London's Multi-Ethnic Population
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Section:GDN SX PaGe:7 Edition Date:050121 Edition:01 Zone: Sent at 20/1/2005 22:06 cYanmaGentaYellowblack 2 1.0 1.0 5 | 7 Black Caribbean Chinese What the 6% - 22.9% 3% - 5.35% maps 4% - 6% 2% - 3% 2% - 4% 1% - 2% don’t show 0.1% - 2% 0.06% - 1% • The whitest place in Greater London, with a population of 94.8% White British, is the ward of Cranham, on the eastern edge of Havering . • . while the least white place in London – by far – is Southall Broadway, where just 8.7% of the population consider themselves White British. • There’s only one ward in the city with a more than 5% Chinese population, which is Millwall in Tower Hamlets at 5.4%. • Tower Hamlets, for all its “Indian” restaurants and its vast “Asian” population, has the lowest proportion of ethnic Indians of any London borough. • At the last census, England as a whole was 87% White British, while London was 59.8% . Bangladeshi Indian • . with a large variation between outer London 10% - 58.2% 6% - 54.2% (65.6%) and inner London 5% - 10% 4% - 6% (50.5%). 1% - 5% 2% - 4% • The largest borough in 0% - 1% 0.3% - 2% London by population is Croydon, with 330,587 people, and the smallest (apart from the City) is Kingston upon Thames, with 147,273. • 1.5% of the population of London was born in Scotland, 1% in Wales, and 0.5% in Northern Ireland. • The single-ward hole in the centre of south London’s large Black Caribbean area is Green Line Oberstufe Kl. 10 Online the smart suburb of Dulwich Topic 2 560000-2001 Village . • . which is also the only ward in the whole of south- east London whose popula- tion is more than 1% Jewish. • Old friends France and the US each have easily their largest communities in Kensington and Chelsea, where their natives account for 3% and 5.1% of the London’s multi-ethnicpopulation. population Using the most detailed statistical information everSection:GDN SX PaGe:7 Edition Date:050121 Edition:01 Zone: Sent at 20/1/2005 22:06 cYanmaGentaYellowblack collected about the city, these maps show the ethnicity by numbers (above) and religion (below) of the people who live there 2 1. 0 1.0 5 | 7 Jewish Buddhist Black• 3.2% Caribbeanof Londoners Chinese 5% - 37.1% 2% - 4.42% consider themselves to What the be of6% mixed - 22.9% race. 3% - 5.35% 2% - 5% 1% - 2% maps 4% - 6% 2% - 3% 1% - 2% 0.5% - 1% • Tower Hamlets has the highest2% - proportion4% of 1% - 2% don’t show 0% - 1% 0.06% - 0.5% Muslim residents of any local 0.06% - 1% authority0.1% - in2% the country . • The whitest place in Greater London, with a • . but even there it population of 94.8% White remains smaller than the British, is the ward of Christian population. Cranham, on the eastern edge of Havering . • Evelyn in Lewisham has the largest proportion • . while the least white of Buddhist residents place in London – by far – is (4.4%) of any ward in Southall Broadway, where just 8.7% of the population London. Who they are consider themselves remains a mystery. White British. • Brent and Newham have • There’s only one ward in by far the lowest European- the city with a more than 5% The proportion of citizens belonging to ethnic minoritiesborn population, is not with 64% the same everywhere in the UK. Chinese population, which is and 65.7% respectively. Millwall in Tower Hamlets at 5.4%. London has a relatively high proportion, but as the following• London’s Muslim maps popula- and analysis from The Guardian tion of 607,083 people is • Tower Hamlets, for all its newspaper show, even here the different ethnic groupsprobably are the mostnot diverse spread equally over all parts of the “Indian” restaurants and its anywhere in the world, vast “Asian” population, city. besides Mecca. has the lowest proportion of ethnic Indians of any • The 2001 census contained London borough. an optional religious ques- tion for the first time. A total • At the last census, England of 621,366 people (8.7%) did as a whole was 87% White not answer it . British, while London was 59.8% . Other religions • . which was the third Key Bangladeshimost popular choice, after Indian • . with a large variation 2% - 6.61% Christian (58.2%) and No between outer London Religion10% - (15.8%). 58.2% 6% - 54.2% (65.6%) and inner London 1% - 2% Enfield 5% - 10% 4% - 6% (50.5%). 0.5% - 1% • The six wards in London with1% the - 5%highest proportion 2% - 4% • The largest borough in 0.07% - 0.5% Barnet of Christians0% - 1% are all in 0.3% - 2% London by population is Havering. The top 21 are Croydon, with 330,587 Harrow all in Havering, Bexley or people, and the smallest Haringey Redbridge Waltham Bromley. (apart from the City) is Forest Havering Kingston upon Thames, Hillingdon Brent • 1% of Londoners described with 147,273. Camden Hackney 2 Barking & themselves as Jedi. They Dagenham • 1.5% of the population of Newham have been included in the Tower London was born in Ealing Hamlets No Religion figures. 