Perth and Kinross

The area of Perth and Kinross is very white, but not especially Scottish, at least from an ethnic perspective.

With 99% of its residents of White ethnic origin, it had the highest proportion of this group among major towns and cities in Scotland at the time of the 2001 Census. However, its proportion of White Scottish residents was just over 85%, three percentage points lower than the national average.

The reason for this is that nearly 15,000 people living in Perth and Kinross in 2001 were from the Other White British ethnic group. This proportion of residents - 11% - is second only to Edinburgh nationally, and is more than three times that of Glasgow.

Its populations of other ethnic minority groups - particularly Black and Asian - are very low. Out of a total population of 134,000, there are only 367 Asians and 137 black people living in the area. These figures are far less than the national average; in the case of the Asian group, more than four times so.

• Profile of the Perth and Kinross metropolitan area, including data on population, health, housing and employment (Scotland's Census Results Online website)

Perth and Kinross

Population: 134,949

Ethnic group/sub-group		Population	Proportion compared to national average
White		133,641	99.0% 97.9%
	Scottish	115,263	85.4% 88.0%
	Other White British	14,829	10.9% 7.38%
	White Irish	1,115	0.82% 0.97%
	Other	2,434	1.80% 1.54%
Asian		367	0.27% 1.08%
	Indian	131	0.09% 0.29%
	Pakistani	133	0.09% 0.62%
	Bangladeshi	27	0.02% 0.03%
	Other South Asian	76	0.05% 0.12%
Mixed		306	0.22% 0.25%
Black		137	0.10% 0.15%
	Caribbean	41	0.03% 0.03%
	African	72	0.05% 0.10%
	Black Scottish or Other Black	24	0.01% 0.02%
Chinese		315	0.23% 0.32%
Other ethnic group		183	0.13% 0.18%

Source: General Register Office for Scotland, Census 2001

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