Districts with largest shares of their populations from ethnic minorities, 1991
Local authority district (1974 reorganisation) Minorities as % of population Minority population (000s) % of all minorities in GB Largest minority group Group share of population (%)
Brent

44.8

108.9

3.61
 Indian

17.2
Newham

42.3

89.8

2.98
 Indian

13.0
Tower Hamlets

35.6

57.3

1.90
 Bangladeshi

22.9
Hackney

33.6

60.8

2.02
 Black-Caribbean

11.2
Ealing

32.3

88.9

2.95
 Indian

16.1
Lambeth

30.3

74.1

2.46
 Black-Caribbean

12.6
Haringey

29.0

58.7

1.95
 Black-Caribbean

9.3
Leicester

28.5

77.0

2.55
 Indian

22.3
Slough

27.7

28.0

0.93
 Indian

12.5
Harrow

26.2

52.4

1.74
 Indian

16.1
Waltham Forest

25.6

54.2

1.80
 Black-Caribbean

6.8
Southwark

24.4

53.4

1.77
 Black-Caribbean

8.3
Hounslow

24.4

49.9

1.66
 Indian

14.3
Lewisham

22.0

50.7

1.68
 Black-Caribbean

10.1
Birmingham

21.5

206.8

6.86
 Pakistani

6.9
Westminster,City of

21.4

37.4

1.24
 Other-Other

4.3
Redbridge

21.4

48.4

1.61
 Indian

10.2
Wandsworth

20.0

50.6

1.68
 Black-Caribbean

6.1
Luton

19.8

34.0

1.13
 Pakistani

6.2
Islington

18.9

31.1

1.03
 Black-Caribbean

5.1
Wolverhampton

18.6

45.0

1.49
 Indian

11.4
Barnet

18.4

54.0

1.79
 Indian

7.3
Camden

17.8

30.4

1.01
 Bangladeshi

3.5
Croydon

17.6

55.1

1.83
 Black-Caribbean

4.9
Hammersmith and Fulham

17.5

26.0

0.86
 Black-Caribbean

5.9
Merton

16.3

27.4

0.91
 Indian

3.4
Bradford

15.6

71.3

2.37
 Pakistani

9.9
Kensington and Chelsea

15.6

21.6

0.72
 Other-Other

3.6
Blackburn

15.4

21.0

0.70
 Indian

7.7
Sum of the above

1,664.2

55.23

Source: 1991 Census of Population Local Base Statistics (Crown Copyright; ESRC/JISC purchase).