List of English districts by ethnicity

This is a list of districts of England showing their ethnic composition as recorded in the 2021 census.[1] There were 309 English districts at the time of the 2021 census.

Census respondents were asked, 'What is your ethnic group? Choose one section from A to E, then tick one box to best describe your ethnic group or background'.[2] The sections offered were:

English districts by ethnicity (2021)[1]
District White % Mixed % Asian % Black % Arab or Other %
Adur 93.4 2.5 2.2 0.8 1.1
Allerdale 98.5 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.2
Amber Valley 97.3 1.2 1 0.3 0.2
Arun 95.8 1.5 1.6 0.5 0.6
Ashfield 95.1 1.6 1.6 1.2 0.4
Ashford 88.1 2.2 5.8 2.6 1.4
Babergh 96.7 1.5 0.9 0.5 0.4
Barking and Dagenham 44.9 4.3 25.9 21.4 3.6
Barnet 57.7 5.4 19.3 7.9 9.8
Barnsley 96.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.5
Barrow-in-Furness 97 0.8 1.4 0.4 0.4
Basildon 87.5 2.6 4.3 4.8 0.9
Basingstoke and Deane 88.5 2.5 5.9 2 1.1
Bassetlaw 96.4 1.2 1.2 0.6 0.5
Bath and North East Somerset 92.2 2.7 3.3 1 0.8
Bedford 75.7 4.6 12.6 5.3 1.8
Bexley 71.9 3.5 9.9 12.2 2.5
Birmingham 48.6 4.8 31 11 4.5
Blaby 86.2 2.7 8.3 1.5 1.3
Blackburn with Darwen 60.4 1.7 35.7 0.9 1.4
Blackpool 94.7 1.6 2.6 0.5 0.6
Bolsover 97.4 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.3
Bolton 71.9 2.2 20.1 3.8 1.9
Boston 94.7 1.4 2 0.7 1.2
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 91.3 2.8 3.4 1.1 1.5
Bracknell Forest 86.1 3.1 7.1 2.4 1.3
Bradford 61.1 2.7 32.1 2 2
Braintree 94.7 1.9 1.7 1.2 0.5
Breckland 96.5 1.4 0.9 0.6 0.6
Brent 34.6 5.1 32.8 17.5 10
Brentwood 88.5 3.1 5.1 2.3 1.1
Brighton and Hove 85.4 4.8 4.8 2 3.1
Bristol 81.1 4.5 6.6 5.9 1.9
Broadland 96.3 1.4 1.4 0.5 0.4
Bromley 76.5 5.4 8.3 7.6 2.3
Bromsgrove 93.1 2.4 3.2 0.8 0.5
Broxbourne 81.1 4 3.7 6.7 4.6
Broxtowe 88.9 2.5 5.5 1.7 1.3
Buckinghamshire 79.9 3.5 12.4 2.6 1.6
Burnley 82.5 1.6 14.7 0.3 0.8
Bury 82.9 2.6 10.6 1.9 1.9
Calderdale 86.1 1.9 10.5 0.7 0.8
Cambridge 74.5 5.1 14.8 2.4 3.1
Camden 59.5 6.6 18.1 9 6.8
Cannock Chase 96.6 1.4 1.2 0.5 0.3
Canterbury 89.2 2.7 4.1 2.5 1.5
Carlisle 96.8 0.9 1.5 0.3 0.5
Castle Point 94.9 1.6 1.7 1.3 0.5
Central Bedfordshire 90.2 3 3.5 2.4 0.8
Charnwood 82.3 2.5 12.4 1.5 1.2
Chelmsford 88.5 2.6 5.3 2.6 0.9
