Royal Borough of Greenwich Ethnic Profile: 2011 Census Data

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Royal Borough of Greenwich Ethnic Profile

White British people accounted for 52.3% of the population and the Black and Minority
Ethnic (BME) population is 47.7%.
The largest BME group is Black/Black British which makes up 19.1% of the total population,
of which 13.8% are Black African.
This is followed by Asian/Asian British with 11.7%, Mixed/Multiple Ethnic Groups with 4.8%
and Other Ethnic Group with 1.9% of the total Royal Borough population.
There are currently over 90 different languages spoken across the Royal Borough.

Table 1: Ethnic Group Profile for Royal Borough of Greenwich and London
Ethnic Group

White

Mixed/Multiple
Ethnic Groups

RB Greenwich

London

British

52.3%

44.9%

Irish

1.7%

2.2%

Gypsy or Irish Traveller

0.2%

0.1%

Other White

8.3%

12.6%

62.5%

59.8%

1.6%

1.5%

Total
White and Black
Caribbean
White and Black African

1.1%

0.8%

White and Asian

0.9%

1.2%

Other Mixed

1.3%

1.5%

4.8%

5.0%

Indian

3.1%

6.6%

Pakistani

1.0%

2.7%

Bangladeshi

0.6%

2.7%

Chinese

2.0%

1.5%

Total

Asian/Asian British

Other Asian

5.0%

4.9%

11.7%

18.5%

African

13.8%

7.0%

Caribbean

3.2%

4.2%

Other Black

2.1%

2.1%

19.1%

13.3%

Other Ethnic Group; Arab

0.4%

1.3%

Other Ethnic Group

1.4%

2.1%

1.9%

3.4%

Total
Black/African/
Caribbean/Black
British

Other Ethnic Group

Total

Total
Source: ONS Census (2011) Table QS201EW Ethnic Group

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Royal Borough of Greenwich Ethnic Profile: 2011 Census Data

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Figure 1: Ethnic Group Profile for Royal Borough of Greenwich and London
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Source: ONS Census (2011) Table QS201EW Ethnic Group

The following table outlines the Royal Borough wards with the highest BME population and
associated rank.
Table 2: Ranking of Royal Borough of Greenwich Wards by Proportion of BME Population
Ward

White British

BME

Rank

Thamesmead Moorings

33.3%

66.7%

Woolwich Common

34.4%

65.6%

Glyndon

35.8%

64.2%

Plumstead

36.8%

63.2%

Woolwich Riverside

39.3%

60.7%

Abbey Wood

46.8%

53.2%

Greenwich West

50.9%

49.1%

Charlton

52.4%

47.6%

Peninsula

53.5%

46.5%

Kidbrooke with Hornfair

55.8%

44.2%

10

Shooters Hill

58.2%

41.8%

11

Middle Park and Sutcliffe

65.0%

35.0%

12

Eltham West

65.8%

34.2%

13

Blackheath Westcombe

69.6%

30.4%

14

Coldharbour and New Eltham

74.0%

26.0%

15

Eltham South

75.0%

25.0%

16

Eltham North

80.8%

19.2%

17

52.3%

47.7%

44.9%

55.1%

Royal Borough of Greenwich

London
Source: ONS Census (2011) Table QS201EW Ethnic Group

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