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| population = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''United Kingdom: 1,927,150 – 2.9% ([[2021 United Kingdom census|2021/22 Census]])'''<br/>{{Flag|England}}: 1,843,248 – 3.3% (2021)<ref name=2021census>{{cite web|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/ethnicity/bulletins/ethnicgroupenglandandwales/census2021|title=Ethnic group, England and Wales: Census 2021|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=29 November 2022}}</ref><br>{{Flag|Scotland}}: 52,951 – 1.0% (2022)<ref name="2022census_Scot">{{cite web |url=https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/media/trbdxzme/scotland-s-census-2022-ethnic-group-national-identity-language-and-religion-chart-data.xlsx |title=Scotland's Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion - Chart data |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=21 May 2024 |website=Scotland's Census |publisher=[[National Records of Scotland]] |access-date=21 May 2024 }} [https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/search-the-census#/search-by Alternative URL] 'Search data by location' > 'All of Scotland' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Ethnic Group'</ref><br>{{Flag|Wales}}: 21,070 – 0.7% (2021)<ref name=2021census/><br/>[[Northern Ireland]]: 9,881 – 0.5% (2021)<ref name=NICensus2021>{{cite web|url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/system/files/statistics/census-2021-ms-b01.xlsx|title=MS-B01: Ethnic group|publisher=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency|date= 22 September 2022|accessdate=7 January 2023}}</ref>
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| rels = Predominantly [[Hinduism in the United Kingdom|Hinduism]] (42.8%) and [[Sikhism in the United Kingdom|Sikhism]] (20.6%); minority follows [[Islam in the United Kingdom|Islam]] (13.2%), [[History of Christianity in Britain|Christianity]] (12.3%) and [[Religion in the United Kingdom|other faiths]] (2.3%){{efn|Including [[Buddhism in the United Kingdom|Buddhism]] (0.2%), [[History of the Jews in the United Kingdom|Judaism]] (0.03%), [[Jainism in the United Kingdom|Jainism]], [[ZoroastrianismRavidassia]], [[Baháʼí Faith in the United Kingdom|Baháʼí Faith]], [[Zoroastrianism]] and others.}} or are [[Irreligion in the United Kingdom|irreligious]] (4.6%)<br /><small>2021 census, NI, England and Wales only</small><ref name="ReligionNI2021">{{cite United Kingdom census |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=ETHNIC_GROUP_INTERMEDIATE&v=RELIGION_BELONG_TO_AGG19 |table=DT-0036 - Ethnic group by religion |year=2021 |publisher= Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency |access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="Religion_E&W21">{{cite web |title=RM031 Ethnic group by religion |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/RM031/editions/2021/versions/1/filter-outputs/217f1401-dab4-43d3-aa77-6c9382220c0c#summary |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>{{reflist|group=note}}
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{{Lists of British people}}
'''British Indians''' are citizens of the [[United Kingdom]] (UK) whose ancestral roots are from [[India]].
Currently, the British Indian population exceeds 1.9 million people in the UK, making them the single largest [[Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom|visible ethnic minority population in the country]]. They make up the largest subgroup of [[British Asian]]s and are one of the largest Indian communities in the [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Indian diaspora]], mainly due to the [[India–United Kingdom relations|Indian–British relations]] (including historical links such as [[British Raj|India having been part of the British Empire]] and still being part of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]]). The British Indian community is the [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|sixth largest in the Indian diaspora]], behind the Indian communities in the [[United States]], [[Saudi Arabia]], the [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Malaysia]] and [[Nepal]]. The majority of British Indians are of [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] and [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] origin with various other smaller communities from different parts of India including [[Kerala]], [[West Bengal]], [[Bihar]] and [[Uttar Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sharma |first1=Sheetal |title=Social and Political Participation of Indian Diaspora in the UK |journal=51 International Studies|date=2017 |volume=1-4 51|issue=1–4 |pages=118–132 |doi=10.1177/0020881717719351 |s2cid=158114056 |url=https://doi.org/10.1177/0020881717719351}}</ref><ref name=Chanda>{{cite web|url=http://www.india-eu-migration.eu/media/CARIM-India-2013-08.pdf|title=The Punjabi Diaspora in the UK: An Overview of Characteristics and Contributions to India|first1=Rupa|last1=Chanda|first2=Sriparna|last2=Ghosh|work=CARIM-India Research Report|issue=2013/08|publisher=Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute|year=2013|access-date=22 July 2016|pages=2–3|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060809/http://www.india-eu-migration.eu/media/CARIM-India-2013-08.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016}}</ref>
 
[[Rishi Sunak]] is the current [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] since 25 October 2022, the first person from the British Indian community to become Prime Minister.
 