Cheltenham 91.4 2.5 4.1 1 1
Cherwell 88.1 2.9 6 1.8 1.3
Cheshire East 94.4 1.8 2.4 0.6 0.8
Cheshire West and Chester 95.3 1.5 2 0.6 0.6
Chesterfield 95.5 1.4 1.9 0.8 0.4
Chichester 95.4 1.6 1.7 0.6 0.5
Chorley 95.6 1.5 1.9 0.6 0.4
City of London 69.4 5.5 16.8 2.7 5.6
Colchester 87 2.9 5.1 3.5 1.5
Copeland 98 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.3
Cornwall 96.8 1.2 0.7 0.2 1.1
Cotswold 96.3 1.5 1.3 0.4 0.4
County Durham 96.8 0.9 1.5 0.3 0.4
Coventry 65.5 3.4 18.5 8.9 3.7
Craven 96.9 1 1.7 0.2 0.3
Crawley 73.4 4.1 15.4 4.5 2.7
Croydon 48.4 7.6 17.5 22.6 3.9
Dacorum 86.8 3.4 5.8 2.8 1.2
Darlington 94.4 1.4 2.8 0.7 0.9
Dartford 74.5 3.1 9.9 10.5 2
Derby 73.8 3.7 15.6 4 2.9
Derbyshire Dales 97.8 1 0.7 0.2 0.3
Doncaster 93.1 1.5 2.9 1.2 1.2
Dorset 97.1 1.2 1.1 0.3 0.4
Dover 94.9 1.5 2.1 0.7 0.9
Dudley 84.9 2.8 8.4 2.5 1.4
Ealing 43.2 5.2 30.3 10.8 10.6
East Cambridgeshire 94.5 2.1 1.9 0.8 0.7
East Devon 97.4 1.1 1 0.2 0.3
East Hampshire 95.4 1.7 1.9 0.5 0.5
East Hertfordshire 92.3 2.8 2.7 1.3 0.9
East Lindsey 97.8 1 0.8 0.2 0.2
East Riding of Yorkshire 97.4 0.9 1.1 0.3 0.4
East Staffordshire 86.3 2.2 9.3 1.1 1.1
East Suffolk District 96.2 1.5 1.4 0.6 0.4
Eastbourne 90.8 2.8 3.5 1.3 1.7
Eastleigh 92.4 2.1 3.9 1 0.7
Eden 98.1 0.7 0.8 0.2 0.3
Elmbridge 86.1 4.1 6.5 1.2 2
Enfield 52.1 5.9 11.5 18.3 12.1
Epping Forest 84.1 3.6 7.2 2.9 2.2
Epsom and Ewell 79.5 4.4 11.4 1.9 2.8
Erewash 95.4 1.8 1.6 0.8 0.4
Exeter 90.3 2.5 4.9 0.9 1.4
Fareham 95.6 1.5 1.8 0.6 0.4
Fenland 95.9 1.4 1.2 0.8 0.7
Folkestone and Hythe 92.6 1.9 3.9 0.6 1
Forest of Dean 97.5 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.4
Fylde 96.3 1.4 1.4 0.4 0.5
Gateshead 93.5 1.2 2.5 1.1 1.6
Gedling 89.5 3.5 3.9 2.3 0.9
Gloucester 84.9 3.8 6.5 3.6 1.2
Gosport 95.3 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.5
Gravesham 76.6 2.6 11.2 6.5 3
Great Yarmouth 94.6 1.6 1.9 1.1 0.8
Greenwich 55.7 6 13.2 21 4.2
Guildford 86.9 3.1 6.7 1.5 1.9
Hackney 53.1 6.7 10.4 21.1 8.7
Halton 96.5 1.4 1.1 0.4 0.6
Hambleton 97.9 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.3
Hammersmith and Fulham 63.2 6.7 10.5 12.3 7.3
Harborough 91 2.1 5.4 0.7 0.8
Haringey 57 7 8.7 17.6 9.7
Harlow 82.7 3.3 6 6.2 1.8
Harrogate 95.4 1.6 1.8 0.6 0.5
Harrow 36.5 3.8 45.2 7.3 7.2
