Lists of UK locations with large ethnic minority populations

This article lists United Kingdom locations with large and/or significant ethnic minority communities.

Bangladeshi communities

See also: Bangladeshi British, Lists of U.K. locations with large South Asian populations, all data below is based on 2005 estimates and is for Bangladeshi people in the UK regardless of birthplace. [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadHome.do;jessionid=ac1f930bce6bcf78fc81679419397d18967b152469c?m=0&s=1217013755765&enc=1&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=false&nswid=1259 Bangladeshi people in the UK] ]
* London - 166,900 (2.2% of the city's population)
** Tower Hamlets - 65,000 (30% of the borough's population, and possibly the largest most compact Bangladeshi community in the diaspora)
** Newham - 22,500 (10%)
** Camden - 12,600 (6%)
* Birmingham - 22,700 (2%)
* Oldham - 10,700 (5%)
* Luton - 8,000 (4%)
* Bradford - 5,500 (1%)
* Newcastle-upon-Tyne - 2,900 (1%)

Black communities

See: Lists of U.K. locations with large Black British populations

Jamaican communities

See also: Jamaican British, all data below is based on 2005 estimates and is for Jamaican people in the UK regardless of birthplace. [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadHome.do;jessionid=ac1f930bce6bcf78fc81679419397d18967b152469c?m=0&s=1217013755765&enc=1&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=false&nswid=1259 Jamaican people in the UK] ]

* London - 230,000 (3.1% of the city's population)
** Brixton
** Gospel Oak
** Tottenham
* West Midlands conurbation - 60,000 (2.6%)
** Birmingham - 26,000 (2.6)
** Lozells
** Handsworth
* Greater Manchester - 10,000 (0.4%)
** Manchester - 5,000 (1.1%)
** Moss Side

Brazilian communities

* London - 60,000+ (0.9% of the city's population and 1/4 of the total Brazilian British population) [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2005/05/27/brazilian_london_feature.shtml Brazilians in London] ]

Chinese communities

See also: Chinese British, all data below is based on 2005 estimates and is for Chinese people in the UK regardless of birthplace. [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadHome.do;jessionid=ac1f930bce6bcf78fc81679419397d18967b152469c?m=0&s=1217013755765&enc=1&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=false&nswid=1259 Chinese people in the UK] ]
* London - 107,100 (1.4% of the city's population)
** Barnet - 7,600 (2.3%)
** Westminster - 7,300 (3.2%)
** Southwark - 6,800 (2.6%)
** Camden - 6,000 (2.7%)
** Tower Hamlets - 4,900 (2.3%)
** Kensington and Chelsea - 4,700 (2.7%)
** Ealing - 4,400 (1.4%)
** Islington - 4,300 (2.3%)
** Brent - 3,500 (1.3%)
** Lambeth - 3,500 (1.3%)
** Lewisham - 3,500 (1.4%)
** Greenwich - 3,400 (1.5%)
** Haringey - 3,400 (1.5%)
** Newham - 3,400 (1.4%)
* Manchester - 10,800 (2.3%), 19,800 in metro area (0.8%)
* Birmingham - 10,700 (1.1%)
* Liverpool - 6,800 (1.5%)
* Sheffield - 5,100 (1.0%)
* Oxford - 4,200 (2.9%)
* Cambridge - 3,600 (3.1%)
* Newcastle upon Tyne - 3,100 (1.1%)

Filipino communities

See also: Filipino British

* London - Over 120,000 ethnic Filipinos regardless of birthplace [ [http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2007/sept/24/yehey/opinion/20070924opi4.html Filipinos in London] ]
** Earl's Court - Single largest Filipino community in the UK
* Cambridge - Between 3,000 and 5,000, largest community for a small city [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/jan/23/britishidentity.features114 Cambridge] ]
* Barrow-in-Furness - 1,000 in urban area, largest community for a large town [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cumbria/content/articles/2006/02/02/little_pinoy_fun_feature.shtml Filipinos in Barrow-in-Furness] ]
* Bristol
* Liverpool
* Manchester
* Birmingham
* Leeds
* Slough

Indian communities

See also: Indian British, Lists of U.K. locations with large South Asian populations, all data below is based on 2005 estimates and is for Indian people in the UK regardless of birthplace. [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadHome.do;jessionid=ac1f930bce6bcf78fc81679419397d18967b152469c?m=0&s=1217013755765&enc=1&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=false&nswid=1259 Indian people in the UK] ]

