# Asian ethnic group share: highest and lowest councils in North East (2021)

Newcastle upon Tyne had the highest share of residents in the Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh ethnic group of North East’s 12 councils in 2021, at 11.4%.

Redcar and Cleveland had the lowest, at 0.8%. The middle council, Darlington, had 2.8%.

| Rank | Area | Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Newcastle upon Tyne](https://openindex.co.uk/newcastle-upon-tyne) | 11.4% |
| 2 | [Middlesbrough](https://openindex.co.uk/middlesbrough) | 10.5% |
| 3 | [Stockton-on-Tees](https://openindex.co.uk/stockton-on-tees) | 4.6% |
| 4 | [Sunderland](https://openindex.co.uk/sunderland) | 3.0% |
| 5 | [South Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/south-tyneside) | 2.9% |
| 6 | [Darlington](https://openindex.co.uk/darlington) | 2.8% |
| 7 | [North Tyneside](https://openindex.co.uk/north-tyneside) | 2.6% |
| 8 | [Gateshead](https://openindex.co.uk/gateshead) | 2.5% |
| 9 | [Hartlepool](https://openindex.co.uk/hartlepool) | 1.7% |
| 10 | [County Durham](https://openindex.co.uk/county-durham) | 1.5% |
| 11 | [Northumberland](https://openindex.co.uk/northumberland) | 1.1% |
| 12 | [Redcar and Cleveland](https://openindex.co.uk/redcar-and-cleveland) | 0.8% |

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 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)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-asian/london)
- [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)

## How to cite

Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-asian/north-east.

Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it.

Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-asian/north-east