==History==
 
Among the first Indians to settletravel into the United Kingdom was a young boy called ''Peter Pope''.<ref name=Connor2012>{{cite book |last1=O'Connor |first1=Daniel |title=Chaplains of the East India Company, 1601-1858 |date=2012 |publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=9781441175342 |pages=41–42 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nZXBeF0wpV8C&dq=peter+pope+india&pg=PA42}}</ref> The boy was given by a commander of a Dutch ship on its way to [[Myanmar]] to the British sailor, Thomas Best in 1612. The boy was brought to England in 1614 where he was placed under the care of Patrick Copland who was a chaplain and who subsequently taught him to read and write in English. His education in England was paid for by the [[East India Company]].<ref name= Connor2012 />
 
Under Patrick Copland's recommendation, the boy was baptised on 22 December 1616 and given the name of "Peter" which was given by [[James VI and I|King James I]]. A few months after his baptism, he returned to India with Copland to "convert some of his own nation".<ref name= Connor2012 />
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=== 18th&ndash;19th centuries ===
 
People from India have settledbeen intravelling to Great Britain since the [[British East India Company|East India Company]] (EIC) recruited [[lascar]]s to replace vacancies in their crews on [[East Indiaman|East Indiamen]] whilst on voyages in India. Initially, these were men from the [[Indo-Portuguese]] or Luso-Asian communities of the subcontinent, including men from [[Bombay]], [[Goa]], [[Cochin]], [[Madras]] and the [[Hugli River]] in [[Bengal]]. Later men from [[Ratnagiri]] were hired. ManySome of them were then unable to obtain passage back due to the price and had no alternative than to settle in [[London]]. There were also some ''[[Amah (occupation)|ayahs]]'', [[domestic servants]] and [[Nanny|nannies]] of wealthy British families, who accompanied their employers back to Britain when their stay in South Asia came to an end. British soldiers would also sometimes marry Indian women and send their children back to Britain, although the wife often did not accompany them. Indian wives of British soldiers would sometimes ask for passage home after being divorced or widowed if they did accompany their children. In 1835, the husband (a British soldier serving in His Majesty's 1st Foot Regiment) of Bridget Peter, a native of [[Madras]], died. She petitioned the Directors from Chelsea Hospital 'in a state of destitution' to pay for her return to India. They agreed to pay to return her and her three children.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Counterflows to Colonialism: Indian Travellers and Settlers in Britain, 1600-1857|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=iPHqigUD6FUC|publisher = Orient Blackswan|date = 2006-01-01|isbn = 9788178241548|language = en|first = Michael H.|last = Fisher}}</ref>
 
The [[Navigation Act 1660]] restricted the employment of non-English sailors to a quarter of the crew on returning East India Company ships. Baptism records in [[Greenwich|East Greenwich]] suggest that a small number of young Indians from the [[Malabar Coast]] were being recruited as house servants at the end of the 17th century, and records of the EIC also suggest that Indo-Portuguese cooks from [[Goa]] were retained by captains from voyage to voyage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.50/chapterId/739/The-Goan-community-of-London.html|title=The Goan community of London|access-date=18 March 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924080151/http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.50/chapterId/739/The-Goan-community-of-London.html|archive-date=24 September 2015}}</ref> In 1797, 13 were buried in the parish of [[St Nicholas]] at [[Deptford]].
 
During the 19th century, the East India Company brought thousands of Indian ''[[lascar]]s'', [[Education in India|scholars]] and workers to Britain largely to work on ships and in ports. Some of whom settled down and took local British wives, partly due to a lack of Indian women in Britain and also abandonment due to restrictions on South Asian crew members being employed on British ships such as the [[Navigation Acts]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Counterflows to Colonialism: Indian Traveller and Settler in Britain 1600-1857|first=Michael Herbert|last=Fisher|year=2006|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=81-7824-154-4|pages=111–9, 129–30, 140, 154–6, 160–8, 172, 181}}</ref> It is estimated 8,000 Indians (a proportion being lascar sailors) lived in Britain permanently prior to the 1950s.<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=oy67XQk5cukC&q=8%2C000&pg=PA114|title = Coolies, Capital and Colonialism: Studies in Indian Labour History|isbn = 9780521699747|last1 = Behal|first1 = Rana P.|last2 = Linden|first2 = Marcel van der|year = 2006| publisher=Cambridge University Press }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title = Asians in Britain|last = Visram|year = 2002|pages = 254–269}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title = Routledge Handbook of the South Asian Diaspora|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-xCUAgAAQBAJ&q=8%252C000%2520indians%2520lascar&pg=PA121|publisher = Routledge|date = 2014-01-03|isbn = 9781136018244|language = en|first1 = Joya|last1 = Chatterji|first2 = David|last2 = Washbrook}}</ref> Due to the majority of early Asian immigrants being ''lascar'' seamen, the earliest Indian communities were found in port towns. Naval cooks also accompanied them.
 
