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Demographics Map

Explore the official ONS Census 2021 map for Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African population share across England and Wales.

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Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African

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The category shown is the Census 2021 ethnic group category: Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African.

Source boundary

The embedded tool carries ONS, Ordnance Survey and OpenStreetMap attribution inside the map interface.

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Use values with their geography, year and category label. Do not generalise England and Wales figures as UK-wide.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Census Maps, Census 2021. This site embeds the official ONS map rather than copying local figures without a table-level audit.

Additional source content: Demographics Map. This section preserves 43 evidence notes, source references and content items from the supplied site build. Claims should be read with the named source and caveat where shown.

UK Black Demographics Map

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UK Black Demographics Map – Interactive Census 2021 Data | BlackBritish.org.uk

Interactive Census Data

Explore Census 2021 data on Black British communities across England and Wales — right down to your neighbourhood.

2,409,283

Black population, England & Wales

GOV.UK Ethnicity Facts and Figures, Census 2021

4.0%

Of England & Wales population

ONS Census 2021

13.5%

Of Greater London

1,188,370 residents

Click on any area to see detailed statistics. Darker colours indicate higher concentrations of Black British residents.

Use the category selection to switch between different geographic levels — from neighbourhoods to regions.

The data tells you

where

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why

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Data Source:

Office for National Statistics (ONS) Census 2021, Table TS021 (Ethnic group).

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