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

Bristol had the highest share of residents in the Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African ethnic group of South West’s 27 councils in 2021, at 5.9%.

Mid Devon and Torridge had the joint lowest, at 0.1%. The middle council, Somerset, had 0.4%.

| Rank | Area | Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Bristol](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol) | 5.9% | – |
| 2 | [Gloucester](https://openindex.co.uk/gloucester) | 3.6% | – |
| 3 | [Swindon](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon) | 2.6% | – |
| 4 | [South Gloucestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire) | 1.6% | – |
| =5 | [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole) | 1.1% | – |
| =5 | [Plymouth](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth) | 1.1% | – |
| =5 | [Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire) | 1.1% | – |
| =8 | [Bath and North East Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset) | 1.0% | – |
| =8 | [Cheltenham](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham) | 1.0% | – |
| 10 | [Exeter](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter) | 0.9% | – |
| 11 | [Tewkesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/tewkesbury) | 0.6% | – |
| 12 | [North Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset) | 0.5% | – |
| =13 | [Cotswold](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold) | 0.4% | – |
| =13 | [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset) | 0.4% | 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. |
| =13 | [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud) | 0.4% | – |
| =16 | [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) | 0.3% | – |
| =16 | [Forest of Dean](https://openindex.co.uk/forest-of-dean) | 0.3% | – |
| =16 | [North Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/north-devon) | 0.3% | – |
| =16 | [Torbay](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay) | 0.3% | – |
| =20 | [Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall) | 0.2% | – |
| =20 | [East Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/east-devon) | 0.2% | – |
| =20 | [Isles of Scilly](https://openindex.co.uk/isles-of-scilly) | 0.2% | – |
| =20 | [South Hams](https://openindex.co.uk/south-hams) | 0.2% | – |
| =20 | [Teignbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/teignbridge) | 0.2% | – |
| =20 | [West Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/west-devon) | 0.2% | – |
| =26 | [Mid Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-devon) | 0.1% | – |
| =26 | [Torridge](https://openindex.co.uk/torridge) | 0.1% | – |

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)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-black/north-west)
- [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)

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

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