ONS · Census 2021 (21 March 2021) · Local authority

Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African by local authority

Usual residents by the five high-level ethnic groups of the Census of England and Wales (TS021 aggregated by ONS), 2021 and 2011.

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Worthing

1.2%Share of usual residents

Share of usual residents in Worthing is 1.2% (Census 2021 (21 March 2021)) — joint 144th highest of 318 areas with a published figure.

Area
Worthing (E07000229)
Share of usual residents
1.2%
Rank
joint 144th highest of 318 areas with a published figure
Percentile
51% of areas with a figure are below it
Period
Census 2021 (21 March 2021)
Release
Census 2021
Published by
ONS
Status
Civometry calculation on published figures
Share of usual residents in Worthing is 1.2% (Census 2021 (21 March 2021)) — joint 144th highest of 318 areas with a published figure. Civometry calculation using ONS figures.
Civometry · Census 2021 (21 March 2021)

Everything Civometry holds for Worthing

Highest areas

#Areashare
1Lewisham · profile26.8%
2Southwark · profile25.1%
3Lambeth · profile24.0%
4Croydon · profile22.6%
5Barking and Dagenham · profile21.4%
6Hackney · profile21.1%
7Greenwich · profile21.0%
8Enfield · profile18.3%
9Haringey · profile17.6%
10Brent · profile17.5%

