Black ethnic group share: highest and lowest councils in East of England (2021)
Thurrock had the highest share of residents in the Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African ethnic group of East of England’s 45 councils in 2021, at 11.9%.
North Norfolk had the lowest, at 0.2%. The middle council, Brentwood, had 2.3%.
See it on the map| Rank | Council | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thurrock | 11.9% |
| 2 | Luton | 10.1% |
| 3 | Broxbourne | 6.7% |
| 4 | Watford | 6.3% |
| 5 | Harlow | 6.2% |
| 6 | Welwyn Hatfield | 6.1% |
| 7 | Bedford | 5.3% |
| =8 | Basildon | 4.8% |
| =8 | Hertsmere | 4.8% |
| =8 | Stevenage | 4.8% |
| 11 | Peterborough | 4.1% |
| =12 | Colchester | 3.5% |
| =12 | Ipswich | 3.5% |
| =14 | Epping Forest | 2.9% |
| =14 | Southend-on-Sea | 2.9% |
| 16 | Dacorum | 2.8% |
| 17 | Chelmsford | 2.6% |
| 18 | Norwich | 2.5% |
| =19 | Cambridge | 2.4% |
| =19 | Central Bedfordshire | 2.4% |
| =19 | North Hertfordshire | 2.4% |
| =19 | Three Rivers | 2.4% |
| 23 | Brentwood | 2.3% |
| 24 | St Albans | 2.1% |
| 25 | West Suffolk | 1.6% |
| 26 | Huntingdonshire | 1.5% |
| =27 | Castle Point | 1.3% |
| =27 | East Hertfordshire | 1.3% |
| =29 | Braintree | 1.2% |
| =29 | South Cambridgeshire | 1.2% |
| 31 | Great Yarmouth | 1.1% |
| =32 | East Cambridgeshire | 0.8% |
| =32 | Fenland | 0.8% |
| =32 | South Norfolk | 0.8% |
| =32 | Uttlesford | 0.8% |
| 36 | Rochford | 0.7% |
| =37 | Breckland | 0.6% |
| =37 | East Suffolk | 0.6% |
| =37 | Tendring | 0.6% |
| =40 | Babergh | 0.5% |
| =40 | Broadland | 0.5% |
| =40 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 0.5% |
| =40 | Mid Suffolk | 0.5% |
| 44 | Maldon | 0.4% |
| 45 | North Norfolk | 0.2% |