Ethnic Minorities in London - Regional Factsheet Highlighting Demographics

Regional Factsheet
Ethnic Minorities in the UK - London

Celebrating 15 years of Action on Race 1995-2010

About Race for Opportunity (RfO)
RfO is committed to improving
employment opportunities for
ethnic minorities across the UK.
It is the only race diversity
campaign that has access to and
influence over the leaders of the
UK’s best known organisations.

The campaign aims to:

• make clear the economic and business
argument for organisations investing
in race diversity;

• highlight the responsibility and role
of leaders in delivering race diversity;

• communicate the need to speed up
progress on the introduction of policies
that further better representation of
ethnic minorities;

• raise awareness of the barriers preventing
the BAME community from making
progress in the workplace.

“There is an overwhelming opportunity for
employers who embrace race diversity and
inclusion to harness the diverse talent
that exists in the UK today. The Race for
Opportunity campaign in collaboration with
its network members will continue to set the
stage for race equality and progression in
the UK and this challenge is one that I am
very pleased to be part of.”
Ruby McGregor-Smith
CEO, MITIE Group PLC and Chair, Race for Opportunity.

Regional Factsheet • London

This factsheet is about ethnic minority people in London
and contains information that is available in the public domain.

Contents
[ 1 ] Landscape Data............................................................................................................ 04
1.1 The London picture...................................................................................................... 04
1.2 An overall snapshot of the UK.................................................................................. 04
[ 2 ] Where do ethnic minority people live in London?............................................ 05
[ 3 ] Focus on Newham........................................................................................................ 06
[ 4 ] Education.........................................................................................................................07
4.1 Where do ethnic minority students study in London?...................................... 08
[ 5 ] Religion........................................................................................................................... 09
.
5.1 A snapshot of London................................................................................................. 09
5.2 The UK overall picture................................................................................................. 09
[ 6 ] Employment.................................................................................................................... 10
6.1 Ethnic minority employment rate in London........................................................ 10
6.2 Employment Rate - UK.................................................................................................. 10
[ 7 ] Simple steps to get started on race equality.......................................................11
Acknowledgements...................................................................................................... 12
Race for Opportunity Members...............................................................13


[ 1 ] Landscape Data
1.1 The London picture
• London is home to over 7.5
London Population By Ethnic Group
million residents and has an
extremely ethnically diverse Percentage of London
population
population. Around 30 per Ethnic Group Number of People
(59.8% of London
cent of Londoners are from Population is White British)
non-White groups totalling 2.25 White British 4,287,861 59.8%
million people in 2004, and White Irish 220,488 3.1%
while London makes up just White Others 594,854 8.3%
15 per cent of the population
White/Caribbean 70,928 1.0%
of England, it contains 43 per
White/African 34,182 0.5%
cent of the nation’s non-White
White/Asian 59,944 0.8%
population. Source: GLA Focus on London 2007
Other Mixed 61,057 0.9%
Indian 436,993 6.1%
• 300 languages are spoken
in London, over 14 faiths are Pakistani 142,749 2.0%

practiced and 42 communities Bangladeshi 153,893 2.1%

of over 10,000 people born in Other Asian 133,058 1.9%

countries outside Britain, live Caribbean 343,567 4.8%
in the capital. African 378,933 5.3%
Other Black 60,349 0.8%
• In terms of poverty, there is Chinese 80,201 1.1%
substantial inequality in income Others 113,034 1.6%
distribution between ethnic
Total 7,172,091 100%
groups. 73 per cent of Pakistani
Source: NOMIS – number and proportion of ethnic minority population in NUTS1 regions in the UK - 2008
and Bangladeshi children and
55 per cent of black children
in London are living in poverty, Number, Representation and Proportion of Ethnic Minority Population
compared to 32 per cent of in NUTS1 Regions in the UK - 2008
White children and 31 per cent
Proportion of UK
of Indian children. Region Ethnic Minority Representation of
Ethnic Minority
Source: The Greater London Authority’s Race Equality Population Ethnic Minorities
Scheme Summary 2005–2008 Greater London Population
Authority September 2005 East of England 435,400 7.7% 6.7%
East Midlands 371,100 8.5% 5.7%
1.2 An overall London 2,735,800 36.2% 42.3%

snapshot of the UK North East
North West
100,900
543,500
4.0%
8.0%
1.6%
8.4%
• Of the 6.4 million ethnic Northern Ireland 29,800 1.7% 0.5%
minorities in the UK, nearly Scotland 145,700 2.9% 2.3%
half, 42.3%, live in London. South East 583,700 7.1% 9.0%
After London, the second South West 163,400 3.2% 2.5%
largest proportion of the ethnic Wales 91,500 3.1% 1.4%
minority population live in the West Midlands 792,500 14.8% 12.3%
West Midlands (12 per cent), Yorkshire and 471,900 9.2% 7.3%
followed by the South East the Humber
(9 per cent), the North West United Kingdom 6,465,100 10.7% 100.0
(8 per cent), and Yorkshire Source: NOMIS – number and proportion of ethnic minority population in NUTS1 regions in the UK - 2008
and the Humber (7 per cent)
Source: http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/
nugget.asp?id=263

