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{{Short description|Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom}}

{{About|one of the white ethnicity classifications used in the United Kingdom census|the broad racial group|white people in the United Kingdom}}

{{Infobox ethnic group

| group = Other White

| image = File:Districts of England by Other White percent.svg

| image_caption = Distribution by District (2011)

| population = {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom: 4,009,940 – 6.0% (2021/22 Census)
{{Flag|England}}: 3,585,003 – 6.3% (2021){{cite web|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/ethnicity/bulletins/ethnicgroupenglandandwales/census2021|title=Ethnic group, England and Wales: Census 2021|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=29 November 2022}}
{{Flag|Scotland}}: 254,336 – 4.7% (2022){{efn|Includes the White Polish ethnic category (90,736) alongside the 'Other White' ethnic category (163,600) to ensure consistent comparisons with other constituent countries}}{{cite web |url=https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/media/trbdxzme/scotland-s-census-2022-ethnic-group-national-identity-language-and-religion-chart-data.xlsx |title=Scotland's Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion - Chart data |author= |date=21 May 2024 |website=Scotland's Census |publisher=National Records of Scotland |access-date=21 May 2024 }} [https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/search-the-census#/search-by Alternative URL] 'Search data by location' > 'All of Scotland' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Ethnic Group'
{{Flag|Wales}}: 82,994 – 2.7% (2021)
Northern Ireland: 87,607 – 4.6% (2021){{cite web|url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?v=&d=PEOPLE&v=RACIAL_EQUALITY_TEO|title=Racial Equality (The Executive Office)|publisher=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency|date= 22 September 2023|accessdate=7 January 2024}}

| popplace = {{hlist|London|Edinburgh|Birmingham|West Northamptonshire|Bristol|Glasgow|Leeds|Manchester}}{{cn|date=August 2024}}

| languages = British English, Polish, Romanian, Italian{{cn|date=August 2024}}

| rels = Predominantly Christianity (60.4%); minority follows other faiths (6.0%){{efn|Including Islam (3.5%), Judaism (1.3%), Buddhism (0.3%), Hinduism (0.04%), Sikhism (0.02%), Alevism and others}} or are irreligious (25.3%)
2021 census, England and Wales only{{efn|Figures include Other White as well as 'Gypsy or Irish Traveller' or 'Roma'}}{{cite web |title=RM031 - Ethnic group by religion |url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/datasets/c2021rm031 |publisher=Nomis: Official Census and Labour Market Statistics |access-date=30 March 2023}}{{reflist|group=note}}

| related_groups = White British

}}

The term Other White, or White Other, is a classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom, used in documents such as the 2021 United Kingdom Census, to describe people who identify as white persons who are not of the English, Welsh, Scottish, Roma, Irish or Irish Traveller ethnic groupings.{{Cite web |title=List of ethnic groups |url=https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/ethnic-groups |access-date=2023-11-21 |website=www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk |language=en}} In Scotland, the term Other White is also used to refer collectively to those not of Scottish or Other British ethnicity, in which case it also includes those of a Gypsy, Roma, Irish or Irish Traveller background.{{Cite web |title=Scotland's Census at a glance: Ethnic groups |url=https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/census-results/at-a-glance/ethnicity/ |access-date=2023-11-21 |website=Scotland's Census |language=en}}

The category does not comprise a single ethnic group; rather, it serves a means of identification for white individuals not represented by other white census categories. Consequently, the Other White group encompasses a diverse range of people, and includes those born in Britain and those born elsewhere.

According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, those identifying as Other White in England & Wales enumerated 3,667,997, or 6.2% of the population.{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/ethnicity/bulletins/ethnicgroupenglandandwales/census2021#:~:text=%22White%22%20remained%20the%20largest%20high,(48.2%20million)%20in%202011. |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group - Census Maps, ONS |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/census/maps/choropleth/identity/ethnic-group/ethnic-group-tb-6a/asian-asian-british-or-asian-welsh |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.ons.gov.uk |language=en}} The largest represented ethnic groups in the Other White category were Poles (614,000 people) and Romanians (343,000 people).{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/ethnicity/bulletins/ethnicgroupenglandandwales/census2021 |access-date=2023-11-21 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}} In Scotland, the largest represented ethnic groups classed as Other White were Poles (61,000 people) and Irish (54,000 people).