Lowest areas

#Areashare
318Torridge · profile0.1%
317Mid Devon · profile0.1%
316Wyre · profile0.2%
315West Devon · profile0.2%
314Torfaen · profile0.2%
313Teignbridge · profile0.2%
312Staffordshire Moorlands · profile0.2%
311South Hams · profile0.2%
310Rossendale · profile0.2%
309Ribble Valley · profile0.2%
All 318 areas, ranked
#Areashare
1Lewisham · profile26.8%
2Southwark · profile25.1%
3Lambeth · profile24.0%
4Croydon · profile22.6%
5Barking and Dagenham · profile21.4%
6Hackney · profile21.1%
7Greenwich · profile21.0%
8Enfield · profile18.3%
9Haringey · profile17.6%
10Brent · profile17.5%
11Newham · profile17.5%
12Waltham Forest · profile15.0%
13Islington · profile13.3%
14Hammersmith and Fulham · profile12.3%
15Bexley · profile12.2%
16Manchester · profile11.9%
17Thurrock · profile11.9%
18Birmingham · profile11.0%
19Ealing · profile10.8%
20Merton · profile10.6%
21Dartford · profile10.5%
22Luton · profile10.1%
23Wandsworth · profile10.1%
24Nottingham · profile10.0%
25Milton Keynes · profile9.7%
26Wolverhampton · profile9.3%
27Camden · profile9.0%
28Coventry · profile8.9%
29Sandwell · profile8.7%
30Redbridge · profile8.4%
31Havering · profile8.2%
32Westminster · profile8.1%
33Barnet · profile7.9%
34Kensington and Chelsea · profile7.9%
35Hillingdon · profile7.8%
36Leicester · profile7.8%
37Bromley · profile7.6%
38Slough · profile7.6%
39Harrow · profile7.3%
40Tower Hamlets · profile7.3%
41Hounslow · profile7.2%
42Reading · profile7.2%
43Broxbourne · profile6.7%
44Gravesham · profile6.5%
45Watford · profile6.3%
46Harlow · profile6.2%
47Salford · profile6.1%
48Welwyn Hatfield · profile6.1%
49Bristol, City of · profile5.9%
50Sutton · profile5.9%
51Leeds · profile5.6%
52Medway · profile5.6%
53Bedford · profile5.3%
54West Northamptonshire · profile4.9%
55Basildon · profile4.8%
56Hertsmere · profile4.8%
57Stevenage · profile4.8%
58Oxford · profile4.7%
59Sheffield · profile4.6%
60Walsall · profile4.6%
61Crawley · profile4.5%
62Peterborough · profile4.1%
63Derby · profile4.0%
64Bolton · profile3.8%
65Cardiff · profile3.8%
66Gloucester · profile3.6%
67Colchester · profile3.5%
68Ipswich · profile3.5%
69Liverpool · profile3.5%
70Rochdale · profile3.5%
71Oldham · profile3.4%
72Portsmouth · profile3.4%
73Trafford · profile3.4%
74Newcastle upon Tyne · profile3.3%
75North Northamptonshire · profile3.1%
76Southampton · profile3.0%
77Epping Forest · profile2.9%
78Reigate and Banstead · profile2.9%
79Southend-on-Sea · profile2.9%
80Telford and Wrekin · profile2.9%
81Dacorum · profile2.8%
82Kingston upon Thames · profile2.8%
83City of London · profile2.7%
84Middlesbrough · profile2.7%
85Rugby · profile2.7%
86Stoke-on-Trent · profile2.7%
87Ashford · profile2.6%
88Buckinghamshire · profile2.6%
89Chelmsford · profile2.6%
90Swindon · profile2.6%
91Canterbury · profile2.5%
92Dudley · profile2.5%
93Norwich · profile2.5%
94Rushmoor · profile2.5%
95Spelthorne · profile2.5%
96Bracknell Forest · profile2.4%
97Cambridge · profile2.4%
98Central Bedfordshire · profile2.4%
99North Hertfordshire · profile2.4%
100Preston · profile2.4%
101Three Rivers · profile2.4%
102Wokingham · profile2.4%
103Brentwood · profile2.3%
104Gedling · profile2.3%
105Kirklees · profile2.3%
106Newport · profile2.3%
107Swale · profile2.3%
108Tameside · profile2.3%
109Oadby and Wigston · profile2.2%
110Tandridge · profile2.2%
111Maidstone · profile2.1%
112St Albans · profile2.1%
113Basingstoke and Deane · profile2.0%
114Bradford · profile2.0%
115Brighton and Hove · profile2.0%
116Bury · profile1.9%
117Epsom and Ewell · profile1.9%
118Kingston upon Hull, City of · profile1.9%
119Richmond upon Thames · profile1.9%
120Cherwell · profile1.8%
121Nuneaton and Bedworth · profile1.8%
122Runnymede · profile1.8%
123Solihull · profile1.8%
124Woking · profile1.8%
125Broxtowe · profile1.7%
126Vale of White Horse · profile1.7%
127Sevenoaks · profile1.6%
128South Gloucestershire · profile1.6%
129Surrey Heath · profile1.6%
130West Suffolk · profile1.6%
131Blaby · profile1.5%
132Charnwood · profile1.5%
133Guildford · profile1.5%
134Huntingdonshire · profile1.5%
135Windsor and Maidenhead · profile1.5%
136Hastings · profile1.4%
137Lincoln · profile1.4%
138Castle Point · profile1.3%
139East Hertfordshire · profile1.3%
140Eastbourne · profile1.3%
141Rutland · profile1.3%
142Wakefield · profile1.3%
143West Berkshire · profile1.3%
144Ashfield · profile1.2%
145Braintree · profile1.2%
146Doncaster · profile1.2%
147Elmbridge · profile1.2%
148Gosport · profile1.2%
149Redditch · profile1.2%
150South Cambridgeshire · profile1.2%
151Stockport · profile1.2%
152Swansea · profile1.2%
153Wigan · profile1.2%
154Worcester · profile1.2%
155Worthing · profile1.2%
156Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · profile1.1%
157East Staffordshire · profile1.1%
158Gateshead · profile1.1%
159Great Yarmouth · profile1.1%
160Mansfield · profile1.1%
161Plymouth · profile1.1%
162Rotherham · profile1.1%
163Stafford · profile1.1%
164Stockton-on-Tees · profile1.1%
165Test Valley · profile1.1%
166Thanet · profile1.1%
167Warwick · profile1.1%
168Wiltshire · profile1.1%
169Bath and North East Somerset · profile1.0%
170Cheltenham · profile1.0%
171Eastleigh · profile1.0%
172Newcastle-under-Lyme · profile1.0%
173South Oxfordshire · profile1.0%
174Sunderland · profile1.0%