4 City Scotland, 1% in Wales, and 1 Southwark • Stonebridge in Brent is 0.5% in Northern Ireland. 3 Greenwich home to the most Jamaican- • The single-ward hole in Hounslow born residents (1,134) of any Lambeth Bexley ward in London. And the the centre of south London’s Wandsworth large Black Caribbean area is Richmond Lewisham most Somali-born (597) too. upon Thames the smart suburb of Dulwich Village . • At least a fifth of the Merton population of seven London • . which is also the only Kingston boroughs said they had upon ward in the whole of south- Thames no religion, all of them in Bromley east London whose popula- 1 Hammersmith & Fulham inner London: City (24.6%), tion is more than 1% Jewish. 2 Islington Sutton Croydon Islington (23.7%), Camden 3 Kensington & Chelsea (22%), Lambeth (21.7%), • Old friends France and the 4 Westminster Lewisham (20.4%), US each have easily their Haringey and Wandsworth largest communities in (both 20%). Kensington and Chelsea, where their natives account All data is from the 2001 census. for 3% and 5.1% of the Maps produced by the data population. management and analysis group, Section:GDN SX PaGe:6 Edition Date:050121 Edition:01 Zone: Sent at 20/1/2005 22:06 cYanmaGentaYellowblack GreaterSection:GDN London Authority. SX PaGe:7 Edition Date:050121 Edition:01 Zone: Sent at 20/1/2005 22:06 cYanmaGentaYellowblack Using the most detailed statistical information ever collected about the city, these maps show the ethnicity 6 | The world in one city by numbers (above) and religion (below) of the people who2 live 1. 0 there 1.0 5 | 7 London by White British Black African Black Caribbean Chinese What the Jewish Buddhist • 3.2% of Londoners 75% - 94.8% 6% - 35.7% 6% - 22.9% 3% - 5.35% ethnicity 5% - 37.1% 2% - 4.42% mapsconsider themselves to 60% - 75% 4% - 6% 4% - 6% 2% - 3% be of mixed race. 2% - 5% 1% - 2% Analysis 50% - 60% 2% - 4% 2% - 4% 1% - 2% don’t show 1% - 2% 0.5% - 1% • Tower Hamlets has the The White British map 8.7% - 50% 0% - 2% 0.1% - 2% 0.06% - 1% •highest The whitest proportion place inof 0% - 1% 0.06% - 0.5% clearly shows how many GreaterMuslim London, residents with of anya local white Londoners have de- populationauthority inof the94.8% country White . serted the city centre for the British, is the ward of outer boroughs. “Traditional” Cranham,• . but on even the there eastern it eastenders have moved east, edgeremains of Havering smaller . than. the into Barking, Havering, Christian population. Bexley and Bromley, while • . while the least white affluent white families have place• Evelyn in London in Lewisham – by far – is congregated in the suburbs of Southallhas the Broadway,largest proportion where the north, west and south- justof Buddhist 8.7% of the residents population west. According to Rob Lewis, consider(4.4%) of themselves any ward in a senior demographer at the WhiteLondon. British. Who they are Greater London Authority, remains a mystery. the map also depicts some- • There’s only one ward in thing else. “In reverse,” he the• Brentcity with and a Newhammore than have 5% explains, “it is a way of Chineseby far the population, lowest European- which is showing where all the ethnic- Millwallborn population, in Tower Hamlets with 64% minority populations live.” atand 5.4%. 65.7% respectively. The large concentration in south London on the Black •• Tower London’s Hamlets, Muslim for popula-all its Caribbean map is said to “Indian”tion of 607,083 restaurants people and is its have originated in 1948, when vastprobably “Asian” the population, most diverse many people from the hasanywhere the lowest in theproportion world, Empire Windrush, the first ofbesides ethnic Mecca.Indians of any boat bringing large numbers London borough. of migrants from the • The 2001 census contained Caribbean, were housed •an At optional the last census,religious England ques- temporarily in old air-raid astion a whole for the was first 87% time. White A total shelters in Clapham. The British,of 621,366 while people London (8.7%) was did Caribbean areas in west 59.8%not answer . it . London and north-east London, are centred on the Irish Pakistani Bangladeshi Indian •• . with. which a large was variationthe third other two cheap housing Other religions betweenmost popular outer Londonchoice, after 4% - 13.3% 4% - 19% 10% - 58.2% Key districts of the time, in 2% - 6.61% 6% - 54.2% (65.6%)Christian and (58.2%) inner London and No Notting Hill and Hackney.