04 I Race for Opportunity (RfO) | Regional Factsheet


[ 2 ] Where do ethnic minority people live in London?

Of the 32 Boroughs in London, Newham has the largest number of ethnic
minority people with 7.1 per cent of the total ethnic minority population
in London, followed closely by the London Borough of Brent with
7 per cent of the total London ethnic minority population.

The 2001 Census also
Split of London’s Total Ethnic Minority Population by Borough

confirmed that for the
first time ever, two areas
Lewisham- 4.1%
of Britain had more black Harrow - 4.1%
Redbridge - 4.2%
people and Asians than Southwark - 4.4%

white people. White people Tower Hamlet - 4.6%
Croyden - 4.8%

made up 39.4% of the Lambeth - 4.8%
Ealing - 6%
population in Newham, Brent - 7%
Newham - 7.1%
east London, and 45.3% in Rest of London - 48.9%

Brent, north west London.

Source: 2001 Census, NOMIS

More than 10% of the UK workforce is from an ethnic minority
background and over 20% of the emerging workforce (children
in primary and secondary school education), are from an ethnic
minority background. In addition to this, 16% of UK-domiciled
students at university in the UK are from an ethnic minority
background. Britain’s current and future talent pool is racially
diverse and progressive employers understand that it makes
good business sense to utilise and grow this pool of talent.



[ 3 ] Focus on Newham
People of Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin are by far the
largest ethnic minority groups in the Borough of Newham.

• In 2001, Newham had the second largest
Breakdown of Ethnic Minority Groups in Newham percentage of Muslims in England and
Wales, and the fourth lowest percentage
Percentage living of Christians. Almost a quarter (24%) of
Ethnic Minority group in Newham Newham residents stated their religion as
Muslim and just under a half stated their
Mixed 4% religion as Christian.
Source: http://www.newham.gov.uk/Jobs/Diversity.htm
Indian 7%
• Newham has the second highest proportion
Pakistani 14%
of people under 25 year's old and the
Bangladeshi 14% second lowest proportion of people over
65 years old within the UK.
Other Asian 6% Source: http://www.newham.gov.uk/Jobs/Diversity.htm

Black Caribbean 5%
Black African 8%
Other Black 5%
Chinese 3%
Others 5%

• The Census data revealed that 62% of
Newham's residents were born in the UK.
Of the 38% who were born abroad, 90%
were born in 47 different countries.

• Newham is also home to a significant
Eastern European community.

• Newham is one of the poorest Boroughs
in London. One in five people in Newham
live in households with below 30% of
the national median household income
compared with one in 16 in London and
one in 25 in Britain.



[ 4 ] Education
1 in 4 of pupils in primary school education in England are from
an ethnic minority background. Source: DCSF release May 2009, ‘number of pupils in state maintained schools’

1 in 5 of pupils in secondary school education in England is
from an ethnic minority background. Source: DCSF release May 2009, ‘number of pupils in state maintained schools’

• Half of the 1.2 million pupils that
attend schools in London are
from black, Asian and minority
ethnic groups.
Source: GLA Focus on London 2007

• Around one in eight pupils in all
schools did not speak English
as a first language. This rose to
more than half of primary school
children in Central London.
Source: DCSF 2007

• In some parts of London, children
from ethnic minority families
account for more than nine in ten
school places.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-484379/20-
schools-pupils-come-ethnic-minority

• Southfields Community College
in South London is thought to be
the most ethnically diverse school
in the country, with 71 languages
spoken by its pupils.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-484379/20-
schools-pupils-come-ethnic-minority

Almost 1 in 6 (16%) of UK-domiciled students studying at UK
universities is from an ethnic minority background.
Source: 2007-08 ‘HESA Student Record’ published by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).

