List of English districts by ethnic diversity

This is a list of districts of England in order of ethnic diversity (Census 2001).

Of the first 20 districts in the list, only four (Slough, Leicester, Birmingham and Luton) are not London boroughs.

See also List of English districts by population - List of English districts by area.

Contents

1 1-100 2 101-200 3 201-300 4 301-354

1-100

Rank	District	White %	S.Asian %	Afro-Carib %	Chinese & other %
1	Newham	39.4	32.5	21.6	1.0
2	Brent	45.3	27.7	19.9	1.1
3	Tower Hamlets	51.4	36.6	6.5	1.8
4	Ealing	58.7	24.5	8.8	1.2
5	Harrow	58.8	29.6	6.1	1.2
6	Hackney	59.4	8.6	24.7	1.2
7	Lambeth	62.4	4.6	25.8	1.3
8	Southwark	63.0	4.1	25.9	1.8
9	Redbridge	63.5	25.0	7.6	0.8
10	Slough	63.7	27.9	5.1	0.3
11	Leicester	63.9	29.9	3.1	0.5
12	Waltham Forest	64.5	14.8	15.4	0.7
13	Hounslow	64.9	24.7	4.4	0.9
14	Haringey	65.6	6.7	20.0	1.1
15	Lewisham	65.9	3.8	23.4	1.4
16	Croydon	70.2	11.3	13.3	0.7
17	Birmingham	70.4	19.5	6.1	0.5
18	Luton	71.9	18.3	6.3	0.6
19	Camden	73.2	10.4	8.3	1.8
20	Westminster	73.2	8.9	7.4	2.2
21	Barnet	74.0	12.3	6.0	2.0
22	Merton	75.0	11.1	7.8	1.3
23	Islington	75.4	5.4	11.9	1.7
24	Enfield	77.1	7.8	10.5	0.7
25	Greenwich	77.1	6.8	11.1	1.2
26	Wolverhampton	77.8	14.3	4.6	0.4
27	Hammersmith and Fulham	77.8	4.4	11.1	0.8
28	Blackburn with Darwen	77.9	20.6	0.2	0.1
29	Wandsworth	78.0	6.9	9.6	0.9
30	Bradford	78.3	18.9	0.9	0.2
31	Kensington and Chelsea	78.6	4.9	7.0	1.6
32	Hillingdon	79.1	13.6	3.3	0.8
33	Sandwell	79.7	14.0	3.8	0.2
34	Manchester	81.0	9.1	4.5	1.3
35	Coventry	84.0	11.3	1.8	0.7
36	Oadby and Wigston	84.0	13.3	0.9	0.5
37	Kingston upon Thames	84.5	7.8	1.6	1.4
38	City of London	84.6	6.8	2.6	2.0
39	Nottingham	84.9	6.5	4.3	0.6
40	Pendle	84.9	14.1	0.1	0.1
41	Barking and Dagenham	85.2	5.1	7.0	0.5
42	Preston	85.5	11.6	0.9	0.4
