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White British is an ethnicity classification used for the indigenous White population identifying as English, Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, Northern Irish, or British in the United Kingdom Census. In the 2011 census, the White British population was 49,997,686, 81.5% of Great Britain's total population.
White people in the United Kingdom are a multi-ethnic group consisting of European UK residents who identify as and are perceived to be 'white people'. White people constitute the historical and current majority of the people living in the United Kingdom, with 83.0% of the population identifying as white in the 2021 United Kingdom census.
It is estimated that in 1950 there were no more than 20,000 non-white residents in the United Kingdom, almost all having been born outside the UK and now mainly residing in England. [24] However, the considerable migration after World War II increased the ethnic and racial diversity of UK, especially in London.
This is a list of districts of England showing their ethnic composition as recorded in the 2021 census. [1] There were 309 English districts at the time of the 2021 census. Census respondents were asked, 'What is your ethnic group? Choose one section from A to E, then tick one box to best describe your ethnic group or background'. [2]
In the 2011 census, the ethnic group options for England and Wales were White, Mixed, Asian British, Black British, Chinese or other ethnic group, and Not stated, with ethnic origin sub-group choices for most of these. [154] The census in the United Kingdom also included a question on country of citizenship between 1851 and 1961. [4]
Ethnic group within the Mixed group (in England and Wales) 2021 [35] Population % of total pop % of group makeup Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 513,042 0.9 29.9% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 488,225 0.8 28.4% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 249,596 0.4 14.5%
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller is an ethnicity classification used in the 2011 United Kingdom Census.In the 2011 census, the White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller population was 63,193 or about 0.1 percent of the total population of the country.
The term Other White, or White Other, is a classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom, used in documents such as the 2021 United Kingdom Census, to describe people who identify as white persons who are not of the English, Welsh, Scottish, Roma, Irish or Irish Traveller ethnic groupings. [5]