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

Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 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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Rotherham

5.3%Share of usual residents

Share of usual residents in Rotherham is 5.3% (Census 2021 (21 March 2021)) — joint 130th highest of 318 areas with a published figure.

Area
Rotherham (E08000018)
Share of usual residents
5.3%
Rank
joint 130th highest of 318 areas with a published figure
Percentile
59% 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 Rotherham is 5.3% (Census 2021 (21 March 2021)) — joint 130th highest of 318 areas with a published figure. Civometry calculation using ONS figures.
Civometry · Census 2021 (21 March 2021)

Everything Civometry holds for Rotherham

Highest areas

#Areashare
1Redbridge · profile47.3%
2Slough · profile46.7%
3Harrow · profile45.2%
4Tower Hamlets · profile44.4%
5Leicester · profile43.4%
6Newham · profile42.2%
7Luton · profile37.0%
8Hounslow · profile36.7%
9Blackburn with Darwen · profile35.7%
10Hillingdon · profile33.3%

Lowest areas

All 318 areas, ranked
#Areashare
1Redbridge · profile47.3%
2Slough · profile46.7%
3Harrow · profile45.2%
4Tower Hamlets · profile44.4%
5Leicester · profile43.4%
6Newham · profile42.2%
7Luton · profile37.0%
8Hounslow · profile36.7%
9Blackburn with Darwen · profile35.7%
10Hillingdon · profile33.3%
11Brent · profile32.8%
12Bradford · profile32.1%
13Birmingham · profile31.0%
14Ealing · profile30.3%
15Oadby and Wigston · profile27.9%
16Pendle · profile26.7%
17Barking and Dagenham · profile25.9%
18Sandwell · profile25.8%
19Oldham · profile24.6%
20Watford · profile24.5%
21Wolverhampton · profile21.2%
22Manchester · profile20.9%
23Preston · profile20.2%
24Bolton · profile20.1%
25Waltham Forest · profile19.9%
26Kirklees · profile19.4%
27Barnet · profile19.3%
28Walsall · profile18.7%
29Merton · profile18.6%
30Coventry · profile18.5%
31Rochdale · profile18.5%
32Camden · profile18.1%
33Kingston upon Thames · profile17.8%
34Reading · profile17.7%
35Croydon · profile17.5%
36Sutton · profile17.5%
37City of London · profile16.8%
38Westminster · profile16.8%
39Derby · profile15.6%
40Crawley · profile15.4%
41Oxford · profile15.4%
42Three Rivers · profile15.2%
43Hyndburn · profile15.1%
44Nottingham · profile14.9%
45Cambridge · profile14.8%
46Burnley · profile14.7%
47Rushmoor · profile14.7%
48Peterborough · profile14.3%
49Woking · profile14.2%
50Greenwich · profile13.2%
51Windsor and Maidenhead · profile13.1%
52Wokingham · profile12.9%
53Spelthorne · profile12.8%
54Bedford · profile12.6%
55Trafford · profile12.6%
56Buckinghamshire · profile12.4%
57Charnwood · profile12.4%
58Milton Keynes · profile12.4%
59Kensington and Chelsea · profile11.9%
60Wandsworth · profile11.7%
61Swindon · profile11.6%
62Enfield · profile11.5%
63Epsom and Ewell · profile11.4%
64Newcastle upon Tyne · profile11.4%
65Gravesham · profile11.2%
66Solihull · profile11.0%
67Havering · profile10.7%
68Bury · profile10.6%
69Southampton · profile10.6%
70Calderdale · profile10.5%
71Hammersmith and Fulham · profile10.5%
72Hertsmere · profile10.5%
73Middlesbrough · profile10.5%
74Hackney · profile10.4%
75Bexley · profile9.9%
76Dartford · profile9.9%
77Islington · profile9.9%
78Southwark · profile9.9%
79Stoke-on-Trent · profile9.9%
80Cardiff · profile9.7%
81Leeds · profile9.7%
82Warwick · profile9.7%
83Sheffield · profile9.6%
84East Staffordshire · profile9.3%
85Runnymede · profile9.2%
86Tameside · profile9.2%
