British Mixed-Race.html
 
| ca | de | en | es | fr | it | nl | no | pl | pt | ru | ro | fi | sv | tr | vo |


 

British Mixed-Race


Notable Mixed-Race Britons
Lewis Hamilton, Corinne Bailey Rae,
Rio Ferdinand, Myleene Klass
Total population

~850,000 (2005 estimate for UK)[1]

Around 1.4% of population
Regions with significant populations
London, West Midlands, Nottingham, Greater Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, West Yorkshire, Middlesbrough, Bristol, Leicester, Luton, Slough, Reading, Berkshire, Cardiff, Oxford, Milton Keynes, Derby
Languages
English
Religion
Christianity, Islam, others

Mixed Race was included as an ethnic classification on the UK Census from 2001. The census used 8 different sub-categories covering different combinations of Asian, Black, and White ethnic origins. Colloquially it refers to British citizens whose parents are of different races or ethnic backgrounds, and to the offspring of such people.

Contents

Statistics

In the 2001 census, people of mixed race made up 1.2% of the UK population with 677,117 people. The UK national statistics now estimate that as of 2005, almost 800,000 mixed race people reside in England alone, of which those of white and Black Caribbean origin make up the largest share[1].

People of Black and White descent had a reported figure of 367,700 with White/Black Caribbean having 266,300 people, and then White/Black African with 101,400 people. These combined represented 30% increase as a whole. Those of White/Asian descent was reported in 2001 as having 189,000 people though in 2005 it had increase to 231,000.

The mixed race population has a younger age profile than any other minority ethnic group in Britain, where 50% is under 16 years of age. By the year 2020, mixed race Britons are expected to have outnumbered British Indians (currently more than 1 million members), to become the largest ethnic minority in Britain with 1.24 million members, showing a 50% increase in the mixed race population in a decade to come[2][3].

Notable mixed-race/ethnic Britons

Mixed Black Caribbean and White

Mixed Black African and White

Mixed Other Black and White

  • Damon Buffini, (Afro-American father, English mother), Businessman
  • Dina Carroll (African American and English), singer
  • Oona King (African-American father/Jewish mother), former Labour MP


Mixed Asian and White

  • Mutya Buena (Filipino father/Irish, Chinese and Spanish Mother), singer
  • Myleene Klass (Austrian father/Filipino mother), classical musician, model, and TV presenter
  • KT Tunstall (Half-Chinese birth mother/Irish birth father), singer
  • Rory and Tony Underwood (English father/Chinese mother), rugby players

Other Mixed

References

  1. ^ a b "Neighbourhood Statistics". Office of National Statistics (2007-10-30). Retrieved on 2008-07-13.
  2. ^ Smith, Laura (2007-01-23). "Mixed messages". Comment is Free. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-07-13.
  3. ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/newspapers/sunday_times/britain/article1295000.ecedead link

See also

v • d • e
Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom
British
European
South Asian
African
Middle Eastern
Afghan · Arab · Assyrian · Egyptian · Iranian · Iraqi · Israeli · Kurdish · Lebanese · Yemeni
East Asian
Afro-Caribbean
Latin American
North American
Oceanian
Ethnoreligious
UK Census-listed
By location
Lists of UK locations with large ethnic minority populations · List of English districts by ethnic diversity
All Right Reserved © 2007, Designed by Stylish Blog.