175Tonbridge and Malling · profile1.0%
176Tunbridge Wells · profile1.0%
177Blackburn with Darwen · profile0.9%
178Exeter · profile0.9%
179Horsham · profile0.9%
180Lancaster · profile0.9%
181Mid Sussex · profile0.9%
182Rushcliffe · profile0.9%
183South Staffordshire · profile0.9%
184Adur · profile0.8%
185Bromsgrove · profile0.8%
186Chesterfield · profile0.8%
187East Cambridgeshire · profile0.8%
188Erewash · profile0.8%
189Fenland · profile0.8%
190Hart · profile0.8%
191Knowsley · profile0.8%
192Mole Valley · profile0.8%
193South Derbyshire · profile0.8%
194South Norfolk · profile0.8%
195Uttlesford · profile0.8%
196Barnsley · profile0.7%
197Boston · profile0.7%
198Calderdale · profile0.7%
199Darlington · profile0.7%
200Dover · profile0.7%
201Harborough · profile0.7%
202Lewes · profile0.7%
203Newark and Sherwood · profile0.7%
204Rochford · profile0.7%
205Warrington · profile0.7%
206Waverley · profile0.7%
207York · profile0.7%
208Bassetlaw · profile0.6%
209Breckland · profile0.6%
210Cheshire East · profile0.6%
211Cheshire West and Chester · profile0.6%
212Chichester · profile0.6%
213Chorley · profile0.6%
214East Suffolk · profile0.6%
215Fareham · profile0.6%
216Folkestone and Hythe · profile0.6%
217Havant · profile0.6%
218Hinckley and Bosworth · profile0.6%
219Lichfield · profile0.6%
220North Tyneside · profile0.6%
221North Warwickshire · profile0.6%
222North West Leicestershire · profile0.6%
223Rother · profile0.6%
224South Kesteven · profile0.6%
225Tamworth · profile0.6%
226Tendring · profile0.6%
227Tewkesbury · profile0.6%
228West Oxfordshire · profile0.6%
229Winchester · profile0.6%
230Wrexham · profile0.6%
231Arun · profile0.5%
232Babergh · profile0.5%
233Blackpool · profile0.5%
234Bolsover · profile0.5%
235Broadland · profile0.5%
236Cannock Chase · profile0.5%
237Ceredigion · profile0.5%
238East Hampshire · profile0.5%
239Hartlepool · profile0.5%
240King's Lynn and West Norfolk · profile0.5%
241Mid Suffolk · profile0.5%
242North East Lincolnshire · profile0.5%
243North Lincolnshire · profile0.5%
244North Somerset · profile0.5%
245Sefton · profile0.5%
246South Holland · profile0.5%
247South Ribble · profile0.5%
248South Tyneside · profile0.5%
249Vale of Glamorgan · profile0.5%
250Cotswold · profile0.4%
251Fylde · profile0.4%
252Gwynedd · profile0.4%
253Halton · profile0.4%
254Maldon · profile0.4%
255Melton · profile0.4%
256Neath Port Talbot · profile0.4%
257New Forest · profile0.4%
258North Kesteven · profile0.4%
259North Yorkshire · profile0.4%
260Rhondda Cynon Taf · profile0.4%
261Somerset · profile0.4%
262St. Helens · profile0.4%
263Stratford-on-Avon · profile0.4%
264Stroud · profile0.4%
265Wealden · profile0.4%
266Wirral · profile0.4%
267Wyre Forest · profile0.4%
268Amber Valley · profile0.3%
269Bridgend · profile0.3%
270Burnley · profile0.3%
271County Durham · profile0.3%
272Denbighshire · profile0.3%
273Dorset · profile0.3%
274East Riding of Yorkshire · profile0.3%
275Forest of Dean · profile0.3%
276Herefordshire, County of · profile0.3%
277Hyndburn · profile0.3%
278Isle of Wight · profile0.3%
279Malvern Hills · profile0.3%
280North Devon · profile0.3%
281North East Derbyshire · profile0.3%
282Pendle · profile0.3%
283Shropshire · profile0.3%
284Torbay · profile0.3%
285West Lancashire · profile0.3%
286West Lindsey · profile0.3%
287Westmorland and Furness · profile0.3%
288Wychavon · profile0.3%
289Blaenau Gwent · profile0.2%
290Caerphilly · profile0.2%
291Carmarthenshire · profile0.2%
292Conwy · profile0.2%
293Cornwall · profile0.2%
294Cumberland · profile0.2%
295Derbyshire Dales · profile0.2%
296East Devon · profile0.2%
297East Lindsey · profile0.2%
298Flintshire · profile0.2%
299High Peak · profile0.2%
300Isle of Anglesey · profile0.2%
301Isles of Scilly · profile0.2%
302Merthyr Tydfil · profile0.2%
303Monmouthshire · profile0.2%
304North Norfolk · profile0.2%
305Northumberland · profile0.2%
306Pembrokeshire · profile0.2%
307Powys · profile0.2%
308Redcar and Cleveland · profile0.2%
309Ribble Valley · profile0.2%
310Rossendale · profile0.2%
311South Hams · profile0.2%
312Staffordshire Moorlands · profile0.2%
313Teignbridge · profile0.2%
314Torfaen · profile0.2%
315West Devon · profile0.2%
316Wyre · profile0.2%
317Mid Devon · profile0.1%
318Torridge · profile0.1%

Ranked by share of usual residents, highest first; ties in alphabetical order. Areas without a value are not ranked.

What this map shows

318 of 318 local authority areas have a current value for black, black british, black welsh, caribbean or african (share of usual residents), Census 2021 (21 March 2021). Classes are quantiles of the areas with data, computed on the server, so the same link always gives the same legend.

Take the data

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Source and method

Data
ons_census (ONS).
Denominator
All usual residents in the area at the same census (the published total row).
Boundaries
ONS Open Geography Portal generalised boundaries, Open Government Licence v3.0 (2025-05 BGC v2 LAD_MAY_2025_UK_BGC_V2).
Basemap
Ordnance Survey Maps API (Light), used under the OS Data Hub terms.
Formula
people in the group ÷ all usual residents × 100
Stale areas
Areas without a current value are shown as no data, never as a value.
Method
Methodology

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