* London - 480,300 (6.4% of city's population)
** Harrow - 47,100 (22.0%)
** Brent - 48,900 (18.1%)
** Ealing - 45,800 (15.0%)
** Hounslow - 39,700 (18.3%)
** Redbridge - 35,700 (14.3%)
** Newham - 30,300 (12.1%)
** Barnet - 28,600 (8.8%)
** Croydon - 25,100 (7.5%)
** Hillingdon - 24,700 (10.0%)
* Leicester - 71,200 (24.9%)
* Birmingham - 59,800 (6.0%), 193,300 in metro area (3.6%)
* Wolverhampton - 28,400 (12.0%)
* Coventry - 24,800 (8.1%)
* Slough - 17,500 (14.7%)
* Kirklees - 16,500 (4.2%)
* Leeds - 16,000 (2.2%)
* Bolton - 15,600 (5.9%)
* Blackburn - 14,400 (10.2%)
* Bradford - 14,100 (2.9%)
* Walsall - 14,000 (5.5%)
* Preston - 10,900 (8.3%)
* Manchester - 10,200 (2.3%)
* Derby - 9,500 (4.0%)
* Nottingham - 8,500 (3.0%)
* Charnwood - 8,000 (5.0%)
* Bristol - 7,700 (1.9%)
* Bedford - 6,500 (4.3%)
* Oadby and Wigston - 6,300 (11.2%)
* Sheffield - 5,700 (1.1%)
* Trafford - 5,200 (2.4%)

Iraqi communities

See also: Iraqi British, all data below is based on estimates and is for Iraqi people in the UK regardless of birthplace. [ [http://www.iomlondon.org/doc/mapping/Iraqi%20Mapping%20Exercise%20Final%20Report.pdf Iraqis in the UK] ]

* London - 125,000 (1.8% of city's population)
* Birmingham - 35,000 (3.5%)
* Manchester - 18,000 (4.0%)
* Cardiff - 9,000 (2.8%)
* Glasgow - 5,000 (0.9%)
* Derby - 2,000 (0.9%)
* Plymouth - 2,000 (0.8%)

Irish communities

See also: Irish British. This is a fairly controversial ethnic group, as in the 2001 UK Census only 869,093 people in Britain called themselves Irish (mostly people born in the ROI), but it is thought that over 6 million Britons are at least 1/4 Irish (10% of the population), also Northern Ireland's citizens are of course Irish (in that they born on the island of Ireland), and Northern Ireland being part of the UK also means that true figures are hard to calculate. However the list below does show how many people of Irish descent are thought to live in the UK's largest cities. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2006/sep/13/britishidentity.travelnews Irish in the UK] ]

* London - 900,000 (12% of city's population), despite this, some sources put the population of people of Irish descent in London at 77% (some 5 and a half million people), although the White British and White Irish populations combined are less than this [ [http://www.merseyreporter.com/history/historic/irish-immigration.shtml Irish in London] ] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1224611.stm Irish in London 2] ]
* Liverpool - An overwhealming majority of its 400,000 inhabitants [ [http://www.merseyreporter.com/history/historic/irish-immigration.shtml Irish in Liverpool] ]
* Manchester - 160,000 (35% of city's population), 900,000 in metro [ [http://insurance.essentialtravel.co.uk/tg-europe/uk/manchester-history.asp Irish in Manchester] ]

Italian communities

See also: Italian British
* London - 39,000 Italian born people only [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/born_abroad/countries/html/italy.stm Italians in London] ]
* Manchester - 25,000 Italians and British born Italians [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3223776.stm Italians in Manchester] ]
* Bedford - 14,000 (20% of town's population is of Italian origin) [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/immig_emig/england/beds_herts_bucks/index.shtml Italians in Bedford] ]
* Peterborough - Unknown numbers, but thought to be the largest percentage of any UK location
* Glasgow - A large percentage of the 35,000+ Italian Scots
* Swansea - Uknown, but large numbers of Italian descent
* Liverpool - 6,000 Italian born people only [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=276787&c=Liverpool&d=13&e=13&g=359393&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1217013995015&enc=1&dsFamilyId=85 Italians in Liverpool] ]
* Bristol - 6,000 Italian born people only [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=276834&c=Bristol&d=13&e=13&g=398712&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1217014024140&enc=1&dsFamilyId=85 Italians in Bristol] ]

Korean communities

See also: Korean British

* London - An estimated 60,000 of the 100,000 Korean Britons recide here (around 0.9% of the city's population)
** Kingston-upon-Thames - 20,000 (12.9%), with 8,000 in New Malden
** Golders Green
** Merton

Hispanic South American communities

See also: Latin American British, Hispanic British

Chileans
See also: Chilean British
* Sheffield - 300 (0.1% of city's population)

Pakistani communities

See also: Pakistani British, Lists of U.K. locations with large South Asian populations, all data below is based on 2005 estimates and is for Pakistani people in the UK regardless of birthplace. [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadHome.do;jessionid=ac1f930bce6bcf78fc81679419397d18967b152469c?m=0&s=1217013755765&enc=1&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=false&nswid=1259 Pakistani people in the UK] ]

