Ethnicity | 6.0


Most people in East Renfrewshire (94 per cent) report their ethnicity as ‘White’. The majority of these people belonged to the ‘White: Scottish’ category (87 per cent). The ‘White: other British’ was the second largest category at 4.1 per cent. Of the’White’ ethnic group, 2.9 per cent identified as ‘non-British White’ including 1.5 per cent of ‘White: Irish’ and 1.2 per cent ‘Other: White’ with 0.2 per cent ‘White: Polish.


Minority ethnic groups in East Renfrewshire have grown in size between 2001 and 2011, and generally, lived in more mixed areas in 2011, compared to 2001 (Table 4).


The ‘Asian’ population showed the largest increase and now represents 5 per cent of the total East Renfrewshire population. ‘Mixed or multiple’ ethnic groups represented 0.4 per cent and ‘Other Ethnic’ groups 0.3 per cent of the population. The ‘African, Caribbean or Black’ groups made up 0.1 per cent of the population.


Diversity Profile


Ethnic groups other than White Scottish or White Other British, 2001 – 2011


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3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500


1,000 500 0


Pakistani White Irish Indian Chinese Mixed or multiple African Bangladeshi Caribbean


2001


2011


2⁹ NRS Migration from 2009-2011 by single year of age


Planning for the Future of East Renfrewshire


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