Ethnicity
Ethnic Group
Year
1966 estimations[ 1]
1971 estimations[ 2]
1981 estimations[ 3]
1991 census[ 4]
2001 census[ 5]
2021 census[ 6]
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
White : Total
-
-
2,580,903
93.2%
2,371,072
88.7%
2,237,135
85.1%
2,043,231
80%
1,793,173
61.4%
White: British
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,956,156
76.5%
1,630,823
55.9%
White: Irish
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
54,011
2.1%
31,490
1.1%
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller [ a]
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2417
White: Roma
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4246
White: Other
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
33,064
1.3%
124,197
4.3%
Asian or Asian British : Total
-
-
-
-
206,289
7.7%
276,162
10.5%
352,288
13.8%
667,315
22.9%
Asian or Asian British: Indian
-
-
-
-
118,101
4.4%
148,320
5.6%
157,062
6.1%
226,927
7.8%
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani
-
-
-
-
65,985
2.5%
93,426
3.6%
138,007
5.4%
278,837
9.6%
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi
-
-
-
-
11,006
0.4%
19,131
0.7%
29,085
1.1%
72,168
2.5%
Asian or Asian British: Chinese [ b]
-
-
-
-
4,543
0.2%
6,119
0.2%
10,548
0.4%
22,718
0.8%
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian
-
-
-
-
6,654
9,166
17,586
66,665
2.3%
Black or Black British : Total
-
-
-
-
80,412
3%
96,384
3.7%
95,234
3.7%
236,047
8.1%
Black or Black British: African
-
-
-
-
3,602
0.1%
4,134
0.2%
10,000
0.4%
126,041
4.3%
Black or Black British: Caribbean
-
-
-
-
63,597
2.4%
75,612
2.9%
76,386
3%
81,732
2.8%
Black or Black British: Other Black
-
-
-
-
13,213
16,638
0.6%
8,848
0.3%
28,274
1%
Mixed : Total
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
54,757
2.1%
121,685
4.2%
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
31,525
1.2%
59,903
2.1%
Mixed: White and Black African
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,446
9,735
Mixed: White and Asian
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12,641
28,872
Mixed: Other Mixed
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,145
23,175
Other: Total
-
-
-
-
15,327
0.5%
19,719
0.7%
10,082
0.4%
101,435
3.5%
Other: Arab[ a]
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
28,083
1%
Other: Any other ethnic group
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10,082
0.4%
73,352
2.5%
Ethnic minority: Total
102,850
-
188,306
6.8%
302,027
11.3%
392,265
14.9%
512,361
20%
1,126,482
38.6%
Total
-
100%
2,769,209
100%
2,673,099
100%
2,629,400
100%
2,555,592
100%
2,919,655
100%
Distribution of ethnic groups in the West Midlands according to the 2011 census.
White
White-British
White-Irish
White-Other
Asian
Asian-Indian
Asian-Pakistani
Asian-Bangladeshi
Asian-Chinese
Black
Black-African
Black-Caribbean
Other-Arab
Country of birth
Country of birth
2021[ 7]
Number
%
Vereinigtes Königreich
2,286,558
78.3%
EU Countries
165,431
5.7%
Other European
15,241
0.5%
Africa
102,205
3.5%
Middle East and Asia
308,122
10.6%
Caribbean and Americas
37,477
1.3%
Oceania
2,275
0.1%
British Overseas
2,340
0.1%
Overall
2,919,649
100%
Religion
Religion
2001[ 8]
2021[ 9]
Number
%
Number
%
No religion
305,365
11.9%
814,372
27.9%
Christian
1,701,519
66.5%
1,189,066
40.7%
Buddhist
5,817
9,380
Hindu
49,484
68,376
Jewish
3,310
2,559
Muslim
191,559
7.5%
501,480
17.2%
Sikh
91,890
148,937
Other religion
5,381
17,805
Not answered
201,267
167,685
Total
2,555,592
100%
2,919,660
100%
Distribution of religions in the West Midlands according to the 2011 census.
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
Sikhism
Buddhism
Other religion
No religion
Housing
Tenure
2001[ 10]
2021[ 11]
Number
%
Number
%
Owned
667,665
657,680
Social renting
262,163
248,490
Private renting
73,373
221,929
Rent free
29,743
3,661
Total
1,032,944
100%
1,131,760
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