The first Western-educated Indian to travel to Europe and live in Britain was [[I'tisam-ud-Din]], a [[Bengali Muslim]] cleric, [[munshi]] and diplomat to the [[Mughal Empire]] who arrived in 1765 with his servant Muhammad Muqim during the reign of King [[George III]].<ref name=buckland>C.E. Buckland, Dictionary of Indian Biography, Haskell House Publishers Ltd, 1968, p.217</ref> He wrote of his experiences and travels in his [[Farsi|Persian]] book, ''Shigurf-nama-i-Wilayat'' (or 'Wonder Book of Europe').<ref>{{cite news|title=For casual reader and connoisseur alike|last=Alam|first=Shahid|newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|date=12 May 2012|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-233759}}</ref> This is also the earliest record of literature by a British Indian. Also during the reign of George III, the ''hookah-bardar'' (hookah servant/preparer) of [[James Achilles Kirkpatrick]] was said to have robbed and cheated Kirkpatrick, making his way to England and stylising himself as the ''Prince of [[Sylhet]]''. The man was waited upon by the [[Prime Minister of Great Britain]] [[William Pitt the Younger]], and then dined with the [[Duke of York]] before presenting himself in front of the King.<ref>{{cite book|title=Life of the Honourable Mountstuart Elphinstone|first=Thomas Edward|last=Colebrooke|pages=34–35|year=1884|author-link=Sir Edward Colebrooke, 4th Baronet|chapter=First Start in Diplomacy|publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781108097222|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tSoMEJ-_Nx0C&q=hookah&pg=PA34}}</ref>
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Another early Indian to settle in the United Kingdom was the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] noblewoman of [[Purnea]] in [[Bihar]], [[Elizabeth Sharaf un-Nisa]], who married into the aristocratic Ducarel family and moved to the United Kingdom in 1784 where she lived until 1822 when she died in [[Newland, Gloucestershire]].<ref name=Robb2023>{{cite journal |last1=Robb |first1=Megan |title=Becoming Elizabeth: The Transformation of a Bihari Mughal into an English Lady, 1758–1822 |journal=The American Historical Review |date=2023 |volume=128 |issue=1 |pages=144–176 |doi=10.1093/ahr/rhad008 |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhad008}}</ref>
 
In July 1841, [[David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre]], an [[Anglo-Indian]] born in [[India]], became the first person of Indian descent to be elected to [[British Parliament]]. He was the member of Parliament for [[Sudbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Sudbury]] but was later removed in April 1842 due to allegations of bribery.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fisher |first1=Michael |title=The Inordinately Strange Life of Dyce Sombre: Victorian Anglo-Indian MP and 'chancery Lunatic' |date=2010 |publisher=C. Hurst |location=2010 |isbn=9781849040006 |pages=12–15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fE8qAQAAMAAJ&q=dyce+sombre}}</ref>
[[File:Dyce-sombre.jpg|thumbnail|[[David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre]], the first member of [[British Parliament]] of Indian descent]]
 
ByBetween the1600 mid-19thand century1857, more thansome 20-40,000 Indian seamen,men diplomats,and scholars,women [[Indianof Armyall (1858–1947)|soldiers]], officials, tourists, businessmen andsocial studentsclasses had travelled to Britain, the majority of them being seamen working on ships,.<ref name="Fisher-2007">{{Cite journal|title=Excluding and Including 'Natives of India': Early-Nineteenth-Century British-Indian Race Relations in Britain|first=Michael H.|last=Fisher|journal=[[Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East]]|volume=27|issue=2|year=2007|pages=303–314 [304–5]|doi=10.1215/1089201x-2007-007|s2cid=146613125 }}</ref> Lascars lodged in British ports in between voyages.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lr/2003/01/05/stories/2003010500200300.htm|title=The lascars' lot|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107035325/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/lr/2003/01/05/stories/2003010500200300.htm|archive-date=7 November 2015|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=5 January 2003}}</ref> Most Indians during this period would visit or reside in Britain temporarily, returning to India after months or several years, bringing back knowledge about Britain in the process.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iPHqigUD6FUC&q=settled|title=Counterflows to Colonialism: Indian Travellers and Settlers in Britain, 1600 ...|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902230738/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=iPHqigUD6FUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Counterflows+to+Colonialism:+Indian+Traveller+and+Settler+in+Britain+1600-1857.+Orient+Blackswan.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwib1biOuITWAhUsKMAKHVVmCCgQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=settled&f=false|archive-date=2 September 2017|isbn=9788178241548|year=2006|last1=Fisher|first1=Michael Herbert|publisher=Orient Blackswan }}</ref>
 
