# Black ethnic group share: highest and lowest councils in North West (2021) Manchester had the highest share of residents in the Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African ethnic group of North West’s 35 councils in 2021, at 11.9%. 4 councils had the joint lowest, at 0.2%. The middle council, Cheshire West and Chester, had 0.6%. | Rank | Area | Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African | Note | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Manchester](https://openindex.co.uk/manchester) | 11.9% | – | | 2 | [Salford](https://openindex.co.uk/salford) | 6.1% | – | | 3 | [Bolton](https://openindex.co.uk/bolton) | 3.8% | – | | =4 | [Liverpool](https://openindex.co.uk/liverpool) | 3.5% | – | | =4 | [Rochdale](https://openindex.co.uk/rochdale) | 3.5% | – | | =6 | [Oldham](https://openindex.co.uk/oldham) | 3.4% | – | | =6 | [Trafford](https://openindex.co.uk/trafford) | 3.4% | – | | 8 | [Preston](https://openindex.co.uk/preston) | 2.4% | – | | 9 | [Tameside](https://openindex.co.uk/tameside) | 2.3% | – | | 10 | [Bury](https://openindex.co.uk/bury) | 1.9% | – | | =11 | [Stockport](https://openindex.co.uk/stockport) | 1.2% | – | | =11 | [Wigan](https://openindex.co.uk/wigan) | 1.2% | – | | =13 | [Blackburn with Darwen](https://openindex.co.uk/blackburn-with-darwen) | 0.9% | – | | =13 | [Lancaster](https://openindex.co.uk/lancaster) | 0.9% | – | | 15 | [Knowsley](https://openindex.co.uk/knowsley) | 0.8% | – | | 16 | [Warrington](https://openindex.co.uk/warrington) | 0.7% | – | | =17 | [Cheshire East](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-east) | 0.6% | – | | =17 | [Cheshire West and Chester](https://openindex.co.uk/cheshire-west-and-chester) | 0.6% | – | | =17 | [Chorley](https://openindex.co.uk/chorley) | 0.6% | – | | =20 | [Blackpool](https://openindex.co.uk/blackpool) | 0.5% | – | | =20 | [Sefton](https://openindex.co.uk/sefton) | 0.5% | – | | =20 | [South Ribble](https://openindex.co.uk/south-ribble) | 0.5% | – | | =23 | [Fylde](https://openindex.co.uk/fylde) | 0.4% | – | | =23 | [Halton](https://openindex.co.uk/halton) | 0.4% | – | | =23 | [St. Helens](https://openindex.co.uk/st-helens) | 0.4% | – | | =23 | [Wirral](https://openindex.co.uk/wirral) | 0.4% | – | | =27 | [Burnley](https://openindex.co.uk/burnley) | 0.3% | – | | =27 | [Hyndburn](https://openindex.co.uk/hyndburn) | 0.3% | – | | =27 | [Pendle](https://openindex.co.uk/pendle) | 0.3% | – | | =27 | [West Lancashire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-lancashire) | 0.3% | – | | =27 | [Westmorland and Furness](https://openindex.co.uk/westmorland-and-furness) | 0.3% | 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. | | =32 | [Cumberland](https://openindex.co.uk/cumberland) | 0.2% | 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. | | =32 | [Ribble Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/ribble-valley) | 0.2% | – | | =32 | [Rossendale](https://openindex.co.uk/rossendale) | 0.2% | – | | =32 | [Wyre](https://openindex.co.uk/wyre) | 0.2% | – | 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-black/uk) - [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/england) - [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/wales) - [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/north-east) - [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/yorkshire-and-the-humber) - [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/east-midlands) - [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/west-midlands) - [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/east-of-england) - [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/london) - [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/south-east) - [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/south-west) - [The map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/ethnic-group-black) - [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/ethnic-group-black) ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/north-west. 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-black/north-west