Then and now · Office for National Statistics · Census 2011 and Census 2021
What share of residents in each local authority are White, and how did it change between the censuses?
Census 2011 to Census 2021, across 318 areas: Barking and Dagenham −13.4 pts, Newham +1.8 pts.
% of usual residents in the White ethnic group, for 318 Local authoritys at Census 2011 and Census 2021. Every area’s share moved in the same direction: no, the areas moved in both directions. The table is ordered by the size of the change, largest fall first; the order is arithmetic, not a judgement.
Both maps use one colour scale, so a shade means the same figure in Census 2011 and Census 2021. Hatched areas have no published figure.
| Local authority | Census 2011 | Census 2021 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | 58.3% | 44.9% | −13.4 pts |
| Dartford | 87.4% | 74.5% | −12.9 pts |
| Sandwell | 69.9% | 57.2% | −12.7 pts |
| Havering | 87.7% | 75.3% | −12.4 pts |
| Hillingdon | 60.6% | 48.2% | −12.4 pts |
| Watford | 71.9% | 60.9% | −11.0 pts |
| Sutton | 78.6% | 68.3% | −10.3 pts |
| Bexley | 81.9% | 71.9% | −10.0 pts |
| Bolton | 81.9% | 71.9% | −10.0 pts |
| Manchester | 66.6% | 56.8% | −9.8 pts |
| Slough | 45.7% | 36.0% | −9.7 pts |
| Leicester | 50.5% | 40.9% | −9.6 pts |
| Oadby and Wigston | 73.0% | 63.4% | −9.6 pts |
| Luton | 54.7% | 45.2% | −9.5 pts |
| Oldham | 77.5% | 68.1% | −9.4 pts |
| Birmingham | 57.9% | 48.6% | −9.3 pts |
| Pendle | 79.9% | 70.6% | −9.3 pts |
| Broxbourne | 90.3% | 81.1% | −9.2 pts |
| City of London | 78.6% | 69.4% | −9.2 pts |
| Thurrock | 85.9% | 76.7% | −9.2 pts |
| Three Rivers | 86.2% | 77.1% | −9.1 pts |
| Enfield | 61.0% | 52.1% | −8.9 pts |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 69.2% | 60.4% | −8.8 pts |
| Spelthorne | 87.3% | 78.7% | −8.6 pts |
| Wokingham | 88.4% | 79.9% | −8.5 pts |
| Coventry | 73.8% | 65.5% | −8.3 pts |
| Swindon | 89.8% | 81.5% | −8.3 pts |
| Milton Keynes | 80.0% | 71.8% | −8.2 pts |
| Cambridge | 82.5% | 74.5% | −8.0 pts |
| Hertsmere | 85.0% | 77.1% | −7.9 pts |
| Bromley | 84.3% | 76.5% | −7.8 pts |
| Salford | 90.1% | 82.3% | −7.8 pts |
| Reading | 74.8% | 67.1% | −7.7 pts |
| Redbridge | 42.5% | 34.8% | −7.7 pts |
| Rochdale | 81.7% | 74.0% | −7.7 pts |
| Trafford | 85.5% | 77.8% | −7.7 pts |
| Preston | 80.2% | 72.6% | −7.6 pts |
| Walsall | 78.9% | 71.4% | −7.5 pts |
| Rushmoor | 84.8% | 77.4% | −7.4 pts |
| Wolverhampton | 68.0% | 60.6% | −7.4 pts |
| Hounslow | 51.4% | 44.1% | −7.3 pts |
| Peterborough | 82.5% | 75.4% | −7.1 pts |
| Oxford | 77.7% | 70.7% | −7.0 pts |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 70.6% | 63.7% | −6.9 pts |
