This is Britain's most diverse street, where residents speak 70 languages from dozens of different ethnic groups. Barton Street, in the quiet cathedral city of Gloucester, is home to residents from as far away as India, Nigeria and Iraq, who describe the multicultural community as 'amazing'.
After surveying a sample of shopkeepers from each of the four streets, the project concluded that Narborough Road's 108 surveyed proprietors came from a total of 22 countries of birth, over four continents. The street was thus named the most diverse in the UK.
The Independent declared in 2013 that Leicester was the most multicultural city on the planet – so data a decade later showing Leicester to be the most plural city in the UK came as little surprise.
Britain's 'rainbow' towns and cities: Luton, Slough and Newham in London are named among England's most ethnically diverse areas - as study finds white British population fell by 1.1m and other ethnicities increased by 8.7m over past 20 years.
Leicester is a city renowned for its diversity in culture and Narborough Road is no exception, marked as the most muti-national road in Britain. Its one mile length road is home to at least 23 different nationalities, from countries such as Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia as well as Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan.
“While exploring the same topic using the latest Census data, an article from the ABC considered Point Cook in Victoria to be the country's most multicultural suburb based on the fact that the residents are from 86 different countries,” notes author Charlotte Pan.
The least culturally diverse state according to our HHI is Tasmania where English and Australian are the most common ancestries, reflecting the history of English-born settlers in Australia.
Cities across the UK regions with high White British populations include Swansea (91.5%), Kingston Upon Hull (89.7%), Plymouth (92.2%), Darlington (93.7%), Belfast (96.4% - NI classification "white"), Norwich (84.7%), Liverpool (84.8%) and Chelmsford (90.0%).
Two months ago, Easington secured another dubious accolade when the Office of National Statistics (ONS) revealed it was the least ethnically diverse place in Britain: there was less chance of two randomly selected people belonging to different ethnic groups in Easington than anywhere else in the country.
Whites form a majority of London's population and are evenly spread. Bromley has the highest White British population as well as highest total White, while Newham has the lowest for both.
The least multicultural was Easington, Co Durham, at 2%. The report showed the London borough of Harrow was the most religiously diverse, with a 62% chance that a random encounter would be between people declaring a different religion.
When you think of the most diverse and exciting cities in the UK, your mind probably springs to London, Manchester, and Edinburgh. But there are so many more incredible cities that frankly don't get the credit they deserve.
This has been the largest increase in any city outside London. However, the city is home to the largest number of non-white population, which is why Manchester is the most culturally diverse city in the UK.
Today the 2021 Census data on ethnicity has revealed that Birmingham is one of the first 'super diverse' cities in the UK where citizens from ethnic minorities make up more than half the population. Cllr John Cotton reflects why this is not a surprise and also one of the city's biggest strengths.
For the first time in history, London's permanent population is culturally, ethnically and religiously diverse, sharing little in common with the country it governs. This change was recent, rapid and remarkable.
London (13.5%) and the West Midlands (4.5%) had the highest percentage of people who identified as black – the North East (1.0%) and Wales (0.9%) had the lowest. London (5.7%) and the West Midlands (3.0%) had the highest percentage of people with mixed ethnicity – the North East (1.3%) and Wales (1.6%) had the lowest.
More than 95% of British Asians live in England, with the largest numbers continuing to be in london with over 980,000 residents, and then the West Midlands with almost 500,000.
Outside London the highest non-white proportion is in Slough in Berkshire (64.0%), followed by Leicester (59.1%), Luton (54.8%) and Birmingham (51.4%). The number of people identifying their ethnic group as white in England and Wales overall has also fallen by around half a million over the last decade.
A white person is defined as a person who has European ancestry. In Australia, about 90.2 percent of the nation's population is white. The following is a breakdown of some of the major ethnic groups that fall under this category: To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member.
According to the British Ordnance Survey, Riggs Moor on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park is the most remote place in England. It sits farther from a road than anywhere else on the mainland in this part of the UK.
The 2021 census shows "white" ethnic groups make up 81% of England here . The cities that have a white minority are Birmingham and Leicester, the ONS told Reuters. Meanwhile, in London and Manchester, less than half of the populations there defined themselves as “white British” in the census, the ONS said.
When it comes to the number of different nationalities, the Melbourne suburb of Point Cook tops the list as the most multicultural, recording people born in 146 different countries. It is followed by the inner city suburb of Melbourne (137 countries), and the Sydney suburbs of Blacktown and Maroubra (133 countries).
One quarter of Melbourne's population was born overseas making it one of the world's most multicultural cities. There are now people from 140 nations living harmoniously together.
In terms of being a culturally diverse area in Australia, Sydney is a multicultural hot spot. Over 42.9 percent of people living in Sydney have been born overseas, which means that the city ranks above other major metropolises like New York (37.5 percent), Chicago (20.7 pecent) and even Los Angeles (37.7 percent)!