How multicultural is United Kingdom? Cities ranked
IndoEuroMap data includes published non-European category shares for 17 of 17 listed cities in United Kingdom. Published shares range from 8% to 49%.
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Share of classified records assigned to non-European categories
© EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries
Classified online records at places in this area. Not where people live. Not ethnicity. Not census data. Read the method
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Non-European category share within IndoEuroMap data. This overview is fixed. Filters affect the map only. Equal displayed values share a rank.
| Rank | Place | Category share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leicester | 49% |
| 2 | Coventry | 34% |
| 3 | London | 33% |
| 4 | Cardiff | 28% |
| 4 | Nottingham | 28% |
| 6 | Leeds | 25% |
| 6 | Southampton | 25% |
| 8 | Birmingham | 22% |
| 8 | Glasgow | 22% |
| 8 | Liverpool | 22% |
| 8 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 22% |
| 12 | Bristol | 20% |
| 13 | Edinburgh | 18% |
| 14 | Belfast | 13% |
| 15 | Aberdeen | 12% |
| 15 | Bradford | 12% |
| 17 | Sheffield | 8% |
What the comparison shows
- Published category shares range from 8% to 49%.
- Leicester has the highest displayed category share (49%) in this comparison.
Regions in United Kingdom
The sample
Data behind this map
- Cities in the data
- 18
- Areas with results
- 123
- Classified name records
- 210,069
Records can include visitors and repeats. These counts do not measure the resident population.
What these counts include
The record total includes 33 areas with too little data for a breakdown. Country group shares use only areas with published results.
The median unresolved share across areas is 22.0%. This is the ambiguous record category. Each area uses all processed records after the repeat limit as its denominator. It is not an error rate.
Read the shared method for counting rules, coverage, and limits.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
- What is the non-European category share in covered United Kingdom cities?
- 26% of classified records are assigned to non-European categories across 17 covered cities. The largest non-European categories are Middle Eastern (11%) and Indian subcontinent (10%).
- Which cities have the highest non-European category shares in United Kingdom?
- Leicester has the highest displayed category share (49%) in this comparison.
- How are category shares measured?
- The shares come from classified public online records at selected places, not from a census. A category does not show ethnicity, nationality, or where a person lives, and records can include visitors.
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