=== 20th century ===
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*During the same period, medical staff from India were recruited for the newly formed [[National Health Service]]. These people were targeted as the British had established medical schools in the Indian subcontinent which conformed to the British standards of medical training.
*During the 1960s and 1970s, large numbers of [[Indian diaspora in East Africa|East African Indians]], predominantly [[Gujarati people|Gujaratis]] but also sizeable numbers of [[Punjabi people|Punjabis]] who already held British passports, entered the UK after they were expelled from [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]] and [[Zanzibar]]. Many of these people had been store-keepers and wholesale retailers in Africa and opened shops when they arrived in the UK. In 2001 East African Indians made up 16% of the total British Indian population.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/2001censusandearlier|title=2001 Census and earlier - Office for National Statistics|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|access-date=2018-03-02|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304055059/https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/2001censusandearlier|archive-date=4 March 2018}}</ref>
*After [[Brexit]], EU nationals working in the health and social care sector were replaced by migrants from non-EU countries such as India.<ref>{{cite news |title=Net migration drops to 685,000 after hitting record levels, as even more arrived in UK last year than previously thought |url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/net-migration-drops-to-685-000/ |date=23 May 2024 |work=[[LBC]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Europeans are almost not coming to the UK any more' |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/9/europeans-are-almost-not-coming-to-the-uk-any-more |work=Al Jazeera |date=9 June 2023}}</ref> About 250,000 people came from India in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Migration: How many people come to the UK and how are the salary rules changing? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-48785695 |work=BBC News |date=23 May 2024}}</ref>
 
==Demographics==
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! rowspan="2" |[[Regions of England|Region]] / [[Countries of the United Kingdom|Country]]
! colspan="2" |[[2021 United Kingdom census|2021]]{{refn|2021/22: England and Wales,<ref name=2021regionethnic>{{cite web |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS021/editions/2021/versions/1/filter-outputs/87c867f1-15bc-4f2a-a1ec-51f5a0c2d410 |title= Ethnic group - England and Wales regions |publisher=Office for National Statistics |date=29 November 2022 |access-date=30 November 2022}}</ref> Scotland,<ref name="2022census_Scot"/> and Northern Ireland<ref name=NICensus2021/>}}
! colspan="2" |[[2011 United Kingdom census|2011]]{{refn|2011: England and Wales,<ref name="QS201EW">{{cite web |title=QS201EW: Ethnic Group |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/qs201ew |publisher=Nomis: Official Census and Labour Market Statistics |access-date=30 January 2013}}</ref>, Scotland,<ref name="2011census_Scot">{{cite United Kingdom census|url=https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/censusresults/release2a/scotland/KS201SC.pdf|table=Table KS201SC - Ethnic group|publisher=National Records of Scotland|year=2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704124858/https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/documents/censusresults/release2a/scotland/KS201SC.pdf|archive-date=4 July 2018}}</ref> and Northern Ireland<ref name="NI_2011">{{cite web |title=Ethnic Group - Full Detail: QS201NI |url=http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/Download/Census%202011_Excel/2011/QS201NI.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023054518/https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/Download/Census%202011_Excel/2011/QS201NI.xls|archive-date=23 October 2014 |access-date=22 July 2014}}</ref>}}
! colspan="2" |[[2001 United Kingdom census|2001]]{{refn|2001: England and Wales,<ref name="KS006">{{cite web |title=KS006: Ethnic group |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2001/ks006 |publisher=Nomis: Official Census and Labour Market Statistics |access-date=30 June 2003}}</ref> Scotland,<ref name="2001census_Scot">{{cite web|title=Analysis of Ethnicity in the 2001 Census - Summary Report |url=http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2004/02/18876/32939|access-date=6 September 2014}}</ref> and Northern Ireland<ref name="NI_2001">{{cite web |title=Ethnic Group: KS06 (statistical geographies) |url=http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/Download/Census%202001_Excel/2001/KS06%20%20(st).xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730020427/http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/Download/Census%202001_Excel/2001/KS06%20%20(st).xls|archive-date=30 July 2014 |access-date=22 July 2014}}</ref>}}
! colspan="2" |[[1991 United Kingdom census|1991]]{{refn|1991: Great Britain.<ref name="GB_LBS91_1991">{{cite web |title=1991 census - local base statistics |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/lbs91 |publisher=Nomis: Official Census and Labour Market Statistics |access-date=14 June 2023}} ''Tables L01 to L18: Demographic and economic characteristics > L06 Ethnic group''</ref> Northern Ireland did not record ethnic group data in the 1991 census.<ref>{{cite web |title=1991 Census - Tables |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/1991-census-tables |publisher=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency |access-date=2 March 2006}}</ref>}}
|-
!Number
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!Number
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
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| '''1,028,546'''
| '''2.09%'''
| '''52823,951821'''
| '''1.75%'''
|-
| —[[Greater London]]
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| 436,993
| 6.09%
| 347,091
| 5.20%
|-
| —[[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]]
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| 178,691
| 3.39%
| 158,731
| 3.08%
|-
| —[[South East England|South East]]
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| 89,219
| 1.12%
| 64,888
| 0.87%
|-
| —[[East Midlands]]
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| 122,346
| 2.93%
| 98,859
| 2.50%
|-
| —[[North West England|North West]]
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| 72,219
| 1.07%
| 55,823
| 0.83%
|-
| —[[East of England]]
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| 51,035
| 0.95%
| 39,292
| 0.78%
|-
| —[[Yorkshire and the Humber]]
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| 51,493
| 1.04%
| 40,752
| 0.84%
|-
|—[[South West England|South West]]
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| 16,394
| 0.33%
| 10,915
| 0.24%
|-
|—[[North East England|North East]]
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| 10,156
| 0.40%
| 7,470
| 0.29%
|-
|'''{{flag|Scotland}}'''
| '''52,951'''{{Efnefn-lg|name=Census2021/22|Scotland held [[2021 United Kingdom census#2022 census for Scotland|its census a year later]] after the rest of the United Kingdom due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, data shown is for 2022 as opposed to 2021.}}
| '''52,951'''
| '''0.97%'''
| '''32,706'''
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| '''15,037'''
| '''0.30%'''
| '''10,050'''
| '''0.20%'''
|-
|'''{{flag|Wales}}'''
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| '''8,261'''
| '''0.28%'''
| '''6,384'''
| '''0.23%'''
|-
| '''[[Northern Ireland]]'''
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| '''1,567'''
| '''0.09%'''
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
|-
!'''{{flag|United Kingdom}}'''
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! '''1,053,411'''
! '''1.79%'''
! '''840,255'''{{efn-lg|name=fn2|Figures are for [[Great Britain]] only, i.e. excludes Northern Ireland}}
! '''1.53%'''
|-
|}
===Population===
[[File:British Indians, 2021 UK Census.png|thumb|Distribution of British Indians by local authority, 2021 census]]
[[File:Asian Indian population pyramid 2021.svg|thumb|Population pyramid of Asian or Asian British Indians in 2021 (in England and Wales)]]
In the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 Census]], 1,864,318 people in England and Wales were recorded as having Indian ethnicity, accounting for 3.1% of the population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/ethnicity/bulletins/ethnicgroupenglandandwales/census2021 |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref> In Northern Ireland, the equivalent figure was 9,881, or 0.5% of the population.<ref name=NICensus2021/> The census in Scotland was delayed for a year and took place in 2022;, ethnicitywith resultsa forpopulation Scotlandof are52,951 expectedrepresenting to1.0% beof publishedthe in late 2023 or early 2024population.<ref>{{cite news|urlname=https:"2022census_Scot"//www.crer.org.uk/blog/march-21st-is-census-day-but-scotland-will-have-to-wait|title=March 21st is Census day - but Scotland will have to wait|first=Kirsty|last=McNeill|publisher=Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights|date=18 March 2021|accessdate=26 March 2023}}</ref>
 
