this british profile It is changing slowly but unstoppably. residents white race In cities like Leicester, Birmingham or Luton they are already in the minority, as it just appeared last census 2021 of the England and WalesIt is prepared every 10 years and attended by 24 million households. multiethnic population also outpacing white in a dozen other places. Net migration, on the other hand, increased more than anticipated. One in six people currently living in England and Wales were born outside the UK. And if it was 2.5 million in 2011, it’s now 10 million. The data is showing. again. what’s up? fewer citizens The European Union, almost certainly because of the effects of the pandemic and Brexit.
without religion
Another big innovation that official statistics show is about religion. this Anglican Church It is the official faith in the country and its greatest representative is king Carlos III. However, and for the first time, less than half of English and Welsh people describe themselves as ‘Christian’. Only 46.2% compared to 59.3% “The days when so many people almost automatically self-identified as Christians are gone,” said Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, in the 2011 census. On the contrary, they have increased significantlyapprovers from 25% to 37.2% has no religionAlthough not a uniform group. “Some may be atheists, many may be agnostic, and others may be spiritual (humans) and perform spiritual duties,” explains the King’s College London professor. cute tick tock. The percentage of those who say they are Muslim increased from 4.9% to 6.5%.
There’s less white, “so what?”
Far-right agitator Nigel Farage didn’t waste a minute to interpret the data, which he described as “shocking”. “Is happening major demographic change In our country,” he wrote on Twitter, “There is a huge change in identity due to immigration.” Lies when he stated in a video that whites are a minority in London (54%) and Manchester (57%). It is also said that the statistics service will try to “hide the real figures” in the future by not asking “the nationality or birthplace of the population”. The former Conservative minister faced the loss of territory to the white British. Sajid Javid, British people of Pakistani descent “And that?” to Farage.
By Office of National Statistics (ONS), the 81.7% of enrollees describe themselves as ‘white’, a percentage lower than 85% ten years ago. The second largest group “Asians” (of Indian, Pakistani etc. origin) making up 9.3% of the entire population of England and Wales. Registrations, up from 4.2 million in 2011, are now 5.5 million. There is also an increase in self-identification as ‘black’ (Caribbean or African). 2.5% now compared to 1.8% before.
Older and less young
Similar National Identitylargest group that does not consider themselves British, Poles, then Romans. Second, it went from 80,000 to 539,000 in ten years. number of born india and pakistanif they are Italians However, the number of people born here folded Ireland.
The census also reveals that the population of England and Wales is growing steadily. get old. One in six, 18.6%, over 65 years old, compared to 16.4% in 2011. 0.9%, just over half a million, over 90 years old. Those under the age of 15 make up 17.4%, a slightly lower figure than a decade ago.
London While population aging is much more pronounced outside the capital, it is the city that attracts the largest number of young people. The number of people living in wealthy neighborhoods such as Kensington and Chelsea is 10%, Westminster, 7% The explanation may be that the wealthy choose to move to a secondary residence and not return during the pandemic.
Source: Informacion
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