In 2011, the Scottish Government introduced the category White Polish as a means of identifying the Polish diaspora in Scotland.

Along with White British and White Irish, the Other White category does not appear in Northern Ireland, where only one "White" classification was presented to respondents.{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/about/data/harmonisation/downloads/P3.pdf|title=Harmonised Concepts and Questions for Social Data Sources: Primary Standards – Ethnic Group|date=April 2008|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=21 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107095528/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/about/data/harmonisation/downloads/P3.pdf|archive-date=7 January 2010}}

Demographics

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|+ Other White population by region and country

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! Region / Country !! Population !! Per cent of region

|England3,585,0036.35%
| Greater London1,290,83814.67%
| South East586,5696.32%
| East of England429,5996.78%
| East Midlands258,4385.30%
| South West257,5944.52%
| North West253,4873.42%
| West Midlands248,5654.18%
| Yorkshire and The Humber208,1303.80%
| North East51,7831.96%
| Scotland{{Efn|name=Census2021/22|Scotland held its census a year later after England and Wales due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the data shown is from 2022 as opposed to 2021.}}254,3364.68%
| Northern Ireland87,6074.60%
| Wales82,9942.67%
colspan="8" |{{center|Figures based on the 2021 United Kingdom Census{{cite web |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS021/editions/2021/versions/1/filter-outputs/87c867f1-15bc-4f2a-a1ec-51f5a0c2d410 |title= Ethnic group - England and Wales regions |publisher=Office for National Statistics |date=29 November 2022 |access-date=30 November 2022}}}}

File:White Other population pyramid 2021.svg

=Birthplace=

File:Other White by Country of Birth, 2021 Census.png

{{Pie chart|thumb=right|caption=Year of arrival (2021 census, England and Wales){{Cite web |title=Ethnic group and year of arrival in the uk - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/create/filter-outputs/3b1e01ff-adfa-4048-ad0a-9a305cde51d6 |access-date=2023-07-08 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}|label1=Born in the UK|value1=16.2|color1=DodgerBlue|label2=Before 1950|value2=0.2|color2=Gray|label3=1951 to 1960|value3=0.7|color3=Green|label4=1961 to 1970|value4=1.3|color4=DarkOrange|label5=1971 to 1980|value5=1.4|color5=DarkKhaki|label6=1981 to 1990|value6=1.9|label7=1991 to 2000|value7=6.1|color7=Gold|label8=2001 to 2010|value8=25.2|color8=Chartreuse|label9=2011 to 2021|value9=47.0|color9=DarkRed}}According to 2016 ONS Estimates, Other Whites enumerated 4,167,000, or 6.3% of the population in the United Kingdom.{{Cite web |title=Research report on population estimates by characteristics - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/methodologies/researchreportonpopulationestimatesbycharacteristics |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}} However, their numbers, in line with a slight population decline in Polish and Romanian citizens in Britain, fell to 3,667,997 in England & Wales at the 2021 United Kingdom census.{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/ethnicity/bulletins/ethnicgroupenglandandwales/census2021#:~:text=%22White%22%20remained%20the%20largest%20high,(48.2%20million)%20in%202011. |access-date=2022-11-30 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}{{Cite news |date=2022-05-26 |title=UK Loses EU Nationals in a Year of Brexit and Pandemic Shocks |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-26/uk-loses-eu-nationals-in-a-year-of-brexit-and-pandemic-shocks |access-date=2022-11-30}}

In the 2001 UK Census, the majority of people living in England and Wales ticking the 'Other White' ethnic group specified their ethnicity as European.{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/articles/nojournal/other_ethnicgroups.pdf |title=Who are the 'Other' ethnic groups? |last=Gardener |first=David |author2=Connolly, Helen |date=October 2005 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=22 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528025158/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/articles/nojournal/other_ethnicgroups.pdf |archive-date=May 28, 2008 }} Four out of five of the 'Other White' category (i.e. not British or Irish) were born overseas. A

third were born in a Western European country other than the UK, and one in seven were born in an Eastern European country.

