Diversity in Great Britain
•Who lives here?
•What are we like?
•Where are we from?
•Are we all British?
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Britain is a very diverse place.
That means lots of different kinds of
people live here.
What sort of people?
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Did you know?
• Around 19% of the population (about 11m
people) have a long term illness or disability.
• It is estimated that the lesbian, gay and bisexual
population of Britain is between 5-7%.
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Britain is getting older!
2007
• 16% of the population (almost 10m people) were aged 65 and over
• 21% of the UK were aged under 18
2031
• 22% of the population (more than 15m people) will be aged 65 and
over.
• 4.1% will be aged 85 or more
• However, only 18% of Britain will be under 18
• You will be aged between 31 and 39 in 2031.
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Britain is also a multicultural nation
of around 60.6 million people
from different racial, religious and
cultural backgrounds.
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There are…
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64,500 Pakistanis in Birmingham and Bradford
25,000 Indians in Leicester
4,000 Bangladeshis in Oldham
4,000 West Indians in Nottingham
1,000+ French people in Bristol and Brighton
650 Greeks in Colchester
600 Portuguese in Bournemouth and Poole
800 Poles in Bradford
1,300 Somalis in Sheffield
770 Zimbabweans in Luton
370 Iranians in Newcastle and 400 in Stockport
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Religions in Britain
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72%
3%
1%
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15%
8%
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Christian
Muslim
Hindu
other religions
no religion
unknown
Ethnic diversity
• The main ethnic group in the UK is “ White British”.
• However, Britain is increasing in ethnic diversity. We now
have more people from different countries and
backgrounds.
• Ethnic diversity varies a lot across Britain: Wales and
Scotland are not as diverse as England.
• Ethnic diversity varies across Essex: Harlow, Brentwood,
Basildon have the most diverse populations. This is
because they are large towns and people often move out
from London to live in these places.
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London
• London is a particularly diverse city.
• About 35% of the population are from non-White groups,
mainly Asian (14%) and then Black (12%).
• Half of the 1.2 million pupils that attend schools in
London are from minority ethnic groups.
• It is estimated that over 300 languages are spoken in
London.
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Britain’s diversity is a great asset
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it is part of the rich fabric of life,
but
it also brings us some challenges.
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Recently there has been great discussion of
issues like:
• multiculturalism
• immigration
• national identity
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Some of this is due to recent events
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the 9/11 attack on the twin towers
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the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence
new countries joining the European Union
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wars in some countries, creating asylum seekers and
refugees
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But different communities have settled in
Britain for centuries, they include:
• The Celts
• The Romans (who also brought the first black people to
Britain)
• Settlers from Northern Europe ( the Danes, Angles and
Saxons)
• Jewish settlers after 1066
• Gypsies in the 16th century
• Muslims from the 18th century onwards
• Immigrants from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the
Caribbean (after the collapse of the British Empire)
• Eastern Europeans (in recent years)
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How well all the people who are in Britain
live and work together
will determine
the extent to which Britain prospers in the
future
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“The British are not a single tribe, or a single
religion and we don’t come from a single place.
But we are building a home where we are all able
to be who we want to be yet still be British.
This is what we do: we take, we adapt and we
move forward.
We are the British; we are Britain.”
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all different - all still potatoes !
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all different
all still British
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