87Lewisham · profile9.0%
88Richmond upon Thames · profile8.9%
89Surrey Heath · profile8.9%
90Welwyn Hatfield · profile8.8%
91Haringey · profile8.7%
92Dudley · profile8.4%
93Blaby · profile8.3%
94Bromley · profile8.3%
95St Albans · profile8.2%
96Nuneaton and Bedworth · profile8.0%
97Newport · profile7.6%
98Rugby · profile7.6%
99Reigate and Banstead · profile7.5%
100Stevenage · profile7.5%
101Lambeth · profile7.3%
102Stockport · profile7.3%
103Epping Forest · profile7.2%
104Bracknell Forest · profile7.1%
105Portsmouth · profile6.9%
106Thurrock · profile6.9%
107Guildford · profile6.7%
108Bristol, City of · profile6.6%
109Elmbridge · profile6.5%
110Gloucester · profile6.5%
111Cherwell · profile6.0%
112Harlow · profile6.0%
113Basingstoke and Deane · profile5.9%
114Medway · profile5.9%
115Ashford · profile5.8%
116Dacorum · profile5.8%
117South Cambridgeshire · profile5.8%
118Liverpool · profile5.7%
119Redditch · profile5.7%
120Rushcliffe · profile5.7%
121Worcester · profile5.6%
122Broxtowe · profile5.5%
123Ipswich · profile5.5%
124Norwich · profile5.5%
125Rossendale · profile5.5%
126Salford · profile5.5%
127Southend-on-Sea · profile5.5%
128Harborough · profile5.4%
129Telford and Wrekin · profile5.4%
130Chelmsford · profile5.3%
131Rotherham · profile5.3%
132West Northamptonshire · profile5.3%
133North Hertfordshire · profile5.2%
134Brentwood · profile5.1%
135Colchester · profile5.1%
136Exeter · profile4.9%
137Brighton and Hove · profile4.8%
138Maidstone · profile4.7%
139Stockton-on-Tees · profile4.6%
140Swansea · profile4.4%
141Basildon · profile4.3%
142Canterbury · profile4.1%
143Cheltenham · profile4.1%
144Tunbridge Wells · profile4.0%
145Vale of White Horse · profile4.0%
146Eastleigh · profile3.9%
147Folkestone and Hythe · profile3.9%
148Gedling · profile3.9%
149Worthing · profile3.9%
150Newcastle-under-Lyme · profile3.8%
151South Gloucestershire · profile3.8%
152York · profile3.8%
153Broxbourne · profile3.7%
154Tandridge · profile3.7%
155West Berkshire · profile3.7%
156Hart · profile3.6%
157Lancaster · profile3.6%
158Mid Sussex · profile3.6%
159South Derbyshire · profile3.6%
160Wakefield · profile3.6%
161Central Bedfordshire · profile3.5%
162Eastbourne · profile3.5%
163North Northamptonshire · profile3.5%
164Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · profile3.4%
165Bath and North East Somerset · profile3.3%
166North Lincolnshire · profile3.3%
167Test Valley · profile3.3%
168Warrington · profile3.3%
169Bromsgrove · profile3.2%
170Huntingdonshire · profile3.2%
171Lincoln · profile3.2%
172Winchester · profile3.1%
173Mole Valley · profile3.0%
174Stafford · profile3.0%
175Sunderland · profile3.0%
176Doncaster · profile2.9%
177Sevenoaks · profile2.9%
178South Oxfordshire · profile2.9%
179South Tyneside · profile2.9%
180Tonbridge and Malling · profile2.9%
181Darlington · profile2.8%
182Hastings · profile2.8%
183Hinckley and Bosworth · profile2.8%
184Kingston upon Hull, City of · profile2.8%
185South Staffordshire · profile2.8%
186Waverley · profile2.8%
187East Hertfordshire · profile2.7%
188Horsham · profile2.7%
189Blackpool · profile2.6%
190North Tyneside · profile2.6%
191West Suffolk · profile2.6%
192Gateshead · profile2.5%
193Cheshire East · profile2.4%
194Lichfield · profile2.3%
195Thanet · profile2.3%
196Wirral · profile2.3%
197Adur · profile2.2%
198Plymouth · profile2.2%
199Dover · profile2.1%
200Ribble Valley · profile2.1%
201South Ribble · profile2.1%
202Vale of Glamorgan · profile2.1%
203Wiltshire · profile2.1%
204Boston · profile2.0%
205Cheshire West and Chester · profile2.0%
