ONS · Census 2021 (21 March 2021) · Local authority
Born in the Americas or the Caribbean by local authority
Usual residents by where they were born, from the Census of England and Wales, 2021 (TS004) and 2011 (KS204), official categories only. Country of birth is not nationality: it does not change, and someone born abroad may be a British citizen.
Highest areas
| # | Area | share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lambeth · profile | 9.0% |
| 2 | Kensington and Chelsea · profile | 8.6% |
| 3 | Southwark · profile | 8.1% |
| 4 | City of London · profile | 7.5% |
| 5 | Lewisham · profile | 7.3% |
| 6 | Westminster · profile | 7.3% |
| 7 | Haringey · profile | 7.1% |
| 8 | West Suffolk · profile | 6.8% |
| 9 | Hackney · profile | 6.3% |
| 10 | Hammersmith and Fulham · profile | 6.2% |
Lowest areas
| # | Area | share |
|---|---|---|
| 318 | Blaenau Gwent · profile | 0.1% |
| 317 | Wrexham · profile | 0.2% |
| 316 | Wakefield · profile | 0.2% |
| 315 | Torfaen · profile | 0.2% |
| 314 | Sunderland · profile | 0.2% |
| 313 | Staffordshire Moorlands · profile | 0.2% |
| 312 | South Tyneside · profile | 0.2% |
| 311 | Rotherham · profile | 0.2% |
| 310 | Rossendale · profile | 0.2% |
| 309 | Rhondda Cynon Taf · profile | 0.2% |
All 318 areas, ranked
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 born in the americas or the caribbean (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
- Download all areas (CSV)
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- Permalink: https://civometry.com/maps/country-of-birth/americas-and-caribbean/2021
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<iframe src="https://civometry.com/embed/maps/country-of-birth/americas-and-caribbean/2021?level=lad&measure=share" width="720" height="700" style="border:0;max-width:100%" title="Born in the Americas or the Caribbean, share of usual residents, by local authority: Census 2021 (21 March 2021) | Civometry" loading="lazy"></iframe>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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