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Ethnicity profiles: North East England

Sunderland

Sunderland has very few ethnic minority residents. No group forms more than 1% of the city's population. 97% of people living in Sunderland ticked 'White British' on the 2001 Census form.

Diversity index score

0.06

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 single group, not including the White category, is Asian, who account for 2,800 of the city's 275,000 residents.

The proportion of black residents is extremely small. Census figures show only 362 black people living in Sunderland in 2001, mostly Black Africans.

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

Sunderland

Population: 280,807

Ethnic group/sub-group		Population	Proportion compared to national average
White		275,571	98.1% 90.9%
	British	272,721	97.1% 86.9%
	Irish	805	0.28% 1.27%
	Other	2,045	0.72% 2.66%
Mixed		1,090	0.38% 1.30%
	White and Black Caribbean	221	0.07% 0.47%
	White and Black African	174	0.06% 0.15%
	White and Asian	439	0.15% 0.37%
	Other mixed	256	0.09% 0.30%
Asian		2,810	1.00% 4.57%
	Indian	929	0.33% 2.09%
	Pakistani	400	0.14% 1.43%
	Bangladeshi	1,154	0.41% 0.56%
	Other Asian	327	0.11% 0.48%
Black		362	0.12% 2.30%
	Caribbean	77	0.02% 1.14%
	African	260	0.09% 0.96%
	Other Black	25	0.00% 0.19%
Chinese		653	0.23% 0.44%
Other ethnic group		321	0.11% 0.43%

Source: Census 2001, Office for National Statistics

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