| Solihull | 89.1% | 82.2% | −6.9 pts |
| Camden | 66.3% | 59.5% | −6.8 pts |
| Greenwich | 62.5% | 55.7% | −6.8 pts |
| Croydon | 55.1% | 48.4% | −6.7 pts |
| Buckinghamshire | 86.4% | 79.9% | −6.5 pts |
| Crawley | 79.9% | 73.4% | −6.5 pts |
| Derby | 80.3% | 73.8% | −6.5 pts |
| Westminster | 61.7% | 55.2% | −6.5 pts |
| Barnet | 64.1% | 57.7% | −6.4 pts |
| Epping Forest | 90.5% | 84.1% | −6.4 pts |
| Epsom and Ewell | 85.9% | 79.5% | −6.4 pts |
| Harlow | 89.1% | 82.7% | −6.4 pts |
| Bradford | 67.4% | 61.1% | −6.3 pts |
| Bury | 89.2% | 82.9% | −6.3 pts |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 86.1% | 79.8% | −6.3 pts |
| Gravesham | 82.8% | 76.6% | −6.2 pts |
| Kingston upon Thames | 74.5% | 68.3% | −6.2 pts |
| Reigate and Banstead | 90.6% | 84.4% | −6.2 pts |
| Leeds | 85.1% | 79.0% | −6.1 pts |
| Islington | 68.2% | 62.2% | −6.0 pts |
| Ealing | 49.0% | 43.2% | −5.8 pts |
| Middlesbrough | 88.2% | 82.4% | −5.8 pts |
| Tower Hamlets | 45.2% | 39.4% | −5.8 pts |
| Harrow | 42.2% | 36.5% | −5.7 pts |
| Ashford | 93.7% | 88.1% | −5.6 pts |
| Nottingham | 71.5% | 65.9% | −5.6 pts |
| Cardiff | 84.7% | 79.2% | −5.5 pts |
| Kirklees | 79.1% | 73.6% | −5.5 pts |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 85.5% | 80.0% | −5.5 pts |
| Richmond upon Thames | 86.0% | 80.5% | −5.5 pts |
| Runnymede | 89.0% | 83.5% | −5.5 pts |
| Chelmsford | 93.9% | 88.5% | −5.4 pts |
| Tameside | 90.9% | 85.5% | −5.4 pts |
| Welwyn Hatfield | 84.1% | 78.7% | −5.4 pts |
| Medway | 89.6% | 84.3% | −5.3 pts |
| Basildon | 92.7% | 87.5% | −5.2 pts |
| Southampton | 85.9% | 80.7% | −5.2 pts |
| Surrey Heath | 90.2% | 85.0% | −5.2 pts |
| Woking | 83.6% | 78.4% | −5.2 pts |
| Brentwood | 93.6% | 88.5% | −5.1 pts |
| Charnwood | 87.4% | 82.3% | −5.1 pts |
| Dudley | 90.0% | 84.9% | −5.1 pts |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 88.6% | 83.5% | −5.1 pts |
| Colchester | 92.0% | 87.0% | −5.0 pts |
| Hyndburn | 87.7% | 82.7% | −5.0 pts |
| Burnley | 87.4% | 82.5% | −4.9 pts |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 68.1% | 63.2% | −4.9 pts |
| Liverpool | 88.9% | 84.0% | −4.9 pts |
| Stevenage | 87.7% | 82.8% | −4.9 pts |
| Bedford | 80.5% | 75.7% | −4.8 pts |
| Blaby | 91.0% | 86.2% | −4.8 pts |
| Rugby | 90.5% | 85.7% | −4.8 pts |
| St Albans | 88.4% | 83.6% | −4.8 pts |
| Merton | 64.9% | 60.2% | −4.7 pts |
| Stockport | 92.1% | 87.4% | −4.7 pts |
| Ipswich | 88.9% | 84.3% | −4.6 pts |
| Sheffield | 83.7% | 79.1% | −4.6 pts |
| Warwick | 89.2% | 84.6% | −4.6 pts |
| Bracknell Forest | 90.6% | 86.1% | −4.5 pts |
