Single Couple, no Couple, Lone Average Families person dependent dependent parent family 4+people Ethnic group children children size White British 36 35 20 9 2.2 16 Other White 45 30 18 7 2.0 13 Mixed White and Caribbean 42 8 21 29 2.2 17 Mixed White and African 44 12 23 21 2.2 21 Mixed White and Asian 43 21 22 14 2.2 19 Other Mixed 48 18 19 15 2.0 12 Indian 30 30 33 7 2.6 28 Pakistani 24 19 45 11 3.2 43 Bangladeshi 20 14 52 14 3.6 49 Other Asian 40 21 32 7 2.3 23 Black Caribbean 41 14 16 28 2.1 16 Black African 44 9 25 22 2.4 24 Other Black 43 13 23 21 2.3 21 Chinese 56 21 17 6 1.9 13 Other 43 18 28 11 2.3 22 All groups 37 33 20 10 2.2 17 Source: ONS (2009) Table 3.4 shows the nature of the family sizes by ethnic group of the UK population, which is an indication of the view that the minority population have a rather younger age profile groups’ proportionally. Again, Lievesley (2010) put forward projections shown in table 3.5 that a significant percentage of the white population is ageing which he forecasts to be 17.5 percent by 2016 and 20.2 percent by 2026 for the White British population that will be over the pension age. Table 3.5 – Ageing profile of all ethnic groups in England and Wales (2016 and 2026)
Ethnic group White British Other White Mixed White and Caribbean Mixed White and African Mixed White and Asian Other Mixed Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Other Asian Black Caribbean Black African Other Black Chinese Other All groups Single person Couple, no dependent children Couple, dependent children Lone parent Average family size Families 4+people 36 45 42 44 43 48 30 24 20 40 41 44 43 56 43 37 35 30 8 12 21 18 30 19 14 21 14 9 13 21 18 33 20 18 21 23 22 19 33 45 52 32 16 25 23 17 28 20 9 7 29 21 14 15 7 11 14 7 28 22 21 6 11 10 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.6 3.2 3.6 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.3 1.9 2.3 2.2 16 13 17 21 19 12 28 43 49 23 16 24 21 13 22 17 Source: ONS (2009) Table 3.4 shows the nature of the family sizes by ethnic group of the UK population, which is an indication of the view that the minority groups’ population have a rather younger age profile proportionally. Again, Lievesley (2010) put forward projections shown in table 3.5 that a significant percentage of the white population is ageing which he forecasts to be 17.5 percent by 2016 and 20.2 percent by 2026 for the White British population that will be over the pension age. Table 3.5 – Ageing profile of all ethnic groups in England and Wales (2016 and 2026)
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