“More BAME students join the unemployed after graduation
than White graduates and male Chinese and Pakistani students
are twice as likely as the average to be unemployed” (2006)
Source: www.aimhigher.ac.uk/sites/practitioner/resources/Conf%20Summary%20Report%20final%20(2).pdf



4.1 Where do ethnic
minority students study
in London?
Ethnic Minorities at Universities in London (2007 - 08)
The School of Pharmacy The School of Pharmacy 75.5%
has by far the largest Brunel University 57.0%

percentage of black, Asian Queen Mary & Westfield College
The University of East London
56.6%
54.5%
and minority ethnic (BAME) Middlesex University 54.1%

students (75.5%). The University of Westminster 49.1%
London South Bank University 45.3%
St George’s Hospital
44.6%
The majority of universities Medical School

The City University 41.8%
in London, including The School of Oriental
& African Studies 41.7%
London School of Economics
Brunel, King’s College and & Political Science
The University of Greenwich
41.1%
40.9%
University College London, King’s College London 40.7%
Imperial College of Science,
have a significantly higher Technology & Medicine
The Institute of
37.8%
35.6%
proportion of ethnic
Cancer Research

Goldsmiths College 34.1%

minority students than the London Business School 33.3%
University College London 31.5%
16.0% national average. University of the Arts, London 25.0%

However, most of these Institute of Education
London School of Hygiene
24.6%
23.8%
universities have a lower & Tropical Medicine

Birkbeck College 22.8%
representation of BAME Heythrop College 15.4%

students than their share Royal Academy of Music
Conservatoire for Dance
12.9%
12.7%
& Drama
of the local population Royal College of Art 11.3% Total Ethnic
Minority Representation:
University of London
(44.9%). (Institutes & Activities)
Central School of
11.0%
All UK Unis. - 16.0%
Speech & Drama 10.3%
London Pop. (18-24) - 44.9%
Trinity Laban 10.2%
Guildhall School of Music
& Drama 9.3%
Courtauld Intiute of Art 9.2%
Royal College of Music 8.9%
The Royal Veterinary College 4.9%

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Source: 2007-08 ‘HESA Student Record’ published by
the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA).



[ 5 ] Religion
5.1 A snapshot of the London
The second largest religion outside Christianity in London is Islam where
a massive 8.5% of the population is Muslim. The third largest religious
group are Hindus making up 4.1% of the population.
Source: National Statistics News Release 5 October 2006

The London Borough of Religions within London

Harrow had the highest
religious diversity in
England and Wales in 2001. Christian - 58.2%
Buddhist - 0.8%
Harrow’s predominant Hindu - 4.1%

religious groups were Jewish - 2.1%
Muslim - 8.5%

Christian (47 per cent), Sikh - 1.5%
Other - 0.5%
Hindu (20 per cent), No Religion - 15.8%
Religion not stated - 8.5%
Muslim (7 per cent) and
Jewish (6 per cent).
Source: National Statistics News Release 5 October 2006

Source: Census 2001, based on data released on or before 13 February 2003

Religions within the UK
5.2 The UK overall picture
In the UK, 2.7% of the
Christian - 71.6% population stated their
No Religion/
Religion not stated - 23% religion as Muslim making
Other - 0.3%
Sikh - 0.6% this the most common
Muslim - 2.7%
Jewish - 0.5%
religion after Christianity.
Hindu - 1%
Buddhist - 0.3%
Figures for England, alone,
show that 3.1% of the
population stated their
religion as Muslim.
Source: Census 2001, Profiles - UK



[ 6 ] Employment
6.1 Ethnic minority employment rate in the London
According to the Labour Force Survey (LFS), Q4 2009, the ethnic minority
employment rate in London was 58.4%
The unemployment rate for London’s ethnic minorities was 14.8%
and the economic inactivity rate stood at 31.5%. Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS), Q4 2009

It is important to note that employment, unemployment and economic inactivity
rates vary greatly between the different ethnic minority groups in London as the
chart below demonstrates:

London Employment Statuses

Economic
Ethnic Group Employment Unemployment
Inactivity
Rate % Rate %
Rate %
Mixed 56.4 18.7 30.7
Indian 69.3 8.8 24.0
Pakistani 52.6 16.2 37.2
Bangladeshi 39.4 21.9 49.5
Other Asian 62.5 11.2 29.7
Black Caribbean 63.5 19.3 21.4
Black African 52.8 18.5 35.2
Other Black 49.5 * *
Chinese 61.8 * 33.5
Other 54.9 12.6 37.2
Total Ethnic Minorities 58.4 14.8 31.5
White 74.7 6.7 20.0
*Indicates the sample size is too small for a reliable estimate
Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS), Q4 2009