| Telford and Wrekin | 92.7% | 88.2% | −4.5 pts |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 92.9% | 88.5% | −4.4 pts |
| Newport | 89.9% | 85.5% | −4.4 pts |
| Tandridge | 93.8% | 89.4% | −4.4 pts |
| Maidstone | 94.1% | 89.8% | −4.3 pts |
| South Cambridgeshire | 93.3% | 89.0% | −4.3 pts |
| Elmbridge | 90.3% | 86.1% | −4.2 pts |
| Gloucester | 89.1% | 84.9% | −4.2 pts |
| Harborough | 95.2% | 91.0% | −4.2 pts |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | 91.3% | 87.1% | −4.2 pts |
| Cherwell | 92.2% | 88.1% | −4.1 pts |
| East Staffordshire | 90.4% | 86.3% | −4.1 pts |
| Southend-on-Sea | 91.6% | 87.5% | −4.1 pts |
| Vale of White Horse | 94.9% | 90.8% | −4.1 pts |
| Dacorum | 90.8% | 86.8% | −4.0 pts |
| Guildford | 90.9% | 86.9% | −4.0 pts |
| West Northamptonshire | 89.8% | 85.9% | −3.9 pts |
| Broxtowe | 92.7% | 88.9% | −3.8 pts |
| Canterbury | 93.0% | 89.2% | −3.8 pts |
| South Gloucestershire | 95.0% | 91.2% | −3.8 pts |
| Brighton and Hove | 89.1% | 85.4% | −3.7 pts |
| Norwich | 90.8% | 87.1% | −3.7 pts |
| Sevenoaks | 95.8% | 92.1% | −3.7 pts |
| Calderdale | 89.7% | 86.1% | −3.6 pts |
| Central Bedfordshire | 93.8% | 90.2% | −3.6 pts |
| Gedling | 93.1% | 89.5% | −3.6 pts |
| Wandsworth | 71.4% | 67.8% | −3.6 pts |
| Haringey | 60.5% | 57.0% | −3.5 pts |
| Lincoln | 95.6% | 92.2% | −3.4 pts |
| Rushcliffe | 93.1% | 89.7% | −3.4 pts |
| Tunbridge Wells | 94.9% | 91.5% | −3.4 pts |
| Worcester | 93.4% | 90.0% | −3.4 pts |
| Eastbourne | 94.1% | 90.8% | −3.3 pts |
| East Hertfordshire | 95.5% | 92.3% | −3.2 pts |
| Portsmouth | 88.4% | 85.2% | −3.2 pts |
| North Northamptonshire | 93.4% | 90.3% | −3.1 pts |
| South Oxfordshire | 96.1% | 93.1% | −3.0 pts |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 94.2% | 91.3% | −2.9 pts |
| Bristol, City of | 84.0% | 81.1% | −2.9 pts |
| Cheltenham | 94.3% | 91.4% | −2.9 pts |
| Mid Sussex | 95.1% | 92.2% | −2.9 pts |
| West Berkshire | 94.8% | 91.9% | −2.9 pts |
| Exeter | 93.1% | 90.3% | −2.8 pts |
| Gateshead | 96.3% | 93.5% | −2.8 pts |
| Southwark | 54.2% | 51.4% | −2.8 pts |
| Swale | 96.6% | 93.8% | −2.8 pts |
| Test Valley | 95.9% | 93.1% | −2.8 pts |
| West Suffolk | 94.6% | 91.8% | −2.8 pts |
| Bromsgrove | 95.8% | 93.1% | −2.7 pts |
| Ashfield | 97.7% | 95.1% | −2.6 pts |
| Rotherham | 93.6% | 91.0% | −2.6 pts |
| South Derbyshire | 95.7% | 93.1% | −2.6 pts |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 94.6% | 92.0% | −2.6 pts |
| Swansea | 94.0% | 91.4% | −2.6 pts |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 95.9% | 93.3% | −2.6 pts |
| Adur | 95.9% | 93.4% | −2.5 pts |
| Lancaster | 95.6% | 93.1% | −2.5 pts |
