Total population | |
---|---|
972,783 (1.6% of the total population in England and Wales) Wales: 20,656 (0.7%) (2021) [1] | |
Religion | |
Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikh, Buddhism |
Other Asians is an ethnic classification within the United Kingdom and has been used within the 2021 census to describe individuals who self-identify as a corresponding Asian ethnicity but do not fall under the largest four being British Indians, British Pakistanis, British Bangladeshis and British Chinese.
The category itself is a not a single group, rather a collection of a wide range of ethnicities who come from a variety countries of birth and have a variety of languages and religions.
In 2021, they had a total population of 972,783 in England and Wales corresponding to 1.6% of the population, [2] an increase from 835,720 in 2011.
The Other Asian population is largely of working age. [3]
In 2001, 1 in every 4 Other Asians originated from Sri Lanka. [3]
Religion | England and Wales | |||
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2011 [4] | 2021 [5] | |||
Number | % | Number | % | |
Christianity | 221,234 | 26.47% | 254,248 | 26.14% |
No religion | 69,671 | 8.34% | 104,487 | 10.74% |
Judaism | 960 | 0.11 | 472 | 0.05 |
Islam | 194,485 | 23.27% | 237,253 | 24.39% |
Buddhism | 93,581 | 11.20% | 112,088 | 11.52% |
Hinduism | 148,438 | 17.76% | 160,553 | 16.50% |
Sikhism | 50,564 | 6.05% | 38,417 | 3.95% |
Other religions | 4,369 | 0.52% | 12,844 | 1.32% |
Not Stated | 52,418 | 6.27% | 52,463 | 5.39% |
Total | 835,720 | 100% | 972,783 | 100% |
Ethnic group within the Asian Other group (in England and Wales) | 2021 [6] | ||
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Population | % of total population | % of group makeup | |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino | 162,138 | 0.3 | 16.7% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan | 149,239 | 0.3 | 15.3% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan | 95,518 | 0.2 | 9.8% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) | 88,461 | 0.1 | 9.1% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil | 45,863 | 0.1 | 4.7% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai | 39,962 | 0.1 | 4.1% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri | 39,268 | 0.1 | 4.0% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian | 39,135 | 0.1 | 4.0% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese | 37,458 | 0.1 | 3.9% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese | 29,510 | 0.0 | 3.0% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified | 23,362 | 0.0 | 2.4% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh | 22,814 | 0.0 | 2.3% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean | 21,118 | 0.0 | 2.2% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian | 17,285 | 0.0 | 1.8% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group | 17,098 | 0.0 | 1.8% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British | 15,638 | 0.0 | 1.6% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified | 14,563 | 0.0 | 1.5% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East | 14,053 | 0.0 | 1.4% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian | 12,872 | 0.0 | 1.3% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish | 12,290 | 0.0 | 1.3% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi | 8,153 | 0.0 | 0.8% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish | 7,619 | 0.0 | 0.8% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese | 7,514 | 0.0 | 0.8% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian | 7,344 | 0.0 | 0.8% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed | 7,095 | 0.0 | 0.7% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian | 6,436 | 0.0 | 0.7% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian | 5,553 | 0.0 | 0.6% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab | 5,288 | 0.0 | 0.5% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese | 4,222 | 0.0 | 0.4% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani | 3,661 | 0.0 | 0.4% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified | 3,296 | 0.0 | 0.3% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese | 2,514 | 0.0 | 0.3% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British | 2,394 | 0.0 | 0.2% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian | 2,065 | 0.0 | 0.2% |
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian | 1,979 | 0.0 | 0.2% |
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