• London’s ethnic minority employment
and unemployment rates also varied
6.2 Employment Rate - UK
considerably from borough to borough.
Q4 2009, the London Borough of The ethnic minority employment gap as of Q3 2009
Havering had the highest ethnic minority was 13.8 percentage points.
employment rate at 74.5% and
Camden had the lowest at 47.7%. The UK ethnic minority employment rate is 59.2%
Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS), Q4 2009
Young ethnic minorities (aged 16 – 24 years) appear
• The unemployment rate for ethnic to be particularly affected by the recession, as the
minorities (16+) was highest in the London
Borough of Lambeth, 19.8% and lowest
ethnic minority employment rate for young people
in Barking and Dagenham (7.3%). has fallen by 5.2 percentage points since 2008.
Source: Labour Force Survey (LFS), Q4 2009 Source: ‘Ethnic Minorities in the Labour Market: Quarter 3, 2009 - Ethnic Minority Analysis Team,
November 2009



[ 7 ] Simple steps to get started on Race Equality

Leadership Community Involvement
• Consider appointing a Diversity / Race Diversity • Review the community impact work being done by
Champion to lead on the race agenda your organisation and check whether they impact
within your organisation. on diverse communities.
• Develop a clear business case for working on race • As education and skills are the critical components
and link it to business objectives. of any workforce, consider partnering with a local
• Develop an action plan on race and integrate it into school where ethnic minority children could benefit
from increased educational attainment.
the key performance indicators of your managers.
• Develop links with local universities that have
relatively high proportions of ethnic minority
People and Employees students and offer work placements/experiences.
• Tell your recruitment agencies, recruitment
consultants and head-hunters that your organisation Supplier Diversity
is committed to racial equality and ask them to send
you lists containing diverse candidates. • Do an audit of your current suppliers to find out
• Explicitly state in your recruitment marketing whether you have awarded any contracts to ethnic
materials that individuals from diverse backgrounds minority owned businesses.
are welcome in your organisation. • Consider publishing clear guidance notes to help
• Monitor the ethnicity of your workforce and compare ethnic minority businesses tender for contracts
it to the local population. with your organisation.
• Send your procurement officers to local supplier
events to raise their awareness of products/services
Customers, Clients and Service Users available from local ethnic minority suppliers.
• Ensure your marketing teams or policy makers are
signed up to your organisation’s commitment to
race equality.
• Review your advertising and promotional material to
ensure they reflect the diverse marketplace, both in
the content and images used.
• Consider including ethnic minorities in your focus
groups and evaluation sessions for promotional or
marketing campaigns.



“It’s crucial to London’s future that employers
recognise the value of a diverse workforce. We
want all organisations in the capital to promote a
positive and inclusive working environment to both
current and future employees.”
Paul Buchanan, London Regional Director, Business in the Community

Contact details:
Business in the Community
137 Shepherdess Walk
London, N1 7RQ
T: 020 7566 8650

Acknowledgements
This publication has been made possible through funding from the Department for
Local Communities and Government (DCLG) Tackling Race Inequalities Fund (TRIF)


Race for Opportunity Members 2010

Accenture Education Leeds Northumbrian Water
Addecco English Partnerships North West Development Agency
Addleshaw Goddard LLP Enterprise Rent-A-Car Nottingham Trent University
Advantage West Midlands Environment Agency OCS Group
American Express PLC Ernst & Young LLP OfCom
Arriva plc Eversheds Office of Fair Trading
ASDA Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Office of National Statistics
Aston Carter FSA One NorthEast
Avon & Somerset Constabulary Fujitsu Services Open University
Avon Fire Brigade GlaxoSmithKline Orange PCS
B&Q Goldman Sachs International OTC Computing Ltd
Baker & McKenzie Government Office For The North West Pearson plc
Bank of England Google Pertemps Recruitment Partnerships
Barclays Bank PLC Guardian Media Group PricewaterhouseCoopers
BBC Healthcare Commission Procter & Gamble
BDO Stoy Hayward Herbert Smith Provident Financial
BIS (Department for Business, Home Office Prudential
Innovation & Skills) HM Revenue & Customs Rolls-Royce Military Aero Engines
Biotechnology & Biological Science HM Treasury Royal Air Force
Research Council HSBC Bank Plc Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Birmingham City University IBM UK Ltd Royal Navy
BP International John Lewis Partnership Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd
Britannia Building Society JP Morgan Santander
British Airways KPMG Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)
British Army Law Society England and Wales Severn Trent
British Energy Learning & Skills Council Sheffield Hallam University
British Library Legal & General Investment Mgmt Shell Companies in the UK
Bristol City Council Leicestershire Constabulary Simmons & Simmons
BT Linklaters Slaughter & May
BUPA Lloyds Banking Group Sodexho
Capgemini London 2012 State Street Corporation
Capital One London Ambulance The Insolvency Service
Centrica London Borough of Brent Thomson Reuters
Cisco Lovells Transport for London
Citi Marks & Spencer plc UBS Investment Bank
Citizens Advice McDonald’s Restaurants Ltd University of Bradford
Communities & Local Government Merrill Lynch Europe University of Bristol
Co-operative Financial Services plc Metropolitan Police University of Central Lancashire
Co-operative (The) Michael Page Financial Services University of Durham
Credit Suisse Midcounties Co-operative (The) University of Teesside
Cummins Engine Company Ltd Midlands Heart University of West of England
Deloitte LLP Ministry of Defence Unum Provident
Department for Children, Schools Ministry of Justice Vodafone Ltd
and Families MITIE Welsh Assembly Government
Department for Environment, MDPGA (MoD Police & Guarding Agency) West Midlands Police
Food & Rural Affairs Morgan Stanley International Ltd Westminster City Council
Department for Work and Pensions National Grid WPP
Department of Health National Museum of Science and Industry Wragge & Co
Derby College National Portrait Gallery
Deutsche Bank Nationwide Building Society
East of England Development Agency Network Rail Champion Members are in BOLD
EDF Energy NHS Employers List of RfO Members 08/03/2010