| Thanet | 95.5% | 93.0% | −2.5 pts |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 94.6% | 92.2% | −2.4 pts |
| Hart | 94.9% | 92.5% | −2.4 pts |
| Hastings | 93.8% | 91.4% | −2.4 pts |
| Horsham | 96.0% | 93.6% | −2.4 pts |
| Huntingdonshire | 94.8% | 92.4% | −2.4 pts |
| Lewes | 96.6% | 94.2% | −2.4 pts |
| Mansfield | 97.2% | 94.8% | −2.4 pts |
| Mole Valley | 95.1% | 92.7% | −2.4 pts |
| Tewkesbury | 97.5% | 95.1% | −2.4 pts |
| Wakefield | 95.4% | 93.0% | −2.4 pts |
| Warrington | 95.9% | 93.5% | −2.4 pts |
| Worthing | 93.8% | 91.4% | −2.4 pts |
| Cheshire East | 96.7% | 94.4% | −2.3 pts |
| Eastleigh | 94.7% | 92.4% | −2.3 pts |
| Great Yarmouth | 96.9% | 94.6% | −2.3 pts |
| Kingston upon Hull, City of | 94.1% | 91.8% | −2.3 pts |
| Rutland | 97.1% | 94.8% | −2.3 pts |
| Waverley | 96.0% | 93.7% | −2.3 pts |
| Wigan | 97.3% | 95.0% | −2.3 pts |
| Wiltshire | 96.6% | 94.3% | −2.3 pts |
| Doncaster | 95.3% | 93.1% | −2.2 pts |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | 96.5% | 94.3% | −2.2 pts |
| Redditch | 92.0% | 89.8% | −2.2 pts |
| South Norfolk | 97.6% | 95.4% | −2.2 pts |
| South Staffordshire | 95.9% | 93.7% | −2.2 pts |
| Boston | 96.8% | 94.7% | −2.1 pts |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 97.4% | 95.3% | −2.1 pts |
| Folkestone and Hythe | 94.7% | 92.6% | −2.1 pts |
| Lambeth | 57.1% | 55.0% | −2.1 pts |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | 95.0% | 92.9% | −2.1 pts |
| Plymouth | 96.1% | 94.0% | −2.1 pts |
| Uttlesford | 96.6% | 94.5% | −2.1 pts |
| Winchester | 95.7% | 93.6% | −2.1 pts |
| Blackpool | 96.7% | 94.7% | −2.0 pts |
| Castle Point | 96.9% | 94.9% | −2.0 pts |
| Lewisham | 53.5% | 51.5% | −2.0 pts |
| Lichfield | 96.8% | 94.8% | −2.0 pts |
| North Hertfordshire | 89.5% | 87.5% | −2.0 pts |
| Braintree | 96.6% | 94.7% | −1.9 pts |
| Knowsley | 97.2% | 95.3% | −1.9 pts |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 97.4% | 95.5% | −1.9 pts |
| Darlington | 96.2% | 94.4% | −1.8 pts |
| Dover | 96.7% | 94.9% | −1.8 pts |
| North Warwickshire | 97.9% | 96.1% | −1.8 pts |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 96.4% | 94.6% | −1.8 pts |
| Wirral | 97.0% | 95.2% | −1.8 pts |
| Brent | 36.3% | 34.6% | −1.7 pts |
| East Cambridgeshire | 96.2% | 94.5% | −1.7 pts |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 97.3% | 95.6% | −1.7 pts |
| North Lincolnshire | 96.0% | 94.3% | −1.7 pts |
| North Tyneside | 96.6% | 94.9% | −1.7 pts |
| North West Leicestershire | 97.6% | 95.9% | −1.7 pts |
| Ribble Valley | 97.9% | 96.2% | −1.7 pts |
| South Kesteven | 97.5% | 95.8% | −1.7 pts |
| South Ribble | 97.1% | 95.4% | −1.7 pts |
| Erewash | 97.0% | 95.4% | −1.6 pts |