Outside of Europe, countries derived from former British colonies such as Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States were among the top ten birthplaces (which included the UK itself). This suggested that, in 2001, significant numbers of Canadian Britons, Australian Briton, New Zealand Britons, American Britons and South African Britons, such as those born abroad to British parents and returned to the UK as minors, identified as White Other. It may also be that those who identify as white Canadians, white Australians, white New Zealanders, white Americans or white South Africans have migrated to the country as adults.

=Religion=

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! rowspan="3" |Religion

! colspan="4" |England and Wales

colspan="2" |2011{{cite web |url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/business-transparency/freedom-of-information/what-can-i-request/previous-foi-requests/population/ethnicity-and-religion-by-age/dc2201ew---ethnic-group-and-religion.xls |title=DC2201EW - Ethnic group and religion |format=Spreadsheet |publisher=ONS |date=15 September 2015 |access-date=14 January 2016}} Size: 21Kb.

! colspan="2" |2021{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group by religion - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/RM031/editions/2021/versions/1/filter-outputs/217f1401-dab4-43d3-aa77-6c9382220c0c#summary |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}

Number

!%

!Number

!%

20px Christianity

|1,617,833

|65.08%

|2,202,595

|60.05%

No religion

|464,911

|18.70%

|933,703

|25.46%

20px Islam

|131,056

|5.27%

|131,425

|3.58%

20px Judaism

|39,319

|1.58%

|49,125

|1.34%

20px Buddhism

|9,275

|0.37%

|9,658

|0.26%

20px Hinduism

|4,740

|0.19%

|1,368

|0.04%

20px Sikhism

|1,795

|0.07%

|607

|0.02%

Other religions

|11,749

|0.47%

|31,925

|0.87%

Not Stated

|205,134

|8.25%

|307,587

|8.39%

Society

=Economic status=

The Other White group is largely of working age, with only one in ten aged over 65 and one in seven under 16 at the time of the 2001 census. This does vary according to the stated country of birth, with people born in the UK being disproportionately young. Polish and Italian respondents had a larger proportion of over 65s,{{Dead link|date=January 2012}} which reflects the migration of Poles and Italians to Britain after the Second World War.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}

In 2019, the Other White group had a median hourly pay of £11.54 (8% less than the White British group).{{Cite web |date=12 October 2020 |title=Ethnicity pay gaps - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/articles/ethnicitypaygapsingreatbritain/2019 |access-date=8 March 2023 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}

In 2021, the Other White group had an employment rate of 82% - the highest in England, Scotland and Wales.{{Cite web |date=3 November 2022 |title=Employment |url=https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/work-pay-and-benefits/employment/employment/latest |access-date=8 March 2023 |website=www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk |language=en}}

According to a 2022 Civitas report, Other White citizens have average wealth or assets of £53,200.{{Cite web |last=Norrie |first=Richard |date=February 2022 |title=In defence of British openness |url=https://www.civitas.org.uk/content/files/BritishOpenness.pdf |access-date=15 March 2023}}

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!Ethnic group

!Individual median wealth

White British

|£166,700

Indian

|£144,400

Black Caribbean

|£85,000

Chinese

|£67,300

White Other

|£53,200

Pakistani

|£52,000

Bangladeshi

|£22,800

Black African

|£18,100

Detailed breakdown

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! rowspan="2" |Ethnic group within the White Other Group (in England and Wales)

! colspan="2" |2021{{Cite web |title=Ethnic group (detailed) - Office for National Statistics |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/TS022/editions/2021/versions/1 |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=www.ons.gov.uk}}

