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

Oxford had the highest share of residents in Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups of South East’s 64 councils in 2021, at 5.6%.

Isle of Wight had the lowest, at 1.2%. The middle council, Worthing, had 2.6%.

| Rank | Area | Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Oxford](https://openindex.co.uk/oxford) | 5.6% |
| 2 | [Reading](https://openindex.co.uk/reading) | 5.1% |
| 3 | [Brighton and Hove](https://openindex.co.uk/brighton-and-hove) | 4.8% |
| 4 | [Epsom and Ewell](https://openindex.co.uk/epsom-and-ewell) | 4.4% |
| =5 | [Crawley](https://openindex.co.uk/crawley) | 4.1% |
| =5 | [Elmbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/elmbridge) | 4.1% |
| =5 | [Milton Keynes](https://openindex.co.uk/milton-keynes) | 4.1% |
| 8 | [Slough](https://openindex.co.uk/slough) | 4.0% |
| 9 | [Tandridge](https://openindex.co.uk/tandridge) | 3.8% |
| =10 | [Reigate and Banstead](https://openindex.co.uk/reigate-and-banstead) | 3.7% |
| =10 | [Spelthorne](https://openindex.co.uk/spelthorne) | 3.7% |
| =12 | [Buckinghamshire](https://openindex.co.uk/buckinghamshire) | 3.5% |
| =12 | [Runnymede](https://openindex.co.uk/runnymede) | 3.5% |
| =12 | [Woking](https://openindex.co.uk/woking) | 3.5% |
| 15 | [Windsor and Maidenhead](https://openindex.co.uk/windsor-and-maidenhead) | 3.4% |
| 16 | [Southampton](https://openindex.co.uk/southampton) | 3.3% |
| =17 | [Bracknell Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/bracknell-forest) | 3.1% |
| =17 | [Dartford](https://openindex.co.uk/dartford) | 3.1% |
| =17 | [Guildford](https://openindex.co.uk/guildford) | 3.1% |
| =17 | [Wokingham](https://openindex.co.uk/wokingham) | 3.1% |
| =21 | [Cherwell](https://openindex.co.uk/cherwell) | 2.9% |
| =21 | [Hastings](https://openindex.co.uk/hastings) | 2.9% |
| =23 | [Eastbourne](https://openindex.co.uk/eastbourne) | 2.8% |
| =23 | [Medway](https://openindex.co.uk/medway) | 2.8% |
| =25 | [Canterbury](https://openindex.co.uk/canterbury) | 2.7% |
| =25 | [Surrey Heath](https://openindex.co.uk/surrey-heath) | 2.7% |
| =27 | [Gravesham](https://openindex.co.uk/gravesham) | 2.6% |
| =27 | [Portsmouth](https://openindex.co.uk/portsmouth) | 2.6% |
| =27 | [Rushmoor](https://openindex.co.uk/rushmoor) | 2.6% |
| =27 | [Sevenoaks](https://openindex.co.uk/sevenoaks) | 2.6% |
| =27 | [Tunbridge Wells](https://openindex.co.uk/tunbridge-wells) | 2.6% |
| =27 | [Worthing](https://openindex.co.uk/worthing) | 2.6% |
| =33 | [Adur](https://openindex.co.uk/adur) | 2.5% |
| =33 | [Basingstoke and Deane](https://openindex.co.uk/basingstoke-and-deane) | 2.5% |
| =33 | [Lewes](https://openindex.co.uk/lewes) | 2.5% |
| =33 | [Mid Sussex](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-sussex) | 2.5% |
| =33 | [Mole Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/mole-valley) | 2.5% |
| =33 | [Vale of White Horse](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-white-horse) | 2.5% |
| =39 | [Thanet](https://openindex.co.uk/thanet) | 2.4% |
| =39 | [West Berkshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-berkshire) | 2.4% |
| =41 | [Maidstone](https://openindex.co.uk/maidstone) | 2.3% |
| =41 | [South Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-oxfordshire) | 2.3% |
| =43 | [Ashford](https://openindex.co.uk/ashford) | 2.2% |
| =43 | [Hart](https://openindex.co.uk/hart) | 2.2% |
| =43 | [Tonbridge and Malling](https://openindex.co.uk/tonbridge-and-malling) | 2.2% |
| =43 | [Waverley](https://openindex.co.uk/waverley) | 2.2% |
| =47 | [Eastleigh](https://openindex.co.uk/eastleigh) | 2.1% |
| =47 | [Horsham](https://openindex.co.uk/horsham) | 2.1% |
| 49 | [Winchester](https://openindex.co.uk/winchester) | 2.0% |
| =50 | [Folkestone and Hythe](https://openindex.co.uk/folkestone-and-hythe) | 1.9% |
| =50 | [West Oxfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/west-oxfordshire) | 1.9% |
| =52 | [Rother](https://openindex.co.uk/rother) | 1.8% |
| =52 | [Swale](https://openindex.co.uk/swale) | 1.8% |
| =52 | [Test Valley](https://openindex.co.uk/test-valley) | 1.8% |
| =55 | [East Hampshire](https://openindex.co.uk/east-hampshire) | 1.7% |
| =55 | [Wealden](https://openindex.co.uk/wealden) | 1.7% |
| 57 | [Chichester](https://openindex.co.uk/chichester) | 1.6% |
| =58 | [Arun](https://openindex.co.uk/arun) | 1.5% |
| =58 | [Dover](https://openindex.co.uk/dover) | 1.5% |
| =58 | [Fareham](https://openindex.co.uk/fareham) | 1.5% |
| =58 | [Gosport](https://openindex.co.uk/gosport) | 1.5% |
| 62 | [Havant](https://openindex.co.uk/havant) | 1.4% |
| 63 | [New Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/new-forest) | 1.3% |
| 64 | [Isle of Wight](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-wight) | 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-mixed/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-mixed/england)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-mixed/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-mixed/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-mixed/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-mixed/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-mixed/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-mixed/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-mixed/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-mixed/london)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-mixed/south-west)

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

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