In the wake of new census data it has been claimed that London, Birmingham and Manchester are now all “minority white”. But this isn’t true.
London region
, accounting for 8.8 million people, 37% of people identified as “White English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British”. But 53.8% of people identified as white in total, including those who identified as “White Irish”, “White Gypsy or Irish Traveller”, “White Roma” or “Other White”., 56.8% of people identified as white when taking all white ethnic categories into account, while 48.7% identified as “White English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British”.
This figure, however, only covers the local authority area of Manchester which includes about 550,000 people., which includes around 2.9 million people 76.4% of people identified as white across all white ethnic groups, while 71.3% of people identified as white British.Claims that Birmingham is “minority white” according to the most recent census are correct.that 48.6% of people identified as white across all white ethnic groups, while 42.
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