43	Kirklees	85.6	11.4	1.4	0.2
44	Watford	86.0	8.2	2.7	0.6
45	Oldham	86.1	11.9	0.6	0.2
46	Walsall	86.4	10.4	1.4	0.2
47	Reading	86.8	5.2	4.1	0.7
48	Bedford	87.0	7.7	2.6	0.4
49	Oxford	87.1	4.8	2.5	1.8
50	Derby	87.4	8.4	1.8	0.4
51	Wycombe	87.9	7.5	2.4	0.3
52	Crawley	88.5	8.3	1.1	0.3
53	Rochdale	88.6	9.8	0.3	0.2
54	Bolton	89.0	9.1	0.6	0.2
55	Sutton	89.2	4.7	2.6	0.7
56	Cambridge	89.4	3.8	1.3	2.1
57	Gravesham	89.5	8.2	0.6	0.3
58	Peterborough	89.7	7.0	1.2	0.3
59	Milton Keynes	90.7	3.7	2.4	0.9
60	Wellingborough	90.8	4.5	2.5	0.2
61	Richmond upon Thames	91.0	3.9	0.9	0.8
62	Sheffield	91.2	4.6	1.8	0.8
63	Woking	91.3	5.8	0.5	0.5
64	Epsom and Ewell	91.3	3.8	0.9	0.9
65	Bexley	91.4	3.4	2.9	0.7
66	Bromley	91.6	2.6	2.9	0.6
67	Northampton	91.6	3.3	2.4	0.7
68	Trafford	91.6	4.0	2.0	0.5
69	Charnwood	91.7	6.0	0.4	0.7
70	Hyndburn	91.7	7.4	0.1	0.1
71	Burnley	91.8	7.2	0.1	0.1
72	Bristol	91.8	2.9	2.3	0.6
73	Leeds	91.8	4.5	1.4	0.5
74	Three Rivers	92.3	4.7	1.0	0.5
75	Southampton	92.4	3.8	1.0	0.8
76	Windsor and Maidenhead	92.4	4.6	0.5	0.5
77	Hertsmere	92.5	3.3	1.4	0.7
78	Gloucester	92.5	2.8	2.3	0.3
79	Warwick	92.9	4.7	0.5	0.4
80	Calderdale	93.0	5.7	0.2	0.1
81	St Albans	93.1	3.3	1.0	0.5
82	Newcastle upon Tyne	93.1	4.4	0.4	0.7
83	North Hertfordshire	93.2	3.5	1.3	0.4
84	South Bucks	93.4	4.0	0.4	0.5
85	Ipswich	93.4	1.8	1.8	0.4
86	Welwyn Hatfield	93.7	2.3	1.4	0.8
87	Dudley	93.7	4.0	1.0	0.2
88	Middlesbrough	93.7	4.6	0.4	0.2
89	Bury	93.9	4.0	0.5	0.3
90	Wokingham	93.9	3.1	0.9	0.5
91	East Staffordshire	93.9	4.3	0.6	0.2
92	Forest Heath	93.9	0.6	1.9	0.1
93	Rugby	94.0	3.5	1.0	0.3
94	Elmbridge	94.0	2.3	0.4	0.6
95	Aylesbury Vale	94.1	3.1	1.0	0.3
96	Brighton and Hove	94.3	1.8	0.8	0.5
97	Blaby	94.3	3.8	0.5	0.4
98	Spelthorne	94.3	2.8	0.6	0.4
99	Liverpool	94.3	1.1	1.2	1.2
100	Dartford	94.5	2.7	0.9	0.5

