What is the most racially diverse part of Britain?
If you’re walking down a street in your town or borough in Britain, what are the chances that the person you meet is from a different racial group? The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has worked out the probabilities after the first full analysis of the racial and religious mix of every local authority in England and Wales.
The London borough of Brent was the most diverse: at the time of the last census in 2001, 29% of residents were white British, 18% Indian, 10% black Caribbean, 9% other white groups, 8% black African and 26% from other groups. The ONS said any two people in Brent had an 85% chance of being from different racial groups.
And where do I live? You got it: Brent. I love meeting people of different cultures and backgrounds. This is why I enjoy living where I do and why I enjoy foreign travel as much as I do.
The ONS report, “Focus on Ethnicity and Religion”, brings together statistics from the Census on the key demographic, geographic, household and labour market differences between the main ethnic and religious groups in Great Britain. It analyses factors that contribute to these differences and shows new analysis on ethno-religious groups, changes between 1991 and 2001, and the diversity of different areas.
You can read the ONS report here.