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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
).
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