Hart 92.5 2.2 3.6 0.8 0.8
Hartlepool 96.5 0.7 1.7 0.5 0.6
Hastings 91.4 2.9 2.8 1.4 1.5
Havant 95.9 1.4 1.7 0.6 0.4
Havering 75.3 3.7 10.7 8.2 2
Herefordshire 96.9 1.1 1.2 0.3 0.5
Hertsmere 77.1 3.7 10.5 4.8 3.8
High Peak 97.4 1.3 0.8 0.2 0.2
Hillingdon 48.2 4.4 33.3 7.8 6.3
Hinckley and Bosworth 94.3 1.8 2.8 0.6 0.6
Horsham 93.6 2.1 2.7 0.9 0.6
Hounslow 44.1 4.7 36.7 7.2 7.3
Hull 91.8 1.7 2.8 1.9 1.8
Huntingdonshire 92.4 2.2 3.2 1.5 0.7
Hyndburn 82.7 1.3 15.1 0.3 0.7
Ipswich 84.3 4.6 5.5 3.5 2.1
Isle of Wight 97 1.2 1.2 0.3 0.3
Isles of Scilly 97.5 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.9
Islington 62.2 7.5 9.9 13.3 7.1
Kensington and Chelsea 63.7 6.6 11.9 7.9 9.9
King's Lynn and West Norfolk 95.6 1.3 1.9 0.5 0.7
Kingston upon Thames 68.3 5.4 17.8 2.8 5.7
Kirklees 73.6 3.1 19.4 2.3 1.5
Knowsley 95.3 1.7 1.6 0.8 0.6
Lambeth 55 8.1 7.3 24 5.7
Lancaster 93.1 1.5 3.6 0.9 0.9
Leeds 79 3.4 9.7 5.6 2.3
Leicester 40.9 3.8 43.4 7.8 4.1
Lewes 94.2 2.5 1.9 0.7 0.7
Lewisham 51.5 8.1 9 26.8 4.7
Lichfield 94.8 1.9 2.3 0.6 0.4
Lincoln 92.2 2 3.2 1.4 1.2
Liverpool 84 3.5 5.7 3.5 3.3
Luton 45.2 4.3 37 10.1 3.5
Maidstone 89.8 2.3 4.7 2.1 1.2
Maldon 96.9 1.4 1.1 0.4 0.3
Malvern Hills 96.6 1.4 1.3 0.3 0.3
Manchester 56.8 5.3 20.9 11.9 5.1
Mansfield 94.8 1.4 2 1.1 0.7
Medway 84.3 2.8 5.9 5.6 1.4
Melton 96.9 1.3 1.2 0.4 0.3
Mendip 96.8 1.4 1.1 0.3 0.3
Merton 60.2 5.9 18.6 10.6 4.6
Mid Devon 97.8 1.1 0.7 0.1 0.3
Mid Suffolk 96.8 1.4 0.8 0.5 0.4
Mid Sussex 92.2 2.5 3.6 0.9 0.8
Middlesbrough 82.4 2.1 10.5 2.7 2.4
Milton Keynes 71.8 4.1 12.4 9.7 2
Mole Valley 92.7 2.5 3 0.8 0.9
New Forest 96.8 1.3 1.2 0.4 0.4
Newark and Sherwood 96.3 1.5 1.1 0.7 0.4
Newcastle upon Tyne 80 2.3 11.4 3.3 3.1
Newcastle-under-Lyme 92.9 1.6 3.8 1 0.7
Newham 30.8 4.7 42.2 17.5 4.9
North Devon 97 1.2 1.2 0.3 0.3
North East Derbyshire 97.4 1.1 0.9 0.3 0.2
North East Lincolnshire 96.2 1 1.6 0.5 0.7
North Hertfordshire 87.5 3.7 5.2 2.4 1.1
North Kesteven 97.2 1.2 1 0.4 0.3
North Lincolnshire 94.3 1.1 3.3 0.5 0.8
North Norfolk 98.1 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.2
North Northamptonshire 90.3 2.3 3.5 3.1 0.8
North Somerset 95.7 1.7 1.5 0.5 0.6
North Tyneside 94.9 1.4 2.6 0.6 0.6
North Warwickshire 96.1 1.7 1.3 0.6 0.3
North West Leicestershire 95.9 1.5 1.5 0.6 0.5