The city or district with the largest population by 'Indian' ethnicity outside the capital, according to the 2021 census in England and Wales, was Leicester (pop. 126,421), followed by Birmingham (66,519), [[Sandwell]] (44,378), Wolverhampton (42,052), Coventry (32,096), Slough (30,209), Bolton (26,238), [[Blackburn with Darwen]] (24,389), Buckinghamshire (24,181) and [[Kirklees]] (22,739).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/ethnicity/bulletins/ethnicgroupenglandandwales/census2021 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref> Many of these are however outnumbered by nine London boroughs, namely Harrow, Brent, Hounslow, Hillingdon, Ealing, Redbridge, Newham, Barnet and Croydon.<ref name=":0" /> On a proportion basis, the top ten local authorities were: [[Leicester]] (34.30%), [[London Borough of Harrow|Harrow]] (28.62%), [[Oadby and Wigston]] (21.11%), [[London Borough of Hounslow|Hounslow]] (21.11%), [[London Borough of Brent|Brent]] (19.47%), [[Borough of Slough|Slough]] (19.06%)
[[London Borough of Hillingdon|Hillingdon]] (18.74%), [[London Borough of Redbridge|Redbridge]] (16.50%), [[Wolverhampton]] (15.95%) and Blackburn with Darwen (15.76%). In Scotland, the highest proportion was in [[East Renfrewshire]] at 2.44%; in Wales, the highest concentration was in [[Cardiff]] at 2.44%; and in Northern Ireland, the highest concentration was in [[Belfast]] at 1.26%.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS021/editions/2021/versions/1/filter-outputs/24422250-263c-4b84-8dd4-6159ee18b8e6#get-data |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref>
 
The [[2011 United Kingdom census]] recorded 1,451,862 residents of Indian ethnicity, accounting for 2.3 per cent of the total UK population (not including those of mixed ethnic backgrounds).<ref name=2011census>{{cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-the-united-kingdom---part-1/rft-ks201uk.xls|title=2011 Census: Ethnic group, local authorities in the United Kingdom|publisher=Office for National Statistics|date=11 October 2013|access-date=28 February 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021150149/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-the-united-kingdom---part-1/rft-ks201uk.xls|archive-date=21 October 2013}}</ref> The equivalent figure from the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]] was 1,053,411 (1.8 per cent of the total UK population).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ethnicity/focus-on-ethnicity-and-identity/focus-on-ethnicity-and-identity-summary-report/focus-on---ethnicity-and-identity-summary-report.pdf|title=Focus on Ethnicity & Identity|publisher=for National Statistics|date=March 2005|access-date=19 April 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924122140/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/ethnicity/focus-on-ethnicity-and-identity/focus-on-ethnicity-and-identity-summary-report/focus-on---ethnicity-and-identity-summary-report.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2015}}</ref>
 