* London - 163,800 (2.2% of the city's population)
** Newham - 21,000 (8.7%)
** Waltham Forest - 17,500 (7.7%)
** Redbridge - 15,000 (6.6%)
** Ealing - 11,500 (3.9%)
** Brent - 11,000 (4.3%)
** Hounslow - 9,500 (4.4%)
** Croydon - 7,500 (2.6%)
** Wandsworth - 5,500 (1.9%)
** Harrow - 4,500 (2.5%)
** Hillingdon - 4,000 (1.8%)
** Barnet - 4,000 (1.6%)
** Barking & Dagenham - 3,000 (2.2%)
* Birmingham - 105,000 (10.4%)
* Bradford - 74,500 (15.3%)
* Huddersfield/Kirklees - 27,000 (6.8%)
* Manchester - 23,500 (5.2%)
* Glasgow - 22,000
* Luton - 17,500 (9.4%)
* Rochdale - 16,000 (16.7%)
* Sheffield - 16,000 (3.0%)
* Leeds - 15,500 (3.5%)
* Slough - 15,000 (12.0%)
* Oldham - 14,000 (13.5%)
* Blackburn - 12,500 (11.9%)
* Nelson/Pendle - 12,000 (13.1%)
* High Wycombe - 10,000 (8.5%)
* Walsall - 10,000 (5.6%)
* Halifax/Calderdale - 10,000 (5.0%)
* Nottingham - 10,000
* Derby - 9,000
* Sandwell - 8,500 (3.0%)
* Peterborough - 7,500 (4.6%)
* Middlesbrough & Stockton-on-Tees - 7,500
* Bolton - 7,000 (5.0%)
* Stoke-on-Trent - 7,000 (3.0%)
* Dudley - 6,500 (3.3%)
* Coventry - 6,500 (2.1%)
* Bury - 6,000 (9.9%)
* Accrington/Hyndburn - 6,000 (7.3%)
* Edinburgh - 6,000
* Rotherham - 5,000 (4.3%)
* Leicester - 5,000
* Newcastle Upon Tyne - 5,000
* Bristol - 4,500
* Burton-on-Trent - 4,000 (6.6%)
* Watford - 4,000 (5.0%)
* Wakefield - 3,500 (4.4%)
* Crawley - 3,000 (3.0%)
* Stockport - 3,000 (2.2%)
* Trafford - 3,000 (1.4%)
* Wolverhampton - 3,000 (1.3%)
* Cardiff - 3,000

Polish communities

See also: Polish British, data below is for fully blooded Polish people (More than likely mostly Polish born).

* London - 120,000 [ [http://www.visitlondon.com/maps/multicultural_london/polish/index Polish in London] ]
** Hammersmith
** Ealing
** Enfield
** Haringey
* Leicester - 30,000 [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/content/articles/2008/01/17/polish_community_feature.shtml Polish in Leicester] ]
* Southampton - 20,000 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/5080924.stm Polish in Southampton] ]
* Peterborough - 10,000 [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/lookeast/content/articles/2007/12/04/poland_special_041207_feature.shtml Polish in Peterborough] ]
* Slough - 10,000 [ [http://www.article99.com/real-estate/real-estate-investing/article.php?art=9534 Polish in Slough] ]
* Reading - 8,000 [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6045568.stm Polish in Reading] ]
* Swindon - 7,000 [ [http://www.agwsha.nhs.uk/board/july04/Agenda_Item_6.1_Vic_SOC_Final_10_June_20041.pdf/ Polish in Swindon] ]
* Blackpool - 5,000 [ [http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/blackpoolnews/Polish-Gazette-in-the-TV.1874795.jp Polish in Blackpool] ]
* Carlisle - 1,600 [ [http://www.carlisle.gov.uk/ Polish in Carlisle] ]
* Bradford
* Manchester
* Sheffield
* Leeds
* Birmingham
* Bolton
* Bury
* Chorley
* Crewe
* Nottingham
* Wrexham
* Rugby
* Banbury
* Luton
* Melton Mowbray
* Bristol

Portuguese communities

See also: Portuguese British, all data below is for Portuguese people in the UK regardless of birthplace.

* London - 20,000 Portuguese born only [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/born_abroad/countries/html/portugal.stm Portuguese in London] ] , 70,000+ ethnically Portuguese (1% of city's population)
** Vauxhall - Unknown, but single largest Portuguese community in the UK
** Stockwell (Little Portugal) in Lambeth - 27,000 (10%)
** Regent's Park
** City of London
** Harlesden
** Camden Town
* Thetford - 6,000 (30%) [ [http://spamandchips.net/portuguese/index.htm Portuguese in Thetford] ]
* West Midlands conurbation - 1,000 Portuguese born only [ [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=276800&c=Birmingham&d=13&e=13&g=373272&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1217270997781&enc=1&dsFamilyId=85 Portuguese in Birmingham] ]

panish communities

See also: Spanish British (this list only includes people directly from Spain and not British or South American born Spaniards, unless stated otherwise).

* London - 22,479 (0.3% of city's population), 100,000 inc. British born Spaniards (1.4% of city's population) [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/born_abroad/countries/html/spain.stm Spanish in London] ]
* Sheffield - 3,000 (0.6% of city's population)

Yemeni communities

See also: Yemeni British, this list inludes Yemenis regardless of birthplace as long as they are fully blooded.
* London - Unknown, but large percentage of the 40,000 Yemeni British community
* Sheffield - 3,500 (0.7% of city's population)
* South Shields - 1,000 - 3,000 (2%)

ee also

* Demographics of the United Kingdom
* Ethnic groups of the United Kingdom
* Ethnic enclave
* Lists of U.S. cities with large ethnic populations

References