101-200

Rank	District	White %	S.Asian %	Afro-Carib %	Chinese & other %
101	Tameside	94.6	4.0	0.3	0.3
102	Stevenage	94.6	2.1	1.2	0.4
103	Solihull	94.6	2.5	0.9	0.3
104	Medway	94.6	2.9	0.7	0.4
105	Portsmouth	94.7	2.4	0.5	0.9
106	Telford and Wrekin	94.8	2.9	0.6	0.3
107	Stoke-on-Trent	94.8	3.5	0.4	0.2
108	Redditch	94.8	2.7	0.8	0.2
109	Harlow	94.9	1.6	1.0	0.9
110	Reigate and Banstead	95.0	2.2	0.9	0.4
111	Runnymede	95.0	1.9	0.5	0.7
112	Bracknell Forest	95.1	1.9	1.0	0.4
113	Nuneaton and Bedworth	95.1	3.8	0.3	0.1
114	Epping Forest	95.1	2.4	0.8	0.4
115	Havering	95.2	1.8	1.4	0.4
116	Swindon	95.2	2.1	0.7	0.4
117	Thurrock	95.3	2.0	1.2	0.4
118	Surrey Heath	95.4	2.1	0.4	0.4
119	Dacorum	95.4	2.1	0.7	0.4
120	Chiltern	95.5	2.5	0.3	0.3
121	Broxtowe	95.5	2.0	0.6	0.8
122	Rushmoor	95.6	1.8	0.6	0.6
123	Stockport	95.7	2.1	0.4	0.5
124	Southend-on-Sea	95.8	1.7	0.7	0.5
125	Guildford	95.9	1.4	0.6	0.6
126	Rushcliffe	95.9	2.1	0.5	0.3
127	Cherwell	96.1	1.6	0.5	0.3
128	Broxbourne	96.1	1.2	1.2	0.3
129	Salford	96.1	1.4	0.6	0.6
130	Rossendale	96.2	3.1	0.1	0.2
131	Gedling	96.2	1.4	1.0	0.3
132	Colchester	96.2	1.2	0.5	0.5
133	Brentwood	96.4	1.4	0.5	0.4
134	Worcester	96.5	2.0	0.3	0.3
135	Basingstoke and Deane	96.6	1.2	0.6	0.3
136	Eastbourne	96.6	1.0	0.4	0.5
137	Canterbury	96.6	1.0	0.5	0.5
138	Cheltenham	96.7	1.4	0.3	0.5
139	Bournemouth	96.7	0.7	0.4	0.4
140	Kettering	96.7	1.7	0.4	0.3
141	Chelmsford	96.7	1.1	0.6	0.4
142	Norwich	96.8	0.9	0.4	0.4
143	Rotherham	96.9	2.2	0.2	0.1
144	Basildon	96.9	1.0	0.7	0.3
145	South Bedfordshire	96.9	1.0	0.6	0.3
146	Tandridge	96.9	1.0	0.5	0.4
147	Hastings	97.0	0.7	0.5	0.2
148	South Cambridgeshire	97.1	0.9	0.4	0.4
149	East Hertfordshire	97.1	0.9	0.4	0.4
150	Huntingdonshire	97.2	0.9	0.5	0.2
151	Worthing	97.2	0.9	0.3	0.3
152	Bath and North East Somerset	97.2	0.5	0.5	0.5
153	South Derbyshire	97.2	1.6	0.2	0.2
154	Stockton-on-Tees	97.2	1.7	0.1	0.2
155	South Tyneside	97.3	1.6	0.2	0.1
156	Shepway	97.3	1.5	0.2	0.2
157	Maidstone	97.3	1.1	0.3	0.3
158	Mid Sussex	97.4	0.9	0.3	0.3
159	West Berkshire	97.4	0.7	0.5	0.3
160	Waverley	97.4	0.7	0.3	0.4
161	Stafford	97.4	1.0	0.5	0.2
162	Eastleigh	97.4	1.2	0.2	0.4
163	Mole Valley	97.4	0.9	0.2	0.3
164	Adur	97.5	0.8	0.3	0.2
165	Tunbridge Wells	97.5	0.6	0.3	0.4
166	North Lincolnshire	97.5	1.6	0.2	0.2
167	Ashford	97.6	0.7	0.4	0.2
168	Mid Bedfordshire	97.6	0.7	0.3	0.3
169	Vale of White Horse	97.6	0.7	0.2	0.4
170	South Gloucestershire	97.6	0.7	0.4	0.3
171	Exeter	97.6	0.7	0.2	0.3
172	Durham	97.7	0.7	0.2	0.4
173	Hull	97.7	0.8	0.4	0.3
174	Thanet	97.7	0.6	0.3	0.3
175	Hart	97.7	0.8	0.3	0.3
176	Doncaster	97.7	1.1	0.4	0.2
177	Wakefield	97.7	1.4	0.1	0.2
178	Lincoln	97.8	0.7	0.3	0.3
179	Horsham	97.8	0.6	0.3	0.2
180	Lancaster	97.8	0.7	0.2	0.4
181	Winchester	97.8	0.7	0.3	0.3
182	York	97.8	0.8	0.2	0.4
183	Bromsgrove	97.8	0.7	0.3	0.2
184	Darlington	97.9	0.9	0.2	0.2
185	Harborough	97.9	1.0	0.2	0.2
186	Warrington	97.9	0.8	0.2	0.4
187	East Cambridgeshire	97.9	0.5	0.3	0.4
188	Chorley	97.9	0.8	0.3	0.3
189	Lewes	97.9	0.6	0.2	0.3
190	South Oxfordshire	97.9	0.6	0.3	0.2
191	Test Valley	97.9	0.7	0.2	0.3
192	Hinckley and Bosworth	97.9	1.1	0.1	0.2
193	Sevenoaks	98.0	0.6	0.2	0.2
194	Newcastle-under-Lyme	98.0	0.8	0.2	0.3
195	Crewe and Nantwich	98.0	0.5	0.3	0.3
196	Daventry	98.0	0.7	0.3	0.2
197	South Ribble	98.0	0.8	0.2	0.3
198	St Edmundsbury	98.0	0.5	0.3	0.2
199	South Staffordshire	98.0	0.9	0.3	0.1
200	Chester	98.0	0.7	0.2	0.2

