# Asian ethnic group share: highest and lowest London boroughs (2021)

Redbridge had the highest share of residents in the Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh ethnic group of London’s 33 boroughs in 2021, at 47.3%.

Lambeth had the lowest, at 7.3%. The middle borough, City of London, had 16.8%.

| Rank | Area | Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Redbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge) | 47.3% |
| 2 | [Harrow](https://openindex.co.uk/harrow) | 45.2% |
| 3 | [Tower Hamlets](https://openindex.co.uk/tower-hamlets) | 44.4% |
| 4 | [Newham](https://openindex.co.uk/newham) | 42.2% |
| 5 | [Hounslow](https://openindex.co.uk/hounslow) | 36.7% |
| 6 | [Hillingdon](https://openindex.co.uk/hillingdon) | 33.3% |
| 7 | [Brent](https://openindex.co.uk/brent) | 32.8% |
| 8 | [Ealing](https://openindex.co.uk/ealing) | 30.3% |
| 9 | [Barking and Dagenham](https://openindex.co.uk/barking-and-dagenham) | 25.9% |
| 10 | [Waltham Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest) | 19.9% |
| 11 | [Barnet](https://openindex.co.uk/barnet) | 19.3% |
| 12 | [Merton](https://openindex.co.uk/merton) | 18.6% |
| 13 | [Camden](https://openindex.co.uk/camden) | 18.1% |
| 14 | [Kingston upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/kingston-upon-thames) | 17.8% |
| =15 | [Croydon](https://openindex.co.uk/croydon) | 17.5% |
| =15 | [Sutton](https://openindex.co.uk/sutton) | 17.5% |
| =17 | [City of London](https://openindex.co.uk/city-of-london) | 16.8% |
| =17 | [Westminster](https://openindex.co.uk/westminster) | 16.8% |
| 19 | [Greenwich](https://openindex.co.uk/greenwich) | 13.2% |
| 20 | [Kensington and Chelsea](https://openindex.co.uk/kensington-and-chelsea) | 11.9% |
| 21 | [Wandsworth](https://openindex.co.uk/wandsworth) | 11.7% |
| 22 | [Enfield](https://openindex.co.uk/enfield) | 11.5% |
| 23 | [Havering](https://openindex.co.uk/havering) | 10.7% |
| 24 | [Hammersmith and Fulham](https://openindex.co.uk/hammersmith-and-fulham) | 10.5% |
| 25 | [Hackney](https://openindex.co.uk/hackney) | 10.4% |
| =26 | [Bexley](https://openindex.co.uk/bexley) | 9.9% |
| =26 | [Islington](https://openindex.co.uk/islington) | 9.9% |
| =26 | [Southwark](https://openindex.co.uk/southwark) | 9.9% |
| 29 | [Lewisham](https://openindex.co.uk/lewisham) | 9.0% |
| 30 | [Richmond upon Thames](https://openindex.co.uk/richmond-upon-thames) | 8.9% |
| 31 | [Haringey](https://openindex.co.uk/haringey) | 8.7% |
| 32 | [Bromley](https://openindex.co.uk/bromley) | 8.3% |
| 33 | [Lambeth](https://openindex.co.uk/lambeth) | 7.3% |

Source: Census 2021, England and Wales, ONS Census 2021. Covers England and Wales. Period: 2021. Period: 2021.

## Other rankings of this measure

- [England and Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-asian/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-asian/england)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-asian/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-asian/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-asian/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-asian/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-asian/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-asian/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-asian/east-of-england)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-asian/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-asian/south-west)

- [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/ethnic-group-asian)
- [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/ethnic-group-asian)

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