Lists of UK locations with large ethnic minority populations

This article lists United Kingdom locations with large and/or significant ethnic minority communities, as defined by official ethnicity statistics. The overwhelming majority of ethnic minority individuals in the UK reside in the larger cities, most specifically London. The British capital is home to 50 non-indigenous communities which have a population of more than 10,000 (therefore laying claim to being the most diverse city in the world). Despite this, there are other towns and cities across the country which have larger ethnic minority populations per head, where 30 per cent of the population report being of Indian ethnicity per 2013 across UK.

British Asian communities

See also: British Asian population

Bangladeshi communities

See also: British Bangladeshi

All data below is based on 2013 estimates and is for Bangladeshi people in England and Wales regardless of birthplace (excluding those of partial Bangladeshi origin).

• London - 161,000 (44.6%)
• London Borough of Tower Hamlets - 60,400 (20.4%)
• Birmingham - 23,700 (9.7%)
• London Borough of Newham - 23,700 (9.3%)
• London Borough of Camden - 12,800 (5.5%)
• Oldham - 11,200 (5.1%)
• Manchester - 10,800 [4.9%]
• Luton - 9,700 (4.6%)
• Bradford - 8,000 (2.8%)
• Glasgow - 7,600 (2.5%)
• Bristol - 7,000 (2.0%]
• London Borough of Southwark - 6,800 (1.8%)
• Burnley - 6,500 [1.6%]
• Newcastle-upon-Tyne - 6,300 (1.5%)
• Nottingham - 6,000 (1.3%)
• Southampton - 5,700 [1.1%]

Indian communities

By city and town

All below data is based on 2007 estimates and is for Indian people in the UK regardless of birthplace (excluding those of partial Indian origin).

• London - 162,800 (4.1%]
• London Borough of Harrow - 43,000 (18.2%)
• Birmingham - 36,700 (12.6%)
• Manchester - 31,400 (11.1%]
• London Borough of Ealing - 30,000 (10.2%)
• Leicester - 29,800 [9.8%]
• London Borough of Hounslow - 29,100 (8.9%
• Coventry - 25,300 [8.3%]
• London Borough of Redbridge - 37,200 (14.6%)
• London Borough of Croydon - 27,200 (8.0%)

Pakistani communities

See also: British Pakistanis

All data below is based on 2013 estimates and is for Pakistani people in England and Wales regardless of birthplace (excluding those of partial Pakistani origin).

• London - 209,100 (2.7% of city's population, see Pakistani community of London)
• London Borough of Newham - 23,000 (11.0%)
• Birmingham - 88,200 (9.7%)
• Manchester - 76,500 (8.5%)
• Bradford - 56,900 (7.9%]
• London Borough of Barnet - 54,400 (7.7%)
• Glasgow - 51,900 (7.5%)
• London Borough of Wandsworth - 45,500 (7.0%)
• London Borough of Ealing - 43,800 (6.8%)
• Newcastle-upon-Tyne - 40,700 [6.5%]
• Bristol - 35,500 (6.2%)
• Luton - 33,600 (6.0%)
• Leeds - 30,100 (5.7%)
• Sheffield - 27,800 (4.9%)
• Nottingham - 25,000 (4.7%)
• Blackburn - 24,700 (4.5%)
• Southampton - 24,000 (4.2%)
• Reading - 22,900 (3.7%)
• Bolton - 19,700 (3.2%)
• Coventry - 19,400 (3.0%)
• Liverpool - 19,000 (2.9%)
• Stoke-on-Trent - 17,400 (2.8%)
• Brighton - 16,200 (2.6%)
• Northampton - 15,900 (2.5%)
• Leicester - 14,800 (2.3%)
• Crawley - 12,200 (2.1%)
• Watford - 12,100 (2.0%)
• Aylesbury - 12,000 (1.9%)
• Derby - 10,900 (1.6%)
• Slough - 10,500 (1.5%)
• Preston - 9,800 (1.4%)

Black British communities

See also: Black British and Black British population

All data below is based on 2013 estimates and is for Black British people in England and Wales regardless of birthplace (Including Black Africans, Caribbeans and other Black groups, but excluding those of partial Sub-Saharan African origin).