| Hackney | 54.7% | 53.1% | −1.6 pts |
| North Somerset | 97.3% | 95.7% | −1.6 pts |
| Sefton | 97.4% | 95.8% | −1.6 pts |
| Somerset | 98.0% | 96.4% | −1.6 pts |
| Stafford | 95.0% | 93.4% | −1.6 pts |
| West Oxfordshire | 96.8% | 95.2% | −1.6 pts |
| Chichester | 96.9% | 95.4% | −1.5 pts |
| Cotswold | 97.8% | 96.3% | −1.5 pts |
| Neath Port Talbot | 98.1% | 96.6% | −1.5 pts |
| Rother | 97.1% | 95.6% | −1.5 pts |
| South Holland | 97.8% | 96.3% | −1.5 pts |
| South Tyneside | 95.9% | 94.4% | −1.5 pts |
| St. Helens | 98.0% | 96.5% | −1.5 pts |
| Stroud | 97.9% | 96.4% | −1.5 pts |
| Tamworth | 97.3% | 95.8% | −1.5 pts |
| Wealden | 97.5% | 96.0% | −1.5 pts |
| York | 94.3% | 92.8% | −1.5 pts |
| Broadland | 97.7% | 96.3% | −1.4 pts |
| Cornwall | 98.2% | 96.8% | −1.4 pts |
| County Durham | 98.2% | 96.8% | −1.4 pts |
| Rossendale | 93.8% | 92.4% | −1.4 pts |
| Tendring | 97.6% | 96.2% | −1.4 pts |
| Torbay | 97.5% | 96.1% | −1.4 pts |
| Arun | 97.1% | 95.8% | −1.3 pts |
| Chorley | 96.9% | 95.6% | −1.3 pts |
| Fenland | 97.2% | 95.9% | −1.3 pts |
| Halton | 97.8% | 96.5% | −1.3 pts |
| Herefordshire, County of | 98.2% | 96.9% | −1.3 pts |
| Isles of Scilly | 98.8% | 97.5% | −1.3 pts |
| Rochford | 97.2% | 95.9% | −1.3 pts |
| Shropshire | 98.0% | 96.7% | −1.3 pts |
| Sunderland | 95.9% | 94.6% | −1.3 pts |
| Wyre Forest | 97.2% | 95.9% | −1.3 pts |
| East Hampshire | 96.6% | 95.4% | −1.2 pts |
| Fareham | 96.8% | 95.6% | −1.2 pts |
| Fylde | 97.5% | 96.3% | −1.2 pts |
| Hartlepool | 97.7% | 96.5% | −1.2 pts |
| Havant | 97.1% | 95.9% | −1.2 pts |
| Maldon | 98.1% | 96.9% | −1.2 pts |
| Newark and Sherwood | 97.5% | 96.3% | −1.2 pts |
| North East Lincolnshire | 97.4% | 96.2% | −1.2 pts |
| West Lancashire | 98.1% | 96.9% | −1.2 pts |
| West Lindsey | 98.2% | 97.0% | −1.2 pts |
| Babergh | 97.8% | 96.7% | −1.1 pts |
| Cannock Chase | 97.7% | 96.6% | −1.1 pts |
| Gosport | 96.4% | 95.3% | −1.1 pts |
| Mid Suffolk | 97.9% | 96.8% | −1.1 pts |
| Monmouthshire | 98.0% | 96.9% | −1.1 pts |
| Barnsley | 97.9% | 96.9% | −1.0 pts |
| Bassetlaw | 97.4% | 96.4% | −1.0 pts |
| Bridgend | 97.8% | 96.8% | −1.0 pts |
| Chesterfield | 96.5% | 95.5% | −1.0 pts |
| East Devon | 98.4% | 97.4% | −1.0 pts |
| Forest of Dean | 98.5% | 97.5% | −1.0 pts |
| Malvern Hills | 97.6% | 96.6% | −1.0 pts |
| Melton | 97.9% | 96.9% | −1.0 pts |
| North Kesteven | 98.2% | 97.2% | −1.0 pts |
| Wychavon | 97.9% | 96.9% | −1.0 pts |
| Breckland | 97.4% | 96.5% | −0.9 pts |
| Carmarthenshire | 98.1% | 97.2% | −0.9 pts |
| Denbighshire | 97.4% | 96.5% | −0.9 pts |
| Dorset | 98.0% | 97.1% | −0.9 pts |
| East Suffolk | 97.1% | 96.2% | −0.9 pts |
