 (2.9%)
• Bury - 6,600 (3.6%)
• Bristol - 6,000 (1.4%)
• Hyndburn - 5,900 (7.2%)
• Leicester - 5,800 (2.0%)
• Rotherham - 5,700 (2.2%)
• Middlesbrough - 5,500 (4.0%)
• Newcastle upon Tyne - 5,200 (1.9%)
• Trafford - 4,700 (2.2%)
• Wakefield - 4,700 (1.5%)
• Wolverhampton - 4,500 (1.9%)
• Aylesbury - 4,300 (2.4%)
• Stockport - 3,900 (1.4%)
• Watford - 3,700 (4.6%)
• Crawley - 3,400 (3.4%)

Black British communities

All data below is based on 2007 estimates and is for Black British people in England and Wales regardless of birthplace (Including Black Africans, Caribbeans and other Black groups, but excluding those of partial Sub-Saharan African origin).^[16]

• London - 802,300 (10.6% of the city's population)
• Birmingham - 67,500 (6.7%)
• Manchester - 25,100 (5.5%)
• Bradford - 20,100 (4.5%)
• Leeds - 16,600 (2.2%)
• Luton - 16,200 (8.6%)
• Leicester - 14,300 (4.9%)
• Sheffield - 14,000 (2.6%)
• Nottingham - 13,700 (4.8%)
• Sandwell - 12,400 (4.3%)
• Bristol - 12,300 (2.9%)
• Wolverhampton - 11,400 (4.8%)
• Coventry - 10,000 (3.3%)
• Milton Keynes - 9,100 (4.0%)
• Liverpool - 8,500 (1.9%)

Afro-Caribbean communities

All data below is based on 2007 estimates and is for Black Caribbean people in England and Wales regardless of birthplace (excluding other Black groups and those of partial Afro-Caribbean origin).^[17]

• London - 321,300 (4.3% of the city's population)
  • Lewisham - 28,400 (11.0%)
  • Croydon - 26,800 (7.9%)
  • Lambeth - 25,600 (9.4%)
  • Brent - 24,100 (8.9%)
  • Hackney - 18,200 (8.7%)
  • Haringey - 17,700 (7.9%)
  • Southwark - 17,500 (6.4%)
  • Waltham Forest - 16,700 (7.5%)
  • Newham - 15,900 (6.4)
  • Enfield- 15 876 (5.4%)
• Birmingham - 44,700 (4.4%)
• Manchester - 8,700 (1.9%)
• Nottingham - 8,400 (2.9%)
• Bradford - 9,500 (2.2%)
• Wolverhampton - 8,200 (3.5%)
• Luton - 8,000 (4.2%)
• Leeds - 6,900 (0.9%)
• Bristol - 5,400 (1.3%)
• Sheffield - 5,100 (1.0%)

Chinese communities

All data below is based on 2007 estimates and is for Chinese people in England and Wales regardless of birthplace (excluding those of partial Chinese origin).^[18]

• London - 114,800 (1.5% of the city's population)
  • Barnet - 8,000 (2.4%)
  • Southwark - 7,900 (2.9%)
  • Westminster - 7,700 (3.3%)
  • Camden - 6,700 (2.9%)
  • Tower Hamlets - 5,500 (2.5%)
  • Kensington and Chelsea - 5,100 (2.9%)
  • Islington - 4,600 (2.5%)
  • Ealing - 4,500 (1.5%)
  • Greenwich - 3,700 (1.7%)
  • Lewisham - 3,600 (1.4%)
  • Lambeth - 3,600 (1.3%)
  • Haringey - 3,500 (1.6%)
  • Newham - 3,500 (1.4%)
  • Brent - 3,500 (1.3%)
  • Enfield - 2 940(1.1%)

• Manchester - 12,300 (2.7%)
• Birmingham - 12,300 (1.2%)
• Liverpool - 7,400 (1.7%)
• Leeds - 10,100 (1.3%)
• Sheffield - 6,700 (1.3%)
• Oxford - 4,500 (3.0%)
• Cambridge - 3,900 (3.3%)
• Newcastle upon Tyne - 3,600 (1.3%)

Places with significant Irish population

There are many people in Great Britain with Irish ancestry and they are found mainly in the following towns and cities:

• Birmingham
• Bootle
• Cardiff
• Coventry
• Dundee
• Edinburgh
• Glasgow
• Coatbridge
• Huddersfield
• Leeds
• Liverpool
• London
• Luton
• Manchester
• Middlesbrough
• Preston
• Portsmouth
• Sunderland

See also

• Demography of the United Kingdom
• Ethnic groups of the United Kingdom
• Ethnic enclave
• Lists of U.S. cities with large ethnic populations
• Accademia Apulia

References

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