• London - 802,300 (10.5% of the city's population)
• London Borough of Hackney - 67,900 (7.5%)
• Birmingham - 67,500 (6.7%)
• London Borough of Lewisham - 47,000 - (5.5%)
• Manchester - 45,800 (5.3%)
• London Borough of Hounslow - 41,700 (4.9%)
• Leeds - 35,500 (4.5%)
• London Borough of Lambeth - 34,000 (4.3%)
• Bristol - 25,600 (4.0%)
• Newcastle-upon-Tyne - 22,500 (3.8%)
• Liverpool - 21,900 (3.5%)
• Nottingham - 21,700 (3.4%)
• Sheffield - 20,000 (3.6%)

Afro-Caribbean communities

Afro-Caribbean Leicester

See also: British African-Caribbean community

All data below is based on 2013 estimates and is for Black Caribbean people in England and Wales regardless of birthplace (excluding other Black groups and those of partial Afro-Caribbean origin).

• London - 301,300 (4.0% of the city's population)
• London Borough of Lewisham - 28,400 (11.0%)
• London Borough of Croydon - 26,300 (7.6%)
• Birmingham - 24,100 (6.7%)
• Manchester - 23,200 (6.0%)
• London Borough of Brent - 19,900 (4.7%)
• Glasgow - 17,700 (4.4%)
• Leeds - 16,700 (3.9%)
• London Borough of Waltham Forest - 15,600 (3.2%)
• Nottingham - 15,000 (3.0%)
• Bristol - 14,600 (2.8%)
• Bradford - 13,900 (2.6%)
• Sheffield - 13,700 (2.5%)
• Liverpool - 13,500 (2.4%)
• Luton - 12,700 (2.2%)
• Watford - 11,500 (1.8%)

Chinese communities

London's Chinatown, located in the Soho area of the West End of London.

See also: British Chinese

All data below is based on 2013 estimates and is for Chinese people in England and Wales regardless of birthplace (excluding those of partial Chinese origin).

• London - 114,800 (1.5% of the city's population)
  • Barnet - 8,000 (2.4%)
  • Southwark - 7,900 (2.9%)
  • Greenwich - 3,700 (1.7%)
  • London Borough of Hounslow - 3,500 (1.4%)
• Manchester - 12,300 (2.7%)
• Birmingham - 12,300 (1.2%)
• Liverpool - 7,400 (1.7%)
• Leeds - 10,100 (1.3%)
• Sheffield - 6,700 (1.3%)
• Newcastle upon Tyne - 3,600 (1.3%)

Places with significant Irish population

There are many people in Great Britain with Irish ancestry and they are found mainly in the following towns and cities:

• Birmingham
• Bootle
• Cardiff
• Coventry
• Dundee
• Edinburgh
• Glasgow
• Coatbridge
• Huddersfield
• Leeds
• Liverpool
• London
• Luton
• Manchester
• Middlesbrough
• Preston
• Portsmouth
• Sunderland
• Welwyn Garden City

Places with significant Italian population

See also: Italians in the United Kingdom

• London - 39,000 Italian born people only
• Manchester - 25,000 Italians and British born Italians
• Bedford - 20,000
• Liverpool - 6,000 Italian born people only
• Bristol - 6,000 Italian born people only
• Glasgow - 4,000 Italian born or British born Italian (Estimated 100,000 within Scotland)
• Hoddesdon - the only small town in Britain with a sizeable Italian community which is made up mostly of people from Sicily and Emilia Romagna, there is an Italian Consulate in the Borough of Broxbourne.

Places with significant Polish population

See also: Polish migration to the United Kingdom

• London
  • Brent
  • Ealing
  • Enfield
  • Haringey
  • Hammersmith and Fulham
  • Kensington and Chelsea
  • Lambeth
  • Wandsworth
• Birmingham
• Blackpool
• Bolton
• Bradford
• Bristol
• Carlisle
• Crewe, Cheshire
• Derby
• Edinburgh
• Glasgow
• Huddersfield
• Leeds
• Liverpool
• Luton
• Manchester
• Northampton
• Nottingham
• Peterborough
• Sheffield
• Southampton
• Swindon
• Wrexham

See also

• Demography of the United Kingdom
• Ethnic groups of the United Kingdom
• Ethnic enclave
• Lists of U.S. cities with large ethnic populations
• Accademia Apulia