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

Swindon had the highest share of residents in the Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh ethnic group of South West’s 27 councils in 2021, at 11.6%.

Isles of Scilly had the lowest, at 0.3%. The middle council, Somerset, had 1.5%.

| Rank | Area | Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Swindon](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon) | 11.6% | – |
| 2 | [Bristol](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol) | 6.6% | – |
| 3 | [Gloucester](https://openindex.co.uk/gloucester) | 6.5% | – |
| 4 | [Exeter](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter) | 4.9% | – |
| 5 | [Cheltenham](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham) | 4.1% | – |
| 6 | [South Gloucestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire) | 3.8% | – |
| 7 | [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole) | 3.4% | – |
| 8 | [Bath and North East Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset) | 3.3% | – |
| 9 | [Plymouth](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth) | 2.2% | – |
| 10 | [Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire) | 2.1% | – |
| 11 | [Tewkesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/tewkesbury) | 2.0% | – |
| 12 | [Torbay](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay) | 1.6% | – |
| =13 | [North Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset) | 1.5% | – |
| =13 | [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset) | 1.5% | Worked out by Open Index by adding up the census output areas in this area, because the census was published on the boundaries before this council changed. |
| 15 | [Cotswold](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold) | 1.3% | – |
| 16 | [North Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/north-devon) | 1.2% | – |
| 17 | [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) | 1.1% | – |
| =18 | [East Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/east-devon) | 1.0% | – |
| =18 | [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud) | 1.0% | – |
| =20 | [Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall) | 0.7% | – |
| =20 | [Forest of Dean](https://openindex.co.uk/forest-of-dean) | 0.7% | – |
| =20 | [Mid Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-devon) | 0.7% | – |
| =20 | [South Hams](https://openindex.co.uk/south-hams) | 0.7% | – |
| =20 | [Teignbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/teignbridge) | 0.7% | – |
| 25 | [West Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/west-devon) | 0.6% | – |
| 26 | [Torridge](https://openindex.co.uk/torridge) | 0.5% | – |
| 27 | [Isles of Scilly](https://openindex.co.uk/isles-of-scilly) | 0.3% | – |

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

- [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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