• The ethnic minority populations of England and Wales have grown, and live in more mixed areas in 2011 than before. This ‘spreading out’ has accelerated in the past ten years.
• For example, Leicestershire has more Indian residents than ten years ago, but its Indian population is more evenly spread than it was.
• The Indian, White, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, African, Irish, Caribbean, Mixed White/Caribbean, White/African and White/Asian populations are all more evenly spread in 2011 than in 2001.
• Against the trend, the relatively small Chinese population is more concentrated than it was, possibly as a result of overseas Chinese students moving to University towns and cities.
• Among religion groups, only the relatively small Jewish population is more residentially concentrated than in 2001. The Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu and Buddhist populations are all less concentrated – more evenly spread.
• There has been rapid growth of the most intimate ofmixing: the number of people identifying as belongingto a mixed ethnic group has risen from 1.3% in 2001 to 2.2% in 2011.
• The proportion of mixed households has grown in 346 outof 348 local authorities. Excluding one-person households,1 in 8 households now have more than one ethnic group.
• The White British population is the only group that lives inrelative isolation from others, on average living in Districtswith 85% of White British residents. All ethnic minority groups live in Districts where on average they make upfewer than 10% of the residents. In smaller areas thanlocal authority Districts, White British and other groupslive in greater concentrations than this.Integration of Britain’s diverse communities acceleratedduring the 2000s, indicated by residential location, mixed ethnicity, and households with more than one ethnicity.
Published : 31st December 2012
Publisher : Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) [ More From This Publisher ]
Commissioner : Joseph Rowntree Foundation [ More From This Commissioner ]
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