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

Cardiff had the highest share of residents in Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups of Wales’s 22 councils in 2021, at 4.0%.

7 councils had the joint lowest, at 0.9%. The middle council, Gwynedd, had 1.1%.

| Rank | Area | Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Cardiff](https://openindex.co.uk/cardiff) | 4.0% |
| 2 | [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/newport) | 2.8% |
| 3 | [Vale of Glamorgan](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan) | 2.3% |
| 4 | [Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea) | 1.6% |
| =5 | [Bridgend](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend) | 1.2% |
| =5 | [Ceredigion](https://openindex.co.uk/ceredigion) | 1.2% |
| =5 | [Monmouthshire](https://openindex.co.uk/monmouthshire) | 1.2% |
| =5 | [Wrexham](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham) | 1.2% |
| =9 | [Conwy](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy) | 1.1% |
| =9 | [Denbighshire](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire) | 1.1% |
| =9 | [Gwynedd](https://openindex.co.uk/gwynedd) | 1.1% |
| =9 | [Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot) | 1.1% |
| =9 | [Torfaen](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen) | 1.1% |
| =14 | [Caerphilly](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly) | 1.0% |
| =14 | [Rhondda Cynon Taf](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf) | 1.0% |
| =16 | [Blaenau Gwent](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent) | 0.9% |
| =16 | [Carmarthenshire](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire) | 0.9% |
| =16 | [Flintshire](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire) | 0.9% |
| =16 | [Isle of Anglesey](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-anglesey) | 0.9% |
| =16 | [Merthyr Tydfil](https://openindex.co.uk/merthyr-tydfil) | 0.9% |
| =16 | [Pembrokeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/pembrokeshire) | 0.9% |
| =16 | [Powys](https://openindex.co.uk/powys) | 0.9% |

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)
- [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 East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-mixed/south-east)
- [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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