London had the highest estimated Asian population of any region, at approximately 1.63 million people, followed by the West Midlands with an estimated Asian population of 737 thousand people.
London (20.7%) and the West Midlands (13.3%) had the highest percentage of people who identified as Asian – the South West (2.8%) and Wales (2.9%) had the lowest.
According to the 2021 Census, the Chinese ethnic group in England and Wales numbered 445,646, or 0.7% of the population. British Chinese live in every major British city, most notably including Greater London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham and Sheffield.
London remains the most ethnically diverse region of England, where just under two-thirds identify with an ethnic minority group, whereas under 1 in 10 identify this way in the North East.
Since the 2011 UK Census was returned, London contained by far the lowest percentage of English and other White British people of all the UK regions, where they made up less than half of the population in 24 of the 32 boroughs, including: Newham (16.7%), Brent (18.0%), Ealing (30.4%), Harrow (30.9%), Tower Hamlets ( ...
That figure is highest in Wales and the North east of England - the whitest borough is Blanaeu Gwent in Wales, where 96.5% of the population is white British, followed by Copeland in Cumbria, where only 2% of the population are not white.
The largest Black communities were to be found in the United Kingdom's great port cities: London's East End, Liverpool, Bristol and Cardiff's Tiger Bay, with other communities in South Shields in Tyne & Wear and Glasgow.
The places with the lowest diversity index rating were Allerdale and Copeland in Cumbria, the Staffordshire Moorlands, Redcar and Cleveland and Anglesey. In each of these at least 96% of the population was white British in the 2021 census.
The Independent declared in 2013 that Leicester was the most multicultural city on the planet – so data a decade later showing Leicester to be the most plural city in the UK came as little surprise.
If you were asked what the most ethnically diverse city in Britain was, you might say London, and the capital certainly is a melting pot of cultures from every corner of the globe, but you would be wrong. The UK's second city, Birmingham, holds the accolade for being the most diverse city in Britain.
Census. The Office for National Statistics uses the term "Asian / Asian British" to categorise British Indians, British Pakistanis, British Bangladeshis, British Chinese people and people of any other Asian ancestry.
The UK is home to the largest Pakistani community in Europe, with the population of British Pakistanis exceeding 1.5 million based on the 2021 Census. British Pakistanis are the second-largest ethnic minority population in the United Kingdom and also make up the second-largest sub-group of British Asians.
Why do the Brits see Asians as South Asians rather than East Asians? Probably due to ignorance. Some of us call those from the Indian subcontinent “Asians” and those in East Asia, “Orientals".
London has remained the region with both the largest proportion of people born outside the UK and the largest proportion of people with non-UK passports. In 2021, more than 4 in 10 (40.6%) usual residents in London were non-UK born, and more than 1 in 5 (23.3%) had a non-UK passport.
In 2016, a research project by The London School of Economics compared areas in London, Manchester, Birmingham and London, and found the shop keepers on Narborough Road hailed from 22 different countries across four continents, leading to it being named the most diverse street in the UK.
When you think of the most diverse and exciting cities in the UK, your mind probably springs to London, Manchester, and Edinburgh. But there are so many more incredible cities that frankly don't get the credit they deserve.
Two months ago, Easington secured another dubious accolade when the Office of National Statistics (ONS) revealed it was the least ethnically diverse place in Britain: there was less chance of two randomly selected people belonging to different ethnic groups in Easington than anywhere else in the country.
The United Kingdom is an ethnically diverse society. The largest ethnic group in the United Kingdom is White British, followed by Asian British. Ethnicity in the United Kingdom is formally recorded at the national level through a census.
Out of the UK cities included in the study, Leeds unexpectedly claimed the title of the country's most polluted with only 269 out of 365 'good air' days in the year.
What are the most racially integrated cities in the UK?
Britain's 'rainbow' towns and cities: Luton, Slough and Newham in London are named among England's most ethnically diverse areas - as study finds white British population fell by 1.1m and other ethnicities increased by 8.7m over past 20 years.
What is the most Pakistani populated city in the UK?
According to the 2021 census, the cities or districts with the largest Pakistani/Kashmiri communities in England and Wales are London (290,549) Birmingham (195,102), Bradford (139,553), Manchester (65,875), Kirklees (54,795), Redbridge, (44,000) and Luton (41,143).