Northumberland 97.6 0.8 1.1 0.2 0.3
Norwich 87.1 3.1 5.5 2.5 1.8
Nottingham 65.9 5.9 14.9 10 3.3
Nuneaton and Bedworth 87.1 1.8 8 1.8 1.2
Oadby and Wigston 63.4 3.2 27.9 2.2 3.3
Oldham 68.1 2.5 24.6 3.4 1.4
Oxford 70.7 5.6 15.4 4.7 3.7
Pendle 70.6 1.6 26.7 0.3 0.9
Peterborough 75.4 3.5 14.3 4.1 2.7
Plymouth 94 1.8 2.2 1.1 1
Portsmouth 85.2 2.6 6.9 3.4 1.8
Preston 72.6 3 20.2 2.4 1.9
Reading 67.1 5.1 17.7 7.2 2.9
Redbridge 34.8 4.1 47.3 8.4 5.4
Redcar and Cleveland 97.7 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.4
Redditch 89.8 2.6 5.7 1.2 0.6
Reigate and Banstead 84.4 3.7 7.5 2.9 1.4
Ribble Valley 96.2 1.2 2.1 0.2 0.3
Richmond upon Thames 80.5 5.5 8.9 1.9 3.3
Richmondshire 94.4 0.9 2.7 0.9 1.1
Rochdale 74 2.4 18.5 3.5 1.6
Rochford 95.9 1.7 1.4 0.7 0.3
Rossendale 92.4 1.5 5.5 0.2 0.4
Rother 95.6 1.8 1.5 0.6 0.5
Rotherham 91 1.4 5.3 1.1 1.1
Rugby 85.7 2.8 7.6 2.7 1.1
Runnymede 83.5 3.5 9.2 1.8 1.9
Rushcliffe 89.7 2.8 5.7 0.9 0.9
Rushmoor 77.4 2.6 14.7 2.5 2.8
Rutland 94.8 1.8 1.5 1.3 0.5
Ryedale 98.2 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.3
Salford 82.3 3.1 5.5 6.1 2.9
Sandwell 57.2 4.3 25.8 8.7 4
Scarborough 97 1 1.3 0.3 0.5
Sedgemoor 96.6 1.1 1.4 0.3 0.5
Sefton 95.8 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.7
Selby 97.7 1 0.8 0.2 0.4
Sevenoaks 92.1 2.6 2.9 1.6 0.8
Sheffield 79.1 3.5 9.6 4.6 3.2
Shropshire 96.7 1.2 1.3 0.3 0.4
Slough 36 4 46.7 7.6 5.7
Solihull 82.2 3.5 11 1.8 1.5
Somerset West and Taunton 95.6 1.3 2 0.5 0.5
South Cambridgeshire 89 2.8 5.8 1.2 1.1
South Derbyshire 93.1 1.8 3.6 0.8 0.7
South Gloucestershire 91.2 2.5 3.8 1.6 0.9
South Hams 97.5 1.2 0.7 0.2 0.4
South Holland 96.3 1.3 1.2 0.5 0.6
South Kesteven 95.8 1.4 1.8 0.6 0.4
South Lakeland 97.7 1 0.8 0.2 0.3
South Norfolk 95.4 1.5 1.8 0.8 0.5
South Oxfordshire 93.1 2.3 2.9 1 0.8
South Ribble 95.4 1.7 2.1 0.5 0.3
South Somerset 96.6 1.2 1.3 0.5 0.4
South Staffordshire 93.7 2 2.8 0.9 0.5
South Tyneside 94.4 1.4 2.9 0.5 0.8
Southampton 80.7 3.3 10.6 3 2.3
Southend-on-Sea 87.5 3.1 5.5 2.9 1.1
Southwark 51.4 7.2 9.9 25.1 6.3
Spelthorne 78.7 3.7 12.8 2.5 2.4
St Albans 83.6 4.3 8.2 2.1 1.8
St Helens 96.5 1.1 1.4 0.4 0.6
Stafford 93.4 1.9 3 1.1 0.7
Staffordshire Moorlands 98 0.9 0.7 0.2 0.2
Stevenage 82.8 3.6 7.5 4.8 1.3
