British Asian - Communities

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Although there are South Asian communities all over the UK, towns and cities with particularly significant South Asian populations include:

The council area with the most South Asians is the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, whose population is 35% South Asian, most of Bangladeshi origin.

The district with the largest Muslim population in England and Wales is High Wycombe, according to a report by the Buckinghamshire County Council. An exact figure is not given, however.

  • Batley 30% S. Asian. 40.72% in Batley East and 21.43% in Batley West
  • Bedford (especially Queens Park, Cauldwell) 8.1% S. Asian
  • Birmingham (especially Sparkhill, Hall Green Alum Rock, Sparkbrook, Small Heath, Balsall Heath, Washwood Heath, Saltley, Handsworth, Handsworth Wood) 22% S. Asian
  • Blackburn 20.6% S. Asian
  • Bolton 9.1% S. Asian
  • Bradford (Manningham, Great Horton, Heaton, Girlington, West Bowling, BD3 and Thornbury) 24.3% S. Asian
  • Burton upon Trent (Anglesey) 4.3% s. Asian (east Staffordshire so also includes Uttoxeter where the is little if any S. Asian population)
  • Cardiff (Butetown, Grangetown, Riverside) 3.96% S. Asian
  • Coventry 11.3% S. Asian
  • Derby 8.4% S. Asian
  • Dewsbury (Ravensthorpe, Thornhill Lees, Savile Town) around 33% Asian. Savile Town is "97-100% Muslim".
  • Dundee 4,000 (especially the Hilltown and Stobswell)
  • Edinburgh 10,000
  • Glasgow (especially Pollokshields, Pollokshaws, Govanhill and Woodlands) Scotland 0.9% S. Asian - some estimates are as high as 80,000.
  • Halifax 10% S.Asian
  • High Wycombe 11% S. Asian
  • Huddersfield (especially Lockwood and Fartown) 12.4% S. Asian
  • Keighley (especially Lawkholme, Highfield, Knowle Park and Stockbridge) 15% S. Asian
  • Leeds (Beeston, Harehills, Moortown, Hyde Park, Chapeltown) 4.5% S. Asian
  • Leicester (especially Belgrave, Rushey Mead, Highfields, Spinney Hills, Evington) 29.9% S. Asian
  • Loughborough 6% S. Asian
  • Luton (especially Bury Park) 18.3% S. Asian
  • Manchester (especially Rusholme, Whalley Range and Cheetham Hill) 9.1% S. Asian
  • Milton Keynes (especially Kents Hill, Bletchley and Wolverton) 4.7% S. Asian
  • Newcastle upon Tyne (especially Arthur's Hill, Elswick and Fenham and others) 7.0% S. Asian
  • Newport (especially Maindee and Pillgwenlly) 2.6% S. Asian
  • Oldham (especially Glodwick, Westwood and Werneth) 11.9% S. Asian
  • Oxford (especially Cowley Road) 5.8% S. Asian
  • Pendle (especially Nelson and Brierfield) 14.1% S. Asian
  • Peterborough 7.0% South Asian
  • Preston 11.6% S. Asian (especially Deepdale, Avenham, Fishwick, St. George's Preston.
  • Reading borough 5.2% S. Asian
  • Rochdale (Especially Wardleworth, Spotland, Deeplish, Hamer, Smallbridge, Belfield) 9.8% S. Asian
  • Burnley (borough) 7.2% S. Asian
  • Rugby (especially New Bilton, Benn and Brownsover) 5.3% S. Asian
  • Sheffield (especially Burngreave, Sharrow, Darnall and Firth Park) 4.6% S. Asian
  • Slough 27.9% S. Asian
  • Sandwell (especially the Victoria Park area of Tipton) 14% South Asian
  • Southampton 3.8% S. Asian
  • Stoke-on-Trent 4.1% S. Asian
  • Sunderland (especially Eden Vale, Hendon and Thornhill) 1.2% South Asian
  • Wakefield 5% Asian. The Asian population is estimated at 27.6% in College Grove and 19.6% in Agbrigg.
  • Walsall 10.4% S. Asian
  • Wolverhampton 14.3% S. Asian
  • Note: Some local authorities contain large areas of countryside surrounding the actual towns, e.g. Bedford, Bradford, Leeds, Newport, Sunderland and High Wycombe. This may lead to the local South Asian and ethnic minority populations being underestimated in these places.

Counties with a high population of South Asians include -

  • Lancashire 5.3% S. Asian
  • Greater Manchester 5.6% S. Asian
  • West Yorkshire 8.7% S. Asian
  • West Midlands (county) 13.4% S. Asian
  • Greater London 12.09% S. Asian
  • Berkshire 6.8% S. Asian
  • Buckinghamshire 4.3% S. Asian
  • Bedfordshire 8.3% S. Asian
  • Leicestershire 11.9% S. Asian

London Boroughs with a high population of British Asians include -

  • London Borough of Tower Hamlets 36.6% South Asian
  • London Borough of Brent 27.7% South Asian
  • London Borough of Ealing 24.5% South Asian
  • London Borough of Harrow 29.7% South Asian
  • London Borough of Hounslow 24.7% South Asian
  • London Borough of Newham 32.5% South Asian
  • London Borough of Redbridge 25.0% South Asian

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