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Ethnicity profiles: London
Ealing
Includes: Acton, Dormer's Wells, Ealing, East Acton, Greenford, Hanwell, Little Ealing, North Acton, Northolt, Norwood Green, Perivale, South Acton, Southall
Ealing is the fifth most diverse borough in London, according to the Office for National Statistics' diversity index. Less than 45% of its residents are of White British ethnic origin.
The Southall Broadway area of the borough is officially the least white part of London, and indeed Britain for that matter, with White British people making up just 9% of its residents at the time of the 2001 census.
However, other parts of Ealing, such as Hanger Lane and Bedford Lane, are more than two-thirds White British.
Southall is primarily an Asian residential district, and is often known as 'Little India". Over 55% of Southall's population of 70,000 is of either Indian or Pakistani ethnic origin. Across the entire borough, there are 74,000 Asian people - very nearly 25% of its total population. In other words, there are barely twice as many White British people as Asian people in the entire borough. Indians are by far the dominant sub-group, with nearly 50,000 people. One in six of all Ealing residents is Indian. The second largest Asian sub-group is the Other category, which numbers close to 12,000.
The Other White group, at over 27,000 people, or 9% of the total population, is the next largest ethnic minority group. This is likely to include a large part of the Iraqi population (3,000 people) living in Ealing. Black people form the next largest group, at 26,500 (9% of the population). There is a small majority of people of Caribbean origin (13,500) over those of African descent (11,000).
- Profile of the Ealing local authority, including data on population, health, housing and employment (Office for National Statistics website)
Ealing
Population: 300,948
| Ethnic group/sub-group | Population | Proportion compared to national average | |
| White | 176,741 | 58.7% 90.9% | |
| British | 135,139 | 44.9% 86.9% | |
| Irish | 14,285 | 4.74% 1.27% | |
| Other | 27,317 | 9.07% 2.66% | |
| Mixed | 10,880 | 3.61% 1.30% | |
| White and Black Caribbean | 3,022 | 1.00% 0.47% | |
| White and Black African | 1,353 | 0.44% 0.15% | |
| White and Asian | 3,629 | 1.20% 0.37% | |
| Other mixed | 2,876 | 0.95% 0.30% | |
| Asian | 73,851 | 24.5% 4.57% | |
| Indian | 49,734 | 16.5% 2.09% | |
| Pakistani | 11,271 | 3.74% 1.43% | |
| Bangladeshi | 1,077 | 0.35% 0.56% | |
| Other Asian | 11,769 | 3.91% 0.48% | |
| Black | 26,456 | 8.79% 2.30% | |
| Caribbean | 13,507 | 4.48% 1.14% | |
| African | 11,075 | 3.68% 0.96% | |
| Other Black | 1,874 | 0.62% 0.19% | |
| Chinese | 3,596 | 1.19% 0.44% | |
| Other ethnic group | 9,424 | 3.13% 0.43% | |
Source: Census 2001, Office for National Statistics