Stockport 87.4 2.6 7.3 1.2 1.6
Stockton-on-Tees 92 1.4 4.6 1.1 0.8
Stoke-on-Trent 83.5 2.3 9.9 2.7 1.7
Stratford-on-Avon 95.5 1.7 1.9 0.4 0.5
Stroud 96.4 1.8 1 0.4 0.4
Sunderland 94.6 0.9 3 1 0.5
Surrey Heath 85 2.7 8.9 1.6 1.8
Sutton 68.3 4.8 17.5 5.9 3.4
Swale 93.8 1.8 1.5 2.3 0.5
Swindon 81.5 2.8 11.6 2.6 1.5
Tameside 85.5 2.1 9.2 2.3 0.8
Tamworth 95.8 1.9 1.4 0.6 0.4
Tandridge 89.4 3.8 3.7 2.2 0.9
Teignbridge 97.7 1.2 0.7 0.2 0.3
Telford and Wrekin 88.2 2.6 5.4 2.9 0.9
Tendring 96.2 1.6 1.2 0.6 0.4
Test Valley 93.1 1.8 3.3 1.1 0.8
Tewkesbury 95.1 1.8 2 0.6 0.5
Thanet 93 2.4 2.3 1.1 1.2
Three Rivers 77.1 3.6 15.2 2.4 1.7
Thurrock 76.7 3 6.9 11.9 1.5
Tonbridge and Malling 93.3 2.2 2.9 1 0.6
Torbay 96.1 1.5 1.6 0.3 0.4
Torridge 98.2 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.2
Tower Hamlets 39.4 5 44.4 7.3 3.9
Trafford 77.8 3.8 12.6 3.4 2.5
Tunbridge Wells 91.5 2.6 4 1 1
Uttlesford 94.5 2.2 1.9 0.8 0.7
Vale of White Horse 90.8 2.5 4 1.7 1.1
Wakefield 93 1.4 3.6 1.3 0.7
Walsall 71.4 3.3 18.7 4.6 2.1
Waltham Forest 52.8 6.5 19.9 15 5.8
Wandsworth 67.8 6.3 11.7 10.1 4.1
Warrington 93.5 1.6 3.3 0.7 0.9
Warwick 84.6 3 9.7 1.1 1.6
Watford 60.9 4.7 24.5 6.3 3.6
Waverley 93.7 2.2 2.8 0.7 0.6
Wealden 96 1.7 1.4 0.4 0.5
Welwyn Hatfield 78.7 4.1 8.8 6.1 2.3
West Berkshire 91.9 2.4 3.7 1.3 0.7
West Devon 97.8 1.1 0.6 0.2 0.3
West Lancashire 96.9 1.3 1 0.3 0.4
West Lindsey 97 1.1 1.2 0.3 0.4
West Northamptonshire 85.9 2.8 5.3 4.9 1.1
West Oxfordshire 95.2 1.9 1.7 0.6 0.6
West Suffolk District 91.8 2.7 2.6 1.6 1.3
Westminster 55.2 6.5 16.8 8.1 13.5
Wigan 95 1.3 1.8 1.2 0.7
Wiltshire 94.3 1.7 2.1 1.1 0.7
Winchester 93.6 2 3.1 0.6 0.7
Windsor and Maidenhead 79.8 3.4 13.1 1.5 2.1
Wirral 95.2 1.5 2.3 0.4 0.6
Woking 78.4 3.5 14.2 1.8 2.1
Wokingham 79.9 3.1 12.9 2.4 1.6
Wolverhampton 60.6 5.3 21.2 9.3 3.6
Worcester 90 2.2 5.6 1.2 1
Worthing 91.4 2.6 3.9 1.2 1
Wychavon 96.9 1.2 1.1 0.3 0.5
Wyre 97.5 1 1 0.2 0.3
Wyre Forest 95.9 1.4 1.9 0.4 0.4
York 92.8 1.8 3.8 0.7 1

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Ethnic group - Office for National Statistics". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Census 2021 paper questionnaires". Office for National Statistics. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2024.