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Scottish cities

Percentage of non-white ethnic minority groups in selected Scottish citiesNon white ethnic groups Scottish cities 2011Glasgow has the largest percentage of ethnic minority groups (12%) of all the selected Scottish cities. The largest, single ethnic minority group is Pakistani, and a higher percentage of population recorded their ethnic group as Pakistani in Glasgow (4%) compared to the other selected Scottish cities (around 1%).

White ethnic minority groups in selected Scottish citieswhite ethnic groups Scottish cities 2011Edinburgh has the largest percentage of people from non-Scottish white ethnic groups of all the Scottish cities (21%). Around 4% of Glasgow’s population recorded themselves as ‘White: Other British’ compared to 12% in Edinburgh.

Notes

In September 2017, GCPH published a detailed report on ethnicity and health, The changing ethnic profiles of Glasgow and Scotland. This report explored links between ethnicity and health in a Scottish context and the population health implications of the changing ethnic profiles of Scotland and of Glasgow.

Further reading under ‘Ethnicity’