People born in India are the UK's largest foreign-born population, totalling an estimated 880,000 in 2020.<ref>{{ONSCoB2020|access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref> According to the 2011 census,<ref name="2011CensusEngWal">{{cite web|url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/quick-statistics-for-england-and-wales-on-national-identity--passports-held-and-country-of-birth/rft-qs213ew.xls|title=2011 Census: Country of birth (expanded), regions in England and Wales|publisher=Office for National Statistics|date=26 March 2013|access-date=6 October 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20160105160709/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/quick-statistics-for-england-and-wales-on-national-identity--passports-held-and-country-of-birth/rft-qs213ew.xls|archive-date=5 January 2016}}</ref> the cities with the most Indian-born residents are London (262,247), Leicester (37,224), Birmingham (27,206) and Wolverhampton (14,955).
 
The city or district with the largest population by 'Indian' ethnicity outside the capital, according to the 2021 census in England and Wales, was Leicester (pop. 126,421), followed by Birmingham (66,519), [[Sandwell]] (44,378), Wolverhampton (42,052), Coventry (32,096), Slough (30,209), Bolton (26,238), [[Blackburn with Darwen]] (24,389), Buckinghamshire (24,181) and [[Kirklees]] (22,739).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/ethnicity/bulletins/ethnicgroupenglandandwales/census2021 |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref> Many of these are however outnumbered by nine London boroughs, namely Harrow, Brent, Hounslow, Hillingdon, Ealing, Redbridge, Newham, Barnet and Croydon.<ref name=":0" />
 
===Ethnicity===
[[File:British Indians by Country of Birth.png|thumb|Country of birth (2021 census, England and Wales)<ref>{{cite web |title=Country of birth (extended) and ethnic group |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/create/filter-outputs/c46d0f9f-619b-4e0c-8caf-291d76ccb995#get-data |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref>]]
{{Pie chart|thumb=right|caption=Year of arrival (2021 census, England and Wales)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group and year of arrival in the uk - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/create/filter-outputs/3b1e01ff-adfa-4048-ad0a-9a305cde51d6 |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref>|label1=Born in the UK|value1=43.8|color1=DodgerBlue|label2=Before 1950|value2=0.1|color2=Gray|label3=1951 to 1960|value3=0.7|color3=Green|label4=1961 to 1970|value4=6.0|color4=DarkOrange|label5=1971 to 1980|value5=7.2|color5=DarkKhaki|label6=1981 to 1990|value6=3.3|colour=Khakip|label7=1991 to 2000|value7=4.3|color7=Gold|label8=2001 to 2010|value8=13.5|color8=Chartreuse|label9=2011 to 2021|value9=21|color9=DarkRed}}
In the 2001 UK Census, Indians in the UK were most likely to have responded to [[United Kingdom Census 2001 Ethnic Codes|code 41]] - Indian or Indian British. Indian was one of only five sub categories in the UK census which represents a nation (along with [[Irish British|Irish]], [[Pakistani British|Pakistani]], [[Bangladeshi British|Bangladeshi]], [[Chinese British|Chinese]],[[Vietnamese British|Vietnamese]]).
 
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===Population distribution===
{{Pie chart|thumb=right|caption=Year of arrival (2021 census)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group and year of arrival in the uk - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/create/filter-outputs/3b1e01ff-adfa-4048-ad0a-9a305cde51d6 |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref>|label1=Born in the UK|value1=43.8|color1=DodgerBlue|label2=Before 1950|value2=0.1|color2=Gray|label3=1951 to 1960|value3=0.7|color3=Green|label4=1961 to 1970|value4=6.0|color4=DarkOrange|label5=1971 to 1980|value5=7.2|color5=DarkKhaki|label6=1981 to 1990|value6=3.3|colour=Khakip|label7=1991 to 2000|value7=4.3|color7=Gold|label8=2001 to 2010|value8=13.5|color8=Chartreuse|label9=2011 to 2021|value9=21|color9=DarkRed}}The table below shows the distribution of British Indians people in the United Kingdom. The figures for all countries, regions, cities and boroughs are based on the 2011 census.<ref>[http://www.crer.org.uk/Census/Census2011LA.pdf Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights Census 2011 Data Ethnicity by Local Authority Area ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304215917/http://www.crer.org.uk/Census/Census2011LA.pdf |date=4 March 2016 }}. Retrieved 30 January 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks201ew.xls 2011 Census: KS201EW Ethnic group: local authorities in England and Wales] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224143452/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks201ew.xls |date=24 February 2016 }}. Retrieved 30 January 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/Download/Census%202011/KS201NI%20(a).xlsxEthnic Group: KS201NI (administrative geographies) Census 2011 NISRA]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved 30 January 2015</ref> 42.9% of people from the Indian ethnic group were born in the UK. 41.9% were born in Southern Asia and 11.1% were born in South and Eastern Africa (for example, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania). Indian people born in South and Eastern Africa were more clustered than those born in the UK or Southern Asia, with 11.0% living in Harrow and 10.6% living in Leicester.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian ethnic group: facts and figures|url=https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/summaries/indian-ethnic-group|access-date=2021-07-18|website=www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk|language=en}}</ref>
 
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==== Birmingham ====
Most Indians live in west Birmingham in areas such as [[Handsworth, West Midlands|Handsworth]], [[Harborne]]. [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] is the most spoken Indian language in Birmingham with some [[Urdu]] and [[Bengali language|Bengali]] speakers.
 
