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

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

Usual residents by ethnic group from the Census of England and Wales, 2021 (TS021) and 2011 (KS201), the 19 detailed official categories. Ethnicity is self-reported at the census and is never inferred from names, neighbourhoods or any other data.

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Bridgend

0.2%Share of usual residents

Share of usual residents in Bridgend is 0.2% (Census 2021 (21 March 2021)) — joint 69th lowest of 318 areas with a published figure.

Area
Bridgend (W06000013)
Share of usual residents
0.2%
Rank
joint 69th lowest of 318 areas with a published figure
Percentile
10% 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 Bridgend is 0.2% (Census 2021 (21 March 2021)) — joint 69th lowest of 318 areas with a published figure. Civometry calculation using ONS figures.
Civometry · Census 2021 (21 March 2021)

Everything Civometry holds for Bridgend

Highest areas

#Areashare
1Barking and Dagenham · profile16.0%
2Southwark · profile15.7%
3Greenwich · profile15.3%
4Lewisham · profile12.6%
5Lambeth · profile11.8%
6Newham · profile11.6%
7Hackney · profile11.4%
8Enfield · profile11.0%
9Croydon · profile10.3%
10Bexley · profile9.4%

Lowest areas

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

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: 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 category ÷ 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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