| Flintshire | 98.5% | 97.6% | −0.9 pts |
| North Devon | 97.9% | 97.0% | −0.9 pts |
| South Hams | 98.4% | 97.5% | −0.9 pts |
| Torfaen | 98.0% | 97.1% | −0.9 pts |
| Westmorland and Furness | 98.5% | 97.6% | −0.9 pts |
| Wrexham | 96.9% | 96.0% | −0.9 pts |
| Amber Valley | 98.1% | 97.3% | −0.8 pts |
| Conwy | 97.7% | 96.9% | −0.8 pts |
| Cumberland | 98.5% | 97.7% | −0.8 pts |
| Derbyshire Dales | 98.6% | 97.8% | −0.8 pts |
| Mid Devon | 98.6% | 97.8% | −0.8 pts |
| New Forest | 97.6% | 96.8% | −0.8 pts |
| Northumberland | 98.4% | 97.6% | −0.8 pts |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 98.5% | 97.7% | −0.8 pts |
| Blaenau Gwent | 98.5% | 97.8% | −0.7 pts |
| Bolsover | 98.1% | 97.4% | −0.7 pts |
| East Lindsey | 98.5% | 97.8% | −0.7 pts |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 98.1% | 97.4% | −0.7 pts |
| Powys | 98.4% | 97.7% | −0.7 pts |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | 97.4% | 96.7% | −0.7 pts |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | 98.7% | 98.0% | −0.7 pts |
| West Devon | 98.5% | 97.8% | −0.7 pts |
| Wyre | 98.2% | 97.5% | −0.7 pts |
| Caerphilly | 98.3% | 97.7% | −0.6 pts |
| North East Derbyshire | 98.0% | 97.4% | −0.6 pts |
| North Yorkshire | 97.3% | 96.7% | −0.6 pts |
| Teignbridge | 98.3% | 97.7% | −0.6 pts |
| Ceredigion | 96.7% | 96.2% | −0.5 pts |
| High Peak | 97.9% | 97.4% | −0.5 pts |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 97.6% | 97.1% | −0.5 pts |
| North Norfolk | 98.6% | 98.1% | −0.5 pts |
| Pembrokeshire | 98.1% | 97.6% | −0.5 pts |
| Torridge | 98.7% | 98.2% | −0.5 pts |
| Gwynedd | 96.5% | 96.2% | −0.3 pts |
| Isle of Wight | 97.3% | 97.0% | −0.3 pts |
| Isle of Anglesey | 98.2% | 98.1% | −0.1 pts |
| Waltham Forest | 52.2% | 52.8% | +0.6 pts |
| Newham | 29.0% | 30.8% | +1.8 pts |
What these figures establish
The maps establish the share of each area's usual residents in the White ethnic group at the two censuses, as the ONS published them.
It does not establish why the share changed, or anything about the people who moved into or out of an area between the two censuses.
How it is made
Usual residents at the census date, by local authority on 2021 boundaries, as a share of all usual residents in the area. The two censuses asked the question in the same form.
The change column is the later share minus the earlier share, in percentage points. Nothing is estimated, weighted or adjusted by Civometry.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 and Census 2011 · Open Government Licence v3.0.
Census 2011 to Census 2021, across 318 areas: Barking and Dagenham −13.4 pts, Newham +1.8 pts.