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{{See also|Asian Underground|Bhangra (music)|Indian pop|Raga rock}}
 
Indian influence on [[British popular music]] dates back to the development of [[raga rock]] by British [[rock band]]s such as [[The Beatles]] and [[The Rolling Stones]]; several Beatles songs (such as "[[Within You Without You]]") also featured London-based Indian musicians.<ref name=diary>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_TBkf1ttNBYC&q=Mike+Leander++sgt+pepper&pg=PA259 |title=The Beatles Diary: The Beatles years|author=Barry Miles, Keith Badman |year=2001|page=259 |publisher=Omnibus Press, 2001 |isbn=9780711983083|access-date=9 February 2011 }}</ref> Today, British Indian musicians exist in almost every field and genre. Notable British Indian Bhangra acts include [[Panjabi MC]], [[Rishi Rich]], [[Juggy D]], [[Jay Sean]], [[DCS (band)|DCS]], [[Bally Sagoo]] and [[Sukshinder Shinda]]. World-famous award-winning singer-songwriter [[Freddie Mercury]] (a former member of the rock band [[Queen (band)|Queen]]) was born on the island of [[Zanzibar]] to [[Parsi]] parents, originally from the [[Gujarat]] area of India. Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara) and his family fled when he was 17 years old due to the [[Zanzibar Revolution]]; he remains not only one of the most famous British Indian musicians of all time, but one of the most famous British musicians. Other world-famous British Indian musicians include [[Biddu]], who produced a number of worldwide [[disco]] hits such as "[[Kung Fu Fighting]]", one of the [[List of best-selling singles|best-selling singles]] of all time having sold eleven million records worldwide,<ref name="metro_biddu">{{cite web|title=Biddu|author=James Ellis|work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]|date=27 October 2009|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/412-biddu|access-date=2011-04-17|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902182831/http://www.metro.co.uk/showbiz/interviews/412-biddu|archive-date=2 September 2011}}</ref><ref name="times_2004">{{cite news|date=20 August 2004|title=It's a big step from disco to Sanskrit chants, but Biddu has made it|author=Malika Browne|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article471655.ece|access-date=2011-05-30|location=London}}</ref> and [[Apache Indian (musician)|Apache Indian]], who also had worldwide hits such as "[[Boom Shack-A-Lak]]". Jay Sean, whose parents immigrated to the United Kingdom from the Punjab region, is the first solo British Asian artist to reach the #1 spot on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] with his single "[[Down (Jay Sean song)|Down]]" selling more than four million copies in the United States,<ref name="riaa">{{cite web|title=Searchable Database |publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |access-date=21 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626050454/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |archive-date=26 June 2007}}</ref><ref name=Caulfield>{{cite magazine|title=Taylor Swift Edges Susan Boyle For 2009's Top-Selling Album|author=Keith Caulfield|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=6 January 2010|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/960801/taylor-swift-edges-susan-boyle-for-2009s-top-selling-album|access-date=2009-01-07|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427000452/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/960801/taylor-swift-edges-susan-boyle-for-2009s-top-selling-album|archive-date=27 April 2014}}</ref> making him "the most successful male UK urban artist in US chart history."<ref>{{cite news |last=Youngs |first=Ian |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8269400.stm |title=British R&B star conquers America |work=BBC News |date=2009-09-23 |access-date=2009-10-08 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926060623/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8269400.stm |archive-date=26 September 2009}}</ref> Other contemporary British Indian singers include S-Endz and [[BRIT Awards|BRIT Award]]-nominated [[Nerina Pallot]].
 
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===Politics===
[[File:Official Portrait of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.jpg|alt=Rishi Sunak|thumb|[[Rishi Sunak]], the first British Indian [[Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)|Leader of the Conservative Party]] and [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] (2022–presentOctober 2022 to July 2024)]]
[[David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre]] was the first British politician of Indian descent to win a seat in parliament; he was elected to represent the Sudbury constituency in July 1841, but was removed in April 1842 due to [[bribery]] in the election.<ref>{{Cite book
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The [[British Election Study|Ethnic Minority British Election Study]] estimated that 61 per cent of British Indians voted Labour in the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], 24 per cent Conservative and 13 per cent [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.runnymedetrust.org/uploads/EMBESbriefingFINALx.pdf|title=Ethnic Minority British Election Study – Key Findings|publisher=Runnymede Trust|first1=Anthony|last1=Heath|first2=Omar|last2=Khan|date=February 2012|access-date=16 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601050142/http://www.runnymedetrust.org/uploads/EMBESbriefingFINALx.pdf|archive-date=1 June 2017}}</ref> A 2019 analysis by the [[Runnymede Trust]] estimated that, in the 2010 general election, 57 per cent of British Indians voted for the Labour Party and 30 per cent voted for the Conservative Party. Academic research in the build-up to the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]] indicated that 69 per cent of British Indians supported Labour and 24 per cent the Conservatives.<ref name="TheHindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/will-british-indians-remain-with-labour/article18226242.ece|title=Will British Indians remain with Labour?|first=Vidya|last=Ram|work=The Hindu|date=26 April 2017|access-date=16 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514150201/http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/will-british-indians-remain-with-labour/article18226242.ece|archive-date=14 May 2018}}</ref>
 
