British Mixed-Race


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British Mixed-Race


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

~863,000 (2005 estimate for UK)

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.

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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 2006, almost 830,000 mixed race people reside in England alone, of which those of white and Black Caribbean origin make up the largest share.[1]

Mixed Race Population by Category (2006 Numbers)

  • White and Black Caribbean: 274,500 or 0.5 percent. (14.6 percent increase since 2001)
  • White and South Asian: 246,400 or 0.5 percent. (24.0 percent increase since 2001)
  • White and Black African: 107,700 or 0.2 percent. (27.3 percent increase since 2001)
  • Other mixed race (example: Black African and Asian): 200,900 or 0.4 percent. (23.2 percent increase since 2001)

Mixed Race breakdown in the United Kingdom

Total in United Kingdom: 863,520 or 1.4 percent

The mixed race population is the fastest growing group, climbing by more than 21 percent in 5 years since the 2001 census. Of the mixed race population, the white and Black African category has grown the fastest.

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 1.6 million members), to become the largest ethnic minority in Britain, showing a 50% increase in the mixed race population in a decade to come[1][2]. According to National statistics, in 2005, 3.5 percent of all births in Britain were mixed race or 22,730 babies though this number could be higher in the 2008 year.[2]

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
  • Wentworth Miller (African-American,Jamaican,German,English,Jewish father/ Russian,French,Dutch,Syrian,Lebanese, mother) British born American Actor

Mixed Asian and White

(the British census definition of 'Asian' includes people of South Asian descent)

Other Mixed

  • Billy Boston, Mixed race Welsh rugby player
  • David Jordan, (Montserratian mother/Indian father) Singer/Songwriter
  • Sufiah Yusof, (Pakistani father/Malay mother), Former math prodigy

References

  1. ^ Smith, Laura (2007-01-23). "Mixed messages". Comment is Free. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-07-13.
  2. ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/newspapers/sunday_times/britain/article1295000.ece[dead link]

See also

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Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom
British
European
South Asian
African
Middle Eastern
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East Asian
Afro-Caribbean
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Ethnoreligious
UK Census-listed
By location
Lists of UK locations with large ethnic minority populations · List of UK locations with ethnic minority-majority populations · List of English districts by ethnic diversity






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