Ethnicity in Tower Hamlets

Ethnicity in Tower Hamlets Analysis of 2011 Census data Summary of findings This briefing presents key statistics from the 2011 Census about the ethnic composition of the Tower Hamlets population. The new Census figures provide valuable intelligence about the nature of diversity in the borough and how it is changing. Key findings include: More than two thirds (69 per cent) of theborough s population belong to minorityethnic groups (ie not White British): 55 percent belong to BME (Black and MinorityEthnic) groups and a further 14 per cent arefrom White minority groups. The Census provides data about 18different ethnic group populations. Theborough s three largest groups are theBangladeshi, White British and Other White populations. Considered together, people from these three ethnic groups make up around three-quarters of the Tower Hamlets population.

population, Tower Hamlets is the 16. th. most diverse local authority in England out of 326 local authority areas (ie in the most diverse 5 per cent of local authorities nationally). Within the London context, Tower Hamlets emerges as the 15. th. most diverse borough in London (out of 33 areas) – with a diversity score just above the London ...

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