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White Britons now a minority in London
Tuesday December 11, 2012 07:55:57 PM,
IANS
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London: For the first
time ever, white British people are now in a minority in London as
migrants from India, Pakistan, Ireland, Germany and Poland added
up to over three million people over the past decade, a government
report said Tuesday.
Just 3.7 million Londoners described their ethnicity as "White
British" in 2011, down from 4.3 million in 2001. They made up 44.9
percent of the city's population, the Daily Mail cited the data
released by the Office of National Statistics as saying.
A major change also came in the decreasing number of Christians.
There were four million lesser Christians, and a quarter of
Britons said they had no religion.
In 2011, 7.5 million were foreign-born, or one in eight of the
population.
The proportion of Muslims rose from three percent to 4.8 percent.
The third most popular religion was Hinduism, with 1.5 percent of
the population, while 0.8 percent were Sikhs, according to the
report.
In what was termed a joke, nearly 180,000 people claimed to be
followers of the Jedi religion featured in "Star Wars". In 2001,
around 400,000 jokingly put the faith down on their form.
Knowsley in Lancashire was the most Christian town with 80.9
percent of residents following the faith, while in London's Tower
Hamlets 34.5 percent of the population were Muslims, the data
showed.
Norwich was the "most godless place" in the country -- 42.5
percent said they had no religion.
Around 7.5 percent of the total population in England and Wales
are Asians, while 3.4 percent described themselves as black.
London was also home to the most immigrants -- 37 percent of
residents were born abroad and 24 percent were not citizens of
Britain.
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