Asian Welsh people
Asian Welsh people are people of Asian heritage who live in Wales, Welsh people of Asian heritage or people with mixed Asian and Welsh heritage. As in other parts of the United Kingdom, "Asian" typically refers to people of South Asian origin: in the census category this means those of Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi heritage. There are also options for people of Chinese or other Asian ancestry; in which other South Asian backgrounds like Sri Lankan are included, as well as other Asian backgrounds, like Filipino, for example.[1]
Demography
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In 2016, the Welsh Assembly of the time (now Welsh Parliament/Senedd Cymru) was criticised for not having a "Welsh Asian" tick box for polling purposes on an equalities form issued in Wales, by the Welsh Assembly.[2]
The second largest "high-level" ethnicity category in Wales in 2021 was “Asian, Asian Welsh or Asian British”. 89,000 people identified as this category, which is 2.9% of the Welsh population. This compares to 2.3% in 2011.[1]
| Ethnic group | Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991[3][4] | 2001[5] | 2011[6] | 2021[7] | |||||
| Population | % | Population | % | Population | % | Population | % | |
| Asian or Asian British: Total | 24,399 | 0.9% | 31,714 | 1.1% | 70,129 | 2.3% | 89,028 | 3% |
| Asian or Asian British: Indian | 6,384 | 0.2% | 8,261 | 0.3% | 17,256 | 0.6% | 21,070 | 0.7% |
| Asian or Asian British: Pakistani | 5,717 | 0.2% | 8,287 | 0.3% | 12,229 | 0.4% | 17,534 | 0.6% |
| Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi | 3,820 | 0.2% | 5,436 | 0.2% | 10,687 | 0.3% | 15,314 | 0.5% |
| Asian or Asian British: Chinese[note 1] | 4,801 | 0.3% | 6,267 | 0.3% | 13,638 | 0.4% | 14,454 | 0.5% |
| Asian or Asian British: Asian Other | 3,677 | 0.1% | 3,464 | 0.1% | 16,318 | 0.6% | 20,656 | 0.9% [Inconsistent percentages] |
Notable Asian Welsh people
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Acting and film
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[edit]Business
[edit]Medical
[edit]Politics
[edit]Singing
[edit]Sport
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- Neil Johnson (footballer)
- Prem Sisodiya
- Kishan Hirani
- Anoma Sooriyaarachchi
- Kieffer Moore
- Kaid Mohamed
- Barry Jones (boxer)
- Mika Chunuonsee
- Tom Ramasut
- Clive Rees
- Tal Dunne
Television and radio
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[edit]In popular culture
[edit]The Indian Doctor is a BBC comedy drama set in a 1960s Welsh mining village of Trefelin which shows the impact that a Delhi graduate has on the village.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion in Wales (Census 2021)". GOV.WALES. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
- ^ Awan-Scully, Shazia (2016-12-09). "I'm a Welsh Asian - so why doesn't the Welsh Assembly have a box for me to tick?". New Statesman. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
- ^ Office of Population Censuses and Surveys ; General Register Office for Scotland ; Registrar General for Northern Ireland (1997): 1991 Census aggregate data. UK Data Service (Edition: 1997). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/census/aggregate-1991-1 This information is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence
- ^ As UK Census data past 2001 is unavailable through the ONS website, it has been recommended to use archival census collection websites to obtain data. Data is taken from United Kingdom Casweb Data services of the United Kingdom 1991 Census on Ethnic Data for Wales (Table 6)
- ^ "Ethnic Statistics in Unitary authorities in Wales". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
- ^ "Key Statistics for Unitary authorities in Wales". webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
- ^ "Ethnic group - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
- ^ "Banita Sandhu – the London undergrad moonlighting as a Bollywood star". the Guardian. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
- ^ "BBC One - The Indian Doctor". BBC. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
- ^ In 2001, listed under the 'Chinese or other ethnic group' heading.
