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

Bristol had the highest share of residents in another ethnic group of South West’s 27 councils in 2021, at 1.9%.

Torridge had the lowest, at 0.2%. The middle council, Tewkesbury, had 0.5%.

| Rank | Area | Other ethnic group | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Bristol](https://openindex.co.uk/bristol) | 1.9% | – |
| =2 | [Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole](https://openindex.co.uk/bournemouth-christchurch-and-poole) | 1.5% | – |
| =2 | [Swindon](https://openindex.co.uk/swindon) | 1.5% | – |
| 4 | [Exeter](https://openindex.co.uk/exeter) | 1.4% | – |
| 5 | [Gloucester](https://openindex.co.uk/gloucester) | 1.2% | – |
| 6 | [Cornwall](https://openindex.co.uk/cornwall) | 1.1% | – |
| =7 | [Cheltenham](https://openindex.co.uk/cheltenham) | 1.0% | – |
| =7 | [Plymouth](https://openindex.co.uk/plymouth) | 1.0% | – |
| =9 | [Isles of Scilly](https://openindex.co.uk/isles-of-scilly) | 0.9% | – |
| =9 | [South Gloucestershire](https://openindex.co.uk/south-gloucestershire) | 0.9% | – |
| 11 | [Bath and North East Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/bath-and-north-east-somerset) | 0.8% | – |
| 12 | [Wiltshire](https://openindex.co.uk/wiltshire) | 0.7% | – |
| 13 | [North Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset) | 0.6% | – |
| 14 | [Tewkesbury](https://openindex.co.uk/tewkesbury) | 0.5% | – |
| =15 | [Cotswold](https://openindex.co.uk/cotswold) | 0.4% | – |
| =15 | [Dorset](https://openindex.co.uk/dorset) | 0.4% | – |
| =15 | [Forest of Dean](https://openindex.co.uk/forest-of-dean) | 0.4% | – |
| =15 | [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. |
| =15 | [South Hams](https://openindex.co.uk/south-hams) | 0.4% | – |
| =15 | [Stroud](https://openindex.co.uk/stroud) | 0.4% | – |
| =15 | [Torbay](https://openindex.co.uk/torbay) | 0.4% | – |
| =22 | [East Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/east-devon) | 0.3% | – |
| =22 | [Mid Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/mid-devon) | 0.3% | – |
| =22 | [North Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/north-devon) | 0.3% | – |
| =22 | [Teignbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/teignbridge) | 0.3% | – |
| =22 | [West Devon](https://openindex.co.uk/west-devon) | 0.3% | – |
| 27 | [Torridge](https://openindex.co.uk/torridge) | 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-other/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-other/england)
- [Wales](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-other/wales)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-other/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-other/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-other/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-other/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-other/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-other/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-other/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-other/south-east)

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

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