Population

!%

White: European Mixed

|646,118

|1.1

White: Polish

|614,344

|1.0

White: Romanian

|342,651

|0.6

White: Other White, White unspecified

|211,287

|0.4

White: Other Eastern European

|166,179

|0.3

White: Italian

|148,661

|0.2

White: Lithuanian

|97,217

|0.2

White: Portuguese

|93,608

|0.2

White: Bulgarian

|89,546

|0.2

White: North American

|82,985

|0.1

White: Spanish

|81,150

|0.1

White: French

|78,502

|0.1

White: Greek

|73,719

|0.1

White: German

|66,174

|0.1

White: Hungarian

|65,697

|0.1

White: Australian/New Zealander

|61,172

|0.1

White: Turkish

|61,102

|0.1

White: South African

|57,648

|0.1

White: Latvian

|48,070

|0.1

White: Russian

|44,662

|0.1

White: Albanian

|40,879

|0.1

White: Slovakian

|36,936

|0.1

White: Jewish

|34,105

|0.1

White: Hispanic or Latin American

|32,335

|0.1

White: Greek Cypriot

|29,472

|0.0

White: Czech

|25,023

|0.0

White: Brazilian

|24,221

|0.0

White: Dutch

|23,721

|0.0

White: Any other ethnic group

|22,309

|0.0

White: Other Mixed

|21,092

|0.0

White: Mixed Irish

|20,278

|0.0

White: White African

|20,273

|0.0

White: Ukrainian

|16,297

|0.0

White: Swedish

|16,132

|0.0

White: Kosovan

|13,145

|0.0

White: Danish

|9,453

|0.0

White: Turkish Cypriot

|9,398

|0.0

White: Serbian

|7,906

|0.0

White: Finnish

|7,892

|0.0

White: Belgian

|7,576

|0.0

White: Iranian

|7,356

|0.0

White: Swiss

|7,005

|0.0

White: Croatian

|6,995

|0.0

White: Norwegian

|6,814

|0.0

White: South American

|6,600

|0.0

White: Other Middle East

|6,527

|0.0

White: Cypriot (part not stated)

|5,956

|0.0

White: Austrian

|5,825

|0.0

White: Estonian

|5,147

|0.0

White: Kurdish

|5,091

|0.0

White: Maltese

|4,971

|0.0

White: Arab

|3,931

|0.0

White: Armenian

|3,807

|0.0

White: Slovenian

|3,719

|0.0

White: White Caribbean

|3,469

|0.0

White: Macedonian

|3,446

|0.0

White: Other North African

|3,375

|0.0

White: Moldovan

|3,207

|0.0

White: Mixed White

|2,991

|0.0

White: Israeli

|2,981

|0.0

White: African unspecified

|2,805

|0.0

White: Bosnian

|2,633

|0.0

White: Belarusian

|2,522

|0.0

White: Argentinian

|2,156

|0.0

White: Georgian

|2,149

|0.0

White: White and North African or Middle Eastern

|2,035

|0.0

White: Colombian

|1,976

|0.0

White: Zimbabwean

|1,803

|0.0

White: Algerian

|1,776

|0.0

File:White European Mixed population pyramid 2021.svg|White European Mixed

File:White Polish population pyramid 2021.svg|White Polish

File:White Romanian population pyramid 2021.svg|White Romanian

File:White Italian population pyramid 2021.svg|White Italian

File:White German population pyramid 2021.svg|White German

File:White Unspecified population pyramid 2021.svg|White: Other White or White Unspecified

File:White Greek population pyramid 2021 in England and Wales.svg|White Greek

File:White Australian+New Zealander population pyramid 2021 in England and Wales.svg|White Australian+New Zealander

File:White Hungarian population pyramid 2021 in England and Wales.svg|White Hungarian

File:White Turkish population pyramid 2021 in England and Wales.svg|White Turkish

File:White Spanish population pyramid 2021 in England and Wales.svg|White Spanish

File:White South African population pyramid 2021 in England and Wales.svg|White South African

File:White Bulgarian population pyramid 2021 in England and Wales.svg|White Bulgarian

File:White North American population pyramid 2021 in England and Wales.svg|White North American

File:White French population pyramid 2021 in England and Wales.svg|White French

File:White Portuguese population pyramid 2021 in England and Wales.svg|White Portuguese

File:White Lithuanians population pyramid 2021 in England and Wales.svg|White Lithuanians

See also

References

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{{UK census ethnic groups}}

Category:Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom

Category:White (human racial classification)