201-300

Rank	District	White %	S.Asian %	Afro-Carib %	Chinese & other %
201	Erewash	98.1	0.7	0.4	0.1
202	Macclesfield	98.1	0.7	0.2	0.3
203	North Tyneside	98.1	0.8	0.2	0.4
204	Tamworth	98.1	0.5	0.5	0.1
205	Rother	98.1	0.4	0.2	0.2
206	Castle Morpeth	98.1	0.9	0.1	0.3
207	Chesterfield	98.1	0.6	0.3	0.2
208	Sunderland	98.1	1.0	0.1	0.2
209	Lichfield	98.1	0.8	0.3	0.2
210	Swale	98.1	0.6	0.3	0.2
211	Rutland	98.1	0.4	0.3	0.3
212	Suffolk Coastal	98.1	0.4	0.2	0.3
213	West Wiltshire	98.1	0.3	0.5	0.2
214	Castle Point	98.2	0.7	0.2	0.2
215	Wyre Forest	98.2	0.8	0.1	0.1
216	Uttlesford	98.2	0.5	0.2	0.2
217	Braintree	98.2	0.5	0.3	0.2
218	Poole	98.2	0.5	0.2	0.2
219	North Wiltshire	98.2	0.4	0.3	0.2
220	Richmondshire	98.2	0.9	0.1	0.1
221	East Northamptonshire	98.3	0.4	0.3	0.2
222	Fareham	98.3	0.5	0.1	0.3
223	Tonbridge and Malling	98.3	0.5	0.1	0.2
224	Wealden	98.3	0.4	0.2	0.3
225	Wirral	98.3	0.4	0.2	0.4
226	Rochford	98.3	0.5	0.2	0.2
227	Mansfield	98.3	0.6	0.2	0.2
228	Corby	98.3	0.6	0.3	0.1
229	Gosport	98.3	0.5	0.2	0.2
230	East Hampshire	98.3	0.4	0.2	0.2
231	Plymouth	98.4	0.3	0.2	0.3
232	Chichester	98.4	0.3	0.2	0.3
233	South Northamptonshire	98.4	0.5	0.2	0.1
234	West Oxfordshire	98.4	0.4	0.2	0.2
235	Shrewsbury and Atcham	98.4	0.4	0.1	0.4
236	Gateshead	98.4	0.7	0.2	0.2
237	Ribble Valley	98.4	0.8	0.1	0.2
238	Blackpool	98.4	0.5	0.2	0.3
239	Knowsley	98.4	0.2	0.2	0.2
240	South Kesteven	98.4	0.5	0.2	0.3
241	Sefton	98.4	0.4	0.2	0.3
242	Taunton Deane	98.4	0.4	0.2	0.3
243	Harrogate	98.4	0.2	0.2	0.3
244	Weymouth and Portland	98.5	0.2	0.4	0.2
245	Boston	98.5	0.5	0.2	0.3
246	Arun	98.5	0.4	0.2	0.2
247	West Lancashire	98.5	0.4	0.1	0.2
248	Dover	98.5	0.4	0.2	0.2
249	Breckland	98.5	0.2	0.3	0.1
250	Newark and Sherwood	98.5	0.3	0.3	0.2
251	Craven	98.5	0.7	0.1	0.2
252	Bassetlaw	98.5	0.5	0.3	0.1
253	Havant	98.5	0.4	0.1	0.2
254	Fylde	98.6	0.4	0.1	0.2
255	Malvern Hills	98.6	0.2	0.1	0.4
256	North East Lincolnshire	98.6	0.5	0.2	0.2
257	Fenland	98.6	0.4	0.2	0.2
258	Kennet	98.6	0.2	0.2	0.2
259	Tewkesbury	98.6	0.5	0.1	0.1
260	Maldon	98.6	0.4	0.2	0.2
261	North Somerset	98.6	0.3	0.1	0.2
262	North Dorset	98.6	0.4	0.1	0.2
263	Great Yarmouth	98.6	0.4	0.2	0.1
264	Cannock Chase	98.6	0.5	0.2	0.2
265	North Warwickshire	98.6	0.5	0.2	0.1
266	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	98.7	0.3	0.2	0.2
267	Tendring	98.7	0.3	0.2	0.2
268	Stroud	98.7	0.3	0.2	0.2
269	West Dorset	98.7	0.2	0.1	0.3
270	Salisbury	98.7	0.3	0.1	0.2
271	Isle of Wight	98.7	0.3	0.2	0.1
272	Stratford-on-Avon	98.7	0.4	0.1	0.2
273	Carrick	98.7	0.3	0.2	0.2
274	Wigan	98.7	0.4	0.2	0.2
275	Babergh	98.7	0.3	0.2	0.1
276	High Peak	98.7	0.2	0.2	0.2
277	Waveney	98.8	0.2	0.2	0.2
278	Melton	98.8	0.5	0.1	0.1
279	Torbay	98.8	0.3	0.1	0.2
280	Vale Royal	98.8	0.3	0.1	0.3
281	Ellesmere Port and Neston	98.8	0.3	0.1	0.3
282	North West Leicestershire	98.8	0.4	0.1	0.1
283	East Riding of Yorkshire	98.8	0.5	0.1	0.1
284	Halton	98.8	0.2	0.1	0.2
285	Cotswold	98.8	0.2	0.1	0.2
286	Wychavon	98.8	0.3	0.1	0.1
287	Purbeck	98.8	0.1	0.1	0.2
288	Hartlepool	98.8	0.6	0.1	0.1
289	Mendip	98.8	0.2	0.1	0.2
290	St Helens	98.8	0.4	0.1	0.2
291	Congleton	98.8	0.3	0.1	0.3
292	Broadland	98.8	0.3	0.1	0.2
293	South Holland	98.8	0.3	0.2	0.2
294	Wyre	98.9	0.4	0.1	0.2
295	New Forest	98.9	0.2	0.1	0.2
296	Oswestry	98.9	0.3	0.1	0.3
297	South Somerset	98.9	0.2	0.1	0.2
298	North Shropshire	98.9	0.3	0.1	0.2
299	North East Derbyshire	98.9	0.3	0.1	0.2
300	South Norfolk	98.9	0.2	0.1	0.2

