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Ethnicity profiles: East of England

Norwich

Norwich has markedly fewer non-white residents than many of the major towns and cities in the East of England. According to the 2001 Census, less than 8,000 (6.6%) of Norwich's 122,000 residents are from ethnic groups other than White British

Diversity index score

0.13

The Office for National Statistics' diversity index is calculated as the probability that two people chosen at random from a given area would be from different ethnic groups, even if neither of them were white. For example, a score of .30 would mean that there would be a 30% probability.

More about the index (ONS website)

The largest ethnic minority group is Other White (3,200 people, or 2.6% of all residents). Its proportion of Mixed people is much lower than its near neighbour Norwich (1.1% versus 2.3%), possibly due in part to the city's almost insignificant Asian and black populations (just 1,000 and 400 people respectively).

Profile of the Norwich local authority area, including data on population, health, housing and employment (Office for National Statistics website)

Norwich

Population: 121,550

Ethnic group/sub-group		Population	Proportion compared to national average
White		117,701	96.8% 90.9%
	British	113,600	93.4% 86.9%
	Irish	843	0.69% 1.27%
	Other	3,258	2.68% 2.66%
Mixed		1,321	1.08% 1.30%
	White and Black Caribbean	211	0.17% 0.47%
	White and Black African	187	0.15% 0.15%
	White and Asian	391	0.32% 0.37%
	Other mixed	432	0.35% 0.30%
Asian		1,038	0.85% 4.57%
	Indian	525	0.43% 2.09%
	Pakistani	93	0.07% 1.43%
	Bangladeshi	216	0.17% 0.56%
	Other Asian	204	0.16% 0.48%
Black		433	0.35% 2.30%
	Caribbean	123	0.10% 1.14%
	African	267	0.21% 0.96%
	Other Black	43	0.03% 0.19%
Chinese		468	0.38% 0.44%
Other ethnic group		589	0.48% 0.43%

Source: Census 2001, Office for National Statistics

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