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

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

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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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