InFirst 2015,elected theas safesta [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] seatMP in 2015, [[Rishi Sunak]] became the first UK wasPrime givenMinister tofrom a British Indian background in October 2022, [[Rishiholding Sunak]]the position until the Conservatives' July 2024 general election loss.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimesbbc.comco.uk/news/worldarticles/uk/safest-tory-seat-in-britain-no-campaign-and-no-suspense-1.2199735c100mep38g4o|title=SafestWho Toryis seatConservative inParty Britain:leader noRishi campaignSunak?|publisher=BBC and no suspenseNews|newspaperdate=[[The3 Irish Times]]June 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220141047/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/uk/safest-tory-seat-in-britain-no-campaign-and-no-suspense-1.2199735|archive-dateaccessdate=205 DecemberJuly 20162024}}</ref> [[Shami Chakrabarti]], who was born to Indian immigrant parents, is one of a few British Indian life peers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Baroness Shami Chakrabarti (LLB, 1994) |url=https://www.lse.ac.uk/law/centenary/people/shami-chakrabarti.aspx |access-date=2021-07-26 |website=London School of Economics and Political Science |language=en-GB}}</ref> Others include [[Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai|Lord Desai]] who is of Gujarati descent.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Contact information for Lord Desai - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/2699/contact |access-date=2021-07-26 |website=members.parliament.uk |language=en}}</ref>
 
In the 2015 general election, approximately 57.5 per cent of British Indians voted for Labour and 31 per cent voted for the Conservatives. In the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], approximately 58 per cent of British Indians voted for Labour, while 40 per cent of British Indians voted for the Conservatives.<ref>Martin N, Khan O. "Ethnic Minorities at the 2017 British General Election" ([https://www.runnymedetrust.org/uploads/2017%20Election%20Briefing.pdf PDF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121010457/https://www.runnymedetrust.org/uploads/2017%20Election%20Briefing.pdf |date=21 January 2022 }}), ''Runnymede Trust'', February 2019.</ref> According to the same report, British Indians were more likely than most other ethnic minorities to vote for [[Brexit]], although 65 per cent to 67 per cent of British Indians voted to remain in the European Union.
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UK Government figures also demonstrate that British Indians have the highest proportion of workers in professional and managerial occupations, out of all ethnic groups in the UK:<ref name="auto">UK Government, [https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/work-pay-and-benefits/employment/employment-by-occupation/latest "Ethnicity Facts and Figures: Work, Pay and Benefits: Employment by Occupation"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420203019/https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/work-pay-and-benefits/employment/employment-by-occupation/latest|date=20 April 2018}}. Retrieved 20 April 2018.</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Ethnic group || Percentage of workers in professional and managerial occupations
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|Black || 25%
|}
 
The 2021 census for England and Wales found that British Indians were least likely to live in [[Public housing in the United Kingdom|social housing]] and had some of the highest rates of home ownership and amongst all ethnic groups:<ref>{{cite web |title=RM134: Tenure by ethnic group - Household Reference Persons |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/RM134/editions/2021/versions/1/filter-outputs/189e5b6d-edce-47e5-b5f7-b92c7d7f0db9#get-data |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=28 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Impacts of the Housing Crisis on People of Different Ethnicities: An analysis of the latest data from England & Wales |url=https://tfl.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/documents/Positive-Money-Housing-Demographics-Report-April-2023-2.pdf |publisher=Positive Money |access-date=30 April 2023}}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Tenure by ethnicity in England and Wales
|-
! Ethnic group !! Social rented !! Privately rented !! Own with mortgage !! Own outright
|-
| Indian || 6% || 25% || 43% || 26%
|-
| Chinese || 8% || 31% || 32% || 29%
|-
| Pakistani || 14% || 26% || 37% || 23%
|-
| White British || 16% || 16% || 30% || 37%
|-
| White Irish || 18% || 19% || 27% || 37%
|-
| Arab || 27% || 48% || 15% || 10%
|-
| Mixed || 27% || 33% || 28% || 12%
|-
| Bangladeshi || 34% || 27% || 30% || 9%
|-
| Black || 43% || 27% || 21% || 9%
|-
| Irish Traveller/White Gypsy || 44% || 28% || 9% || 19%
|-
|}
 
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