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

Slough had the highest share of residents in the Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh ethnic group of South East’s 64 councils in 2021, at 46.7%.

Isle of Wight and New Forest had the joint lowest, at 1.2%. The middle council, Eastleigh, had 3.9%.

| Rank | Area | Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Slough](https://openindex.co.uk/slough) | 46.7% |
| 2 | [Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/reading) | 17.7% |
| =3 | [Crawley](https://openindex.co.uk/crawley) | 15.4% |
| =3 | [Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford) | 15.4% |
| 5 | [Rushmoor](https://openindex.co.uk/rushmoor) | 14.7% |
| 6 | [Woking](https://openindex.co.uk/woking) | 14.2% |
| 7 | [Windsor and Maidenhead](https://openindex.co.uk/windsor-and-maidenhead) | 13.1% |
| 8 | [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham) | 12.9% |
| 9 | [Spelthorne](https://openindex.co.uk/spelthorne) | 12.8% |
| =10 | [Buckinghamshire](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire) | 12.4% |
| =10 | [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes) | 12.4% |
| 12 | [Epsom and Ewell](https://openindex.co.uk/epsom-and-ewell) | 11.4% |
| 13 | [Gravesham](https://openindex.co.uk/gravesham) | 11.2% |
| 14 | [Southampton](https://openindex.co.uk/southampton) | 10.6% |
| 15 | [Dartford](https://openindex.co.uk/dartford) | 9.9% |
| 16 | [Runnymede](https://openindex.co.uk/runnymede) | 9.2% |
| 17 | [Surrey Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/surrey-heath) | 8.9% |
| 18 | [Reigate and Banstead](https://openindex.co.uk/reigate-and-banstead) | 7.5% |
| 19 | [Bracknell Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest) | 7.1% |
| 20 | [Portsmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/portsmouth) | 6.9% |
| 21 | [Guildford](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford) | 6.7% |
| 22 | [Elmbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/elmbridge) | 6.5% |
| 23 | [Cherwell](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell) | 6.0% |
| =24 | [Basingstoke and Deane](https://openindex.co.uk/basingstoke-and-deane) | 5.9% |
| =24 | [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) | 5.9% |
| 26 | [Ashford](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford) | 5.8% |
| 27 | [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove) | 4.8% |
| 28 | [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone) | 4.7% |
| 29 | [Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/canterbury) | 4.1% |
| =30 | [Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells) | 4.0% |
| =30 | [Vale of White Horse](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-white-horse) | 4.0% |
| =32 | [Eastleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh) | 3.9% |
| =32 | [Folkestone and Hythe](https://openindex.co.uk/folkestone-and-hythe) | 3.9% |
| =32 | [Worthing](https://openindex.co.uk/worthing) | 3.9% |
| =35 | [Tandridge](https://openindex.co.uk/tandridge) | 3.7% |
| =35 | [West Berkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire) | 3.7% |
| =37 | [Hart](https://openindex.co.uk/hart) | 3.6% |
| =37 | [Mid Sussex](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex) | 3.6% |
| 39 | [Eastbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/eastbourne) | 3.5% |
| 40 | [Test Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/test-valley) | 3.3% |
| 41 | [Winchester](https://openindex.co.uk/winchester) | 3.1% |
| 42 | [Mole Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley) | 3.0% |
| =43 | [Sevenoaks](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks) | 2.9% |
| =43 | [South Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire) | 2.9% |
| =43 | [Tonbridge and Malling](https://openindex.co.uk/tonbridge-and-malling) | 2.9% |
| =46 | [Hastings](https://openindex.co.uk/hastings) | 2.8% |
| =46 | [Waverley](https://openindex.co.uk/waverley) | 2.8% |
| 48 | [Horsham](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham) | 2.7% |
| 49 | [Thanet](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet) | 2.3% |
| 50 | [Adur](https://openindex.co.uk/adur) | 2.2% |
| 51 | [Dover](https://openindex.co.uk/dover) | 2.1% |
| =52 | [East Hampshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire) | 1.9% |
| =52 | [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes) | 1.9% |
| 54 | [Fareham](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham) | 1.8% |
| =55 | [Chichester](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester) | 1.7% |
| =55 | [Havant](https://openindex.co.uk/havant) | 1.7% |
| =55 | [West Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire) | 1.7% |
| 58 | [Arun](https://openindex.co.uk/arun) | 1.6% |
| =59 | [Rother](https://openindex.co.uk/rother) | 1.5% |
| =59 | [Swale](https://openindex.co.uk/swale) | 1.5% |
| =61 | [Gosport](https://openindex.co.uk/gosport) | 1.4% |
| =61 | [Wealden](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden) | 1.4% |
| =63 | [Isle of Wight](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight) | 1.2% |
| =63 | [New Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest) | 1.2% |

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