Profiles of the Census 2001 ethnic groups
- White groups:
- Asian groups:
- Mixed groups:
- Black groups:
- Chinese or Other groups:
See also
The NHS Organ Donor Register
Organ Donor Line
0845 60 60 400
Black and Asian people are at least three times more likely to need a kidney transplant than the rest of the population, but fewer people from these communities sign up as donors. Right now over 620 black and 1,170 Asian people in the UK are waiting for an organ transplant that could save or improve their life, but some of them will die waiting.
If you want to help someone live after your death, sign up to the register now. Click on the links below to find out more:
- Black donors
- South Asian donors
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People living in Britain
The Mixed Ethnic groups
Total population in Britain: 677,000
Proportion of all people in Britain: 1.2%
Source: Census 2001, Office for National Statistics; Census 2001 General Register Office for Scotland
The Mixed category was included for the first time in the 2001 Census. The four groups, White and Black Caribbean, White and Black African, White and Asian and Other Mixed, were developed to reflect the presence of children of inter-ethnic partnerships. In Scotland there was only a Mixed ethnic category and a write-in box. Before the 2001 Census the assumption had been that people from Mixed ethnic groups preferred to identify themselves with one of their parental ethnicities.
The majority of people who identified themselves as in a Mixed ethnic group were born in the UK (79 per cent). In England and Wales the largest of the Mixed ethnic categories was White and Black Caribbean (237,000 people) followed by White and Asian (189,000), Other Mixed groups (156,000) and White and Black African (79,000).
A third (33 per cent) of people with Mixed ethnic identities lived in London, although the likelihood of living there was greater among older people than among younger people with this identity (32 per cent of 16-24s compared with 38 per cent of over 25s). There was also a sizeable Mixed ethnic community in the South East and the North West.
Age profile
The Mixed ethnic groups have the lowest age profile of any ethnic group with 50 per cent under the age of 16. The White and Black Caribbean group was the youngest, with 58 per cent under the age of 16.
Religions
Christianity was the most common religion among members of the Mixed ethnic group (52 per cent) with ten per cent identifying themselves as Muslim and 23 per cent identifying themselves as having no religion.