206Mansfield · profile2.0%
207Tewkesbury · profile2.0%
208Chesterfield · profile1.9%
209Chorley · profile1.9%
210East Cambridgeshire · profile1.9%
211East Hampshire · profile1.9%
212Great Yarmouth · profile1.9%
213King's Lynn and West Norfolk · profile1.9%
214Lewes · profile1.9%
215Stratford-on-Avon · profile1.9%
216Uttlesford · profile1.9%
217Wyre Forest · profile1.9%
218Fareham · profile1.8%
219South Kesteven · profile1.8%
220South Norfolk · profile1.8%
221Wigan · profile1.8%
222Braintree · profile1.7%
223Castle Point · profile1.7%
224Chichester · profile1.7%
225Denbighshire · profile1.7%
226Gwynedd · profile1.7%
227Hartlepool · profile1.7%
228Havant · profile1.7%
229West Oxfordshire · profile1.7%
230Wrexham · profile1.7%
231Arun · profile1.6%
232Ashfield · profile1.6%
233Erewash · profile1.6%
234Knowsley · profile1.6%
235Neath Port Talbot · profile1.6%
236North East Lincolnshire · profile1.6%
237Torbay · profile1.6%
238Bridgend · profile1.5%
239Ceredigion · profile1.5%
240County Durham · profile1.5%
241Merthyr Tydfil · profile1.5%
242North Somerset · profile1.5%
243North West Leicestershire · profile1.5%
244Rhondda Cynon Taf · profile1.5%
245Rother · profile1.5%
246Rutland · profile1.5%
247Sefton · profile1.5%
248Somerset · profile1.5%
249Swale · profile1.5%
250Broadland · profile1.4%
251Conwy · profile1.4%
252East Suffolk · profile1.4%
253Fylde · profile1.4%
254Gosport · profile1.4%
255North Yorkshire · profile1.4%
256Rochford · profile1.4%
257St. Helens · profile1.4%
258Tamworth · profile1.4%
259Wealden · profile1.4%
260Cotswold · profile1.3%
261Malvern Hills · profile1.3%
262Monmouthshire · profile1.3%
263North Warwickshire · profile1.3%
264Shropshire · profile1.3%
265Torfaen · profile1.3%
266Bassetlaw · profile1.2%
267Cannock Chase · profile1.2%
268Carmarthenshire · profile1.2%
269Fenland · profile1.2%
270Herefordshire, County of · profile1.2%
271Isle of Wight · profile1.2%
272Melton · profile1.2%
273New Forest · profile1.2%
274North Devon · profile1.2%
275South Holland · profile1.2%
276Tendring · profile1.2%
277West Lindsey · profile1.2%
278Dorset · profile1.1%
279East Riding of Yorkshire · profile1.1%
280Halton · profile1.1%
281Maldon · profile1.1%
282Newark and Sherwood · profile1.1%
283Northumberland · profile1.1%
284Wychavon · profile1.1%
285Amber Valley · profile1.0%
286Cumberland · profile1.0%
287East Devon · profile1.0%
288North Kesteven · profile1.0%
289Stroud · profile1.0%
290West Lancashire · profile1.0%
291Westmorland and Furness · profile1.0%
292Wyre · profile1.0%
293Babergh · profile0.9%
294Barnsley · profile0.9%
295Blaenau Gwent · profile0.9%
296Bolsover · profile0.9%
297Breckland · profile0.9%
298Caerphilly · profile0.9%
299Flintshire · profile0.9%
300North East Derbyshire · profile0.9%
301Pembrokeshire · profile0.9%
302Powys · profile0.9%
303East Lindsey · profile0.8%
304High Peak · profile0.8%
305Mid Suffolk · profile0.8%
306Redcar and Cleveland · profile0.8%
307Cornwall · profile0.7%
308Derbyshire Dales · profile0.7%
309Forest of Dean · profile0.7%
310Mid Devon · profile0.7%
311South Hams · profile0.7%
312Staffordshire Moorlands · profile0.7%
313Teignbridge · profile0.7%
314Isle of Anglesey · profile0.6%
315West Devon · profile0.6%
316North Norfolk · profile0.5%
317Torridge · profile0.5%
318Isles of Scilly · profile0.3%

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 asian, asian british or asian welsh (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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