November 30, 2022
2 mins read

England becoming less white and Christian

The census takes place across the UK every 10 years and provides the most accurate estimate of all the people and households in the country…reports Asian Lite News

England and Wales are becoming less white and Christian, new official data reveals on Tuesday, local media reported.

The number of people in England and Wales identifying their ethnic group as white has fallen by around 500,000 over a decade, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, Daily Mail reported.

Some 81.7 per cent of residents in England and Wales described themselves as white on the day of the 2021 census, down from 86 per cent a decade earlier.

The second most common ethnic group was ‘Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh’ at 9.3 per cent, up from 7.5 per cent in 2011, Daily Mail reported.

The ONS also revealed that two-thirds of Londoners now identify as being from an ethnic minority – from a group that is not ‘White British’ but which includes white people from other nationalities.

And for the first time since the census began almost 200 years ago, fewer than half the population said they were Christian. More than a third now say they have no religion at all, Daily Mail reported.

But the ONS also revealed that while the ethnic make-up of England and Wales is changing, more than 90 per cent said they feel British.

The census takes place across the UK every 10 years and provides the most accurate estimate of all the people and households in the country.

More data will be published in stages over the next two years, Daily Mail reported.

Census deputy director Jon Wroth-Smith said: “Today’s data highlights the increasingly multi-cultural society we live in.

“The percentage of people identifying their ethnic group as White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British, continues to decrease. Whilst this remains the most common response to the ethnic group question, the number of people identifying with another ethnic group continues to increase.

“However, the picture varies depending on where you live. London remains the most ethnically diverse region of England, where just under two-thirds identify with an ethnic minority group, whereas under one in ten identify this way in the North East.”

ALSO READ-India, Latvia discuss developments in Indo-Pacific, Ukraine

Previous Story

Parliamentary committee to visit Taiwan

Next Story

Food price inflation hits new high of 12.4%

Latest from -Top News

Protests across US against Trump

The largest event was at the National Mall in DC, where demonstrators numbered in the tens of thousands People across the US took to the streets on Saturday to oppose what left-leaning

Namibia voices concern over US tariffs

AGOA is a non-reciprocal trade arrangement aimed at supporting development in African countries through preferential access to US markets The Namibian government has expressed concern over newly imposed US tariffs, warning that

Africa CDC calls for self-reliance

Data from the African Union’s specialised healthcare agency show that the continent, over the past 24 months, has witnessed an “unprecedented surge in public health emergencies,” rising from 152 disease outbreaks in

US to revoke all South Sudan visas

Trump’s administration has taken aggressive measures to ramp up immigration enforcement, including the repatriation of people deemed to be in the US illegallyThe US said on Saturday it would revoke all visas

Panama wants ‘respectful’ ties with US

The US State Department said Landau had “expressed gratitude for Panama’s cooperation in halting illegal immigration and working with the US to secure a nearly 98% decrease in illegal immigration Panama hopes
Go toTop

Don't Miss

Top UK Honour For Indian-Origin Doctor

Shiv Pande given Royal College of General Practitioners’ (RCGP) ‘lifetime

‘False alarm’ results in King and Queen being pulled away

The King and Queen travelled to Jersey on Monday, before