ANNEX E: BACKGROUND STATISTICS ON ETHNICITY
Table1: Scottish population by ethnic group - All people
Percentages |
% total population |
% minority ethnic population |
Base |
|
|
|
White Scottish |
88.09 |
na |
4,459,071 |
Other White British |
7.38 |
na |
373,685 |
White Irish |
0.98 |
na |
49,428 |
Any other White background |
1.54 |
na |
78,150 |
Indian |
0.30 |
14.79 |
15,037 |
Pakistani |
0.63 |
31.27 |
31,793 |
Bangladeshi |
0.04 |
1.95 |
1,981 |
Chinese |
0.32 |
16.04 |
16,310 |
Other South Asian |
0.12 |
6.09 |
6,196 |
Caribbean |
0.04 |
1.75 |
1,778 |
African |
0.10 |
5.03 |
5,118 |
Black Scottish or any other Black background |
0.02 |
1.11 |
1,129 |
Any Mixed Background |
0.25 |
12.55 |
12,764 |
Any other background |
0.19 |
9.41 |
9,571 |
All minority ethnic population |
2.01 |
100.00 |
|
All population |
100.00 |
na |
5,062,011 |
- The size of the minority ethnic population was just over 100,000 in 2001 or 2% of the total population of Scotland.
- Pakistanis were the largest minority ethnic group, followed by Chinese, Indians and those of Mixed ethnic backgrounds.
- Over 70% of the total minority ethnic population were Asian: Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese or other South Asian.
- Over 12% of the minority ethnic population described their ethnic group as Mixed.
- The size of the minority ethnic population has increased since the 1991 Census. Whilst the total population increase between 1991 and 2001 was 1.3%, the minority ethnic population increased by 62.3%.
- Minority ethnic groups have a younger age distribution than the White groups; with the exception of the Caribbean group, more than 20% of the population for all other groups is less than 16 years old.
- The Mixed group has the youngest age structure: 44% are under the age of 16 years.
- The White Irish population has the highest proportion of people over pensionable age.
Chart 1.1: Age profile by ethnic group - All people, Scotland
Percentages
Table 2: Minority ethnic population by council area - All people
Percentages |
Percentage of people in each council area that are minority ethnic |
Percentage of total minority ethnic population living in each council area |
Base |
Aberdeen City |
2.9 |
6.0 |
212,125 |
Aberdeenshire |
0.7 |
1.6 |
226,871 |
Angus |
0.8 |
0.8 |
108,400 |
Argyll & Bute |
0.8 |
0.7 |
91,306 |
Clackmannanshire |
0.8 |
0.4 |
48,077 |
Dumfries & Galloway |
0.7 |
1.0 |
147,765 |
Dundee City |
3.7 |
5.2 |
145,663 |
East Ayrshire |
0.7 |
0.8 |
120,235 |
East Dunbartonshire |
3.1 |
3.3 |
108,243 |
East Lothian |
0.7 |
0.6 |
90,088 |
East Renfrewshire |
3.8 |
3.4 |
89,311 |
Edinburgh, City of |
4.1 |
18.0 |
448,624 |
Eilean Siar |
0.6 |
0.2 |
26,502 |
Falkirk |
1.0 |
1.5 |
145,191 |
Fife |
1.3 |
4.4 |
349,429 |
Glasgow City |
5.5 |
31.0 |
577,869 |
Highland |
0.8 |
1.6 |
208,914 |
Inverclyde |
0.9 |
0.7 |
84,203 |
Midlothian |
0.9 |
0.7 |
80,941 |
Moray |
0.9 |
0.8 |
86,940 |
North Ayrshire |
0.7 |
0.9 |
135,817 |
North Lanarkshire |
1.3 |
4.0 |
321,067 |
Orkney Islands |
0.4 |
0.1 |
19,245 |
Perth & Kinross |
1.0 |
1.3 |
134,949 |
Renfrewshire |
1.2 |
2.1 |
172,867 |
Scottish Borders |
0.6 |
0.6 |
106,764 |
Shetland Islands |
1.1 |
0.2 |
21,988 |
South Ayrshire |
0.7 |
0.8 |
112,097 |
South Lanarkshire |
1.1 |
3.3 |
302,216 |
Stirling |
1.5 |
1.3 |
86,212 |
West Dunbartonshire |
0.7 |
0.7 |
93,378 |
West Lothian |
1.3 |
2.1 |
158,714 |
SCOTLAND |
2.0 |
- |
5,062,011 |
- Glasgow has the highest percentage of minority ethnic people with 31% of the total minority ethnic population living in the city. This is followed by Edinburgh with 18% of the total minority ethnic population residing in the city.
These and a range of additional ethnicity statistics are available in Analysis of Ethnicity in the 2001 Census Summary report on the Scottish Executive website
( http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/social/aescr-00.asp ).