Race for Opportunity Board Members

MITIE Appointment Commission
Ms Ruby McGregor-Smith Ms Anne Watts
CEO and Chair RfO CBE, Chair
ASDA Paradoes
Ms Sarah Dickins Mr Denys Rayner
Retail People Director CEO
Barclays Bank PLC Pertemps People Management
Mr Vivek Ramachandran Ms Carmen Watson,
Head of UK Cash and Trade Managing Director - Commercial Division
British Army Roast
Colonel Mark Abraham Mr Iqbal Wahhab
Assistant Director Employment CEO
BT Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd
Mr Ray Lerclerq Mr Jat Sahota
Chief Financial Officer, Global Services Head of Corporate Responsibility
EDF Energy Shell Companies in the UK
Mr Patrick Clarke Mr James Smith,
Director of Connections Chairman
KPMG The Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Ms Michelle Quest Mr Ron Teerlink
Head of People for the UK Chief Administrative Officer
Department of Health Transport for London
Mr Surinder Sharma Mr Andrew Quincey
National Director for Director of Group Procurement
Equality & Human Rights

For further information on the Race for Opportunity campaign.
Please visit www.raceforopportunity.org.uk or telephone 020 7566 8661

Business in the Community -- mobilising business for good.
Business in the Community mobilising business for good. Business in the Community
Business in the Community
We inspire, engage, support and challenge
We inspire, engage, support and challenge 137 Shepherdess Walk
137 Shepherdess Walk
companies on responsible business, working
companies on responsible business, working London N1 7RQ
London N1 7RQ
through four areas: Marketplace, Workplace,
through four areas: Marketplace, Workplace, T +44 (0) 20 7566 8650
T +44 (0) 20 7566 8650
Environment and Community. With more than
Environment and Community. With more than F +44 (0) 20 7253 1877
F +44 (0) 20 7253 1877
850 companies in membership, we represent 1 in 5
850 companies in membership, we represent 1 in 5 E information@bitc.org.uk
E information@bitc.org.uk
of the UK private sector workforce and convene a
of the UK private sector workforce and convene a Registered Details

opportunity now
Race for Opportunity
network of global partners.
network of global partners. October 2008London N1 7RQ.
October 2008
137 Shepherdess Walk,
Telephone: 020 7566 8650
Registered Charity No: 297716.

is part of Business
Business www.opportunitynow.org.uk
www.bitc.org.uk
Company Limited by Guarantee No: 1619253

in the Community
Community information@bitc.org.uk
opportunitynow@bitc.org.uk

designed for Opportunity March 2010 | designt: 01323 471050
© Race and produced by scs marketing ltd and print 471050
designed and produced by scs marketing ltd || t: 01323 OSCCreative
Product code: 01RfO000436
Product code: 01OPP000435
Product code: 01OPP000435

Ethnic Minorities in London - Regional Factsheet Highlighting Demographics

Recommended

Recommended

More Related Content

Similar to Ethnic Minorities in London - Regional Factsheet Highlighting Demographics

Similar to Ethnic Minorities in London - Regional Factsheet Highlighting Demographics (7)

Ethnic Minorities in London - Regional Factsheet Highlighting Demographics