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

Isle of Anglesey had the highest share of residents in White ethnic groups of Wales’s 22 councils in 2021, at 98.1%.

Cardiff had the lowest, at 79.2%. The middle council, Monmouthshire, had 96.9%.

| Rank | Area | White ethnic groups |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Isle of Anglesey](https://openindex.co.uk/isle-of-anglesey) | 98.1% |
| 2 | [Blaenau Gwent](https://openindex.co.uk/blaenau-gwent) | 97.8% |
| =3 | [Caerphilly](https://openindex.co.uk/caerphilly) | 97.7% |
| =3 | [Powys](https://openindex.co.uk/powys) | 97.7% |
| =5 | [Flintshire](https://openindex.co.uk/flintshire) | 97.6% |
| =5 | [Pembrokeshire](https://openindex.co.uk/pembrokeshire) | 97.6% |
| 7 | [Carmarthenshire](https://openindex.co.uk/carmarthenshire) | 97.2% |
| =8 | [Merthyr Tydfil](https://openindex.co.uk/merthyr-tydfil) | 97.1% |
| =8 | [Torfaen](https://openindex.co.uk/torfaen) | 97.1% |
| =10 | [Conwy](https://openindex.co.uk/conwy) | 96.9% |
| =10 | [Monmouthshire](https://openindex.co.uk/monmouthshire) | 96.9% |
| 12 | [Bridgend](https://openindex.co.uk/bridgend) | 96.8% |
| 13 | [Rhondda Cynon Taf](https://openindex.co.uk/rhondda-cynon-taf) | 96.7% |
| 14 | [Neath Port Talbot](https://openindex.co.uk/neath-port-talbot) | 96.6% |
| 15 | [Denbighshire](https://openindex.co.uk/denbighshire) | 96.5% |
| =16 | [Ceredigion](https://openindex.co.uk/ceredigion) | 96.2% |
| =16 | [Gwynedd](https://openindex.co.uk/gwynedd) | 96.2% |
| 18 | [Wrexham](https://openindex.co.uk/wrexham) | 96.0% |
| 19 | [Vale of Glamorgan](https://openindex.co.uk/vale-of-glamorgan) | 94.6% |
| 20 | [Swansea](https://openindex.co.uk/swansea) | 91.4% |
| 21 | [Newport](https://openindex.co.uk/newport) | 85.5% |
| 22 | [Cardiff](https://openindex.co.uk/cardiff) | 79.2% |

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-white/uk)
- [England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-white/england)
- [North East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-white/north-east)
- [North West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-white/north-west)
- [Yorkshire and The Humber](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-white/yorkshire-and-the-humber)
- [East Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-white/east-midlands)
- [West Midlands](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-white/west-midlands)
- [East of England](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-white/east-of-england)
- [London](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-white/london)
- [South East](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-white/south-east)
- [South West](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/ethnic-group-white/south-west)

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

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