301-354

Rank	District	White %	S.Asian %	Afro-Carib %	Chinese & other %
301	Sedgemoor	98.9	0.3	0.1	0.1
302	North Kesteven	98.9	0.3	0.2	0.1
303	Christchurch	98.9	0.3	0.1	0.2
304	Penwith	98.9	0.2	0.1	0.1
305	Restormel	98.9	0.2	0.2	0.1
306	Ashfield	98.9	0.3	0.2	0.1
307	Redcar and Cleveland	98.9	0.5	0.1	0.1
308	Wansbeck	99.0	0.6	0.1	0.1
309	East Lindsey	99.0	0.3	0.1	0.1
310	East Dorset	99.0	0.2	0.1	0.1
311	Teignbridge	99.0	0.1	0.1	0.2
312	Mid Suffolk	99.0	0.1	0.1	0.1
313	Chester-le-Street	99.0	0.3	0.0	0.3
314	Torridge	99.0	0.1	0.1	0.3
315	West Lindsey	99.0	0.2	0.2	0.1
316	Scarborough	99.0	0.2	0.1	0.2
317	Blyth Valley	99.0	0.4	0.1	0.1
318	North Devon	99.0	0.2	0.1	0.1
319	Amber Valley	99.1	0.3	0.1	0.1
320	Forest of Dean	99.1	0.2	0.1	0.1
321	Derbyshire Dales	99.1	0.2	0.1	0.1
322	Barnsley	99.1	0.3	0.1	0.1
323	South Hams	99.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
324	Herefordshire	99.1	0.2	0.1	0.1
325	Kerrier	99.1	0.2	0.2	0.1
326	South Shropshire	99.1	0.2	0.1	0.2
327	Bridgnorth	99.1	0.2	0.1	0.1
328	West Devon	99.1	0.1	0.2	0.1
329	Carlisle	99.1	0.3	0.1	0.2
330	North Cornwall	99.1	0.2	0.1	0.1
331	Bolsover	99.1	0.3	0.1	0.1
332	Teesdale	99.1	0.2	0.1	0.2
333	Wear Valley	99.2	0.3	0.1	0.1
334	West Somerset	99.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
335	South Lakeland	99.2	0.1	0.1	0.2
336	Mid Devon	99.2	0.1	0.1	0.2
337	Barrow-in-Furness	99.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
338	North Norfolk	99.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
339	Staffordshire Moorlands	99.2	0.2	0.1	0.1
340	Easington	99.2	0.4	0.0	0.1
341	Hambleton	99.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
342	East Devon	99.3	0.1	0.1	0.1
343	Caradon	99.3	0.1	0.1	0.1
344	Copeland	99.3	0.2	0.1	0.1
345	Selby	99.3	0.1	0.1	0.2
346	Tynedale	99.3	0.1	0.1	0.1
347	Sedgefield	99.3	0.2	0.1	0.1
348	Derwentside	99.4	0.2	0.0	0.1
349	Ryedale	99.4	0.1	0.1	0.1
350	Allerdale	99.4	0.1	0.0	0.1
351	Eden	99.6	0.1	0.0	0.1
352	Isles of Scilly	99.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
353	Berwick-upon-Tweed	99.6	0.1	0.0	0.1
354	Alnwick	99.6	0.1	0.0	0.1