Birmingham's residents are from a wide range of national, ethnic
and religious backgrounds. The chart below shows that the
largest ethnic group in Birmingham was White British with
570,217 (53.1%). This is down from 2001 (65.6%) and lower than
the average in England (79.8%). Other large groups include
Pakistani (144,627, 13.5%) and Indian (64,621, 6.0%) which have
grown since 2001, while people defining themselves as Black
Caribbean (47,641, 4.4%) have declined. - Overseas migrants
arriving between the 1950s and 1980s were mainly from southern
India and the Caribbean. More recent trends see people arriving
from many different parts of the world, including Eastern
Europe, Africa and the Middle East. - 238,313 Birmingham
residents were born outside the UK. Of these around 45% arrived
during the last decade. - The Census shows that most people
(86%), regardless of ethnicity, consider themselves to be
British. - 46.1% of residents said they were Christian, 21.8%
Muslim and 19.3% no religion. See the documents bel