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The main industries which the Pakistani community of London are employed in include wholesale and retail (including self-owned grocery stores or newsagents). [7] In 2001, 0.6% of businesses in London were owned by British Pakistanis. [7] 20% of London's Pakistani population are self-employed. [7]
The UK is home to the largest Pakistani community in Europe, with the population of British Pakistanis exceeding 1.6 million based on the 2021 Census. British Pakistanis are the second-largest ethnic minority population in the United Kingdom and also make up the second-largest sub-group of British Asians .
Pakistanis in London form the largest concentrated community of British Pakistanis; immigration from regions which now form Pakistan predate Pakistan's independence. [52] The main concentrations of Pakistani settlement in London are found in Outer London with the boroughs of Redbridge , Newham and Waltham Forest accounting for nearly a third of ...
[15] [16] Punjabis are estimated to comprise one-third of the British Pakistani population, making up the second largest sub-group after Mirpuri Kashmiris. [17] The tribes to which British Pakistani Punjabis belong include Jats, Gujjars, Awans, Arains, Rajputs and several others like Pathans of Punjab and Kashmiris of Punjab. [18]
[22] [23] The second-largest community, around 1.6 million, lives in the United Kingdom, followed by the United States (especially New York City, Chicago, and New Jersey) in third place. According to the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Pakistan has the 6th largest diaspora in the world. [24]
The majority of those who took part in the consultation chose to self-identify as Pakistani and a decision was taken not to introduce a Kashmiri tick-box for the ethnic group question in the 2011 census. [29] The following ethnic codes are used in UK school ethnicity profiles: [30] AMPK: Mirpuri Pakistani; AKPA: Kashmiri Pakistani; AKAO ...
England, and the Greater London region in particular, are home to the largest Pashtun communities in the UK. [6] [7] The regions with the next biggest populations are the West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West England, South East England and the East of England. [1]
The foreign-born population of the United Kingdom includes immigrants from a wide range of countries who are resident in the United Kingdom.In the period January to December 2016, there were groups from 23 foreign countries that were estimated to consist of at least 100,000 individuals residing in the UK (people born in Poland, India, Pakistan, the Republic of Ireland, Germany, Bangladesh ...