Table 2.
Perceived ethnic diversity by area type (column percentage).
| Regeneration areas N = 1,342 |
Surrounding areas N = 769 |
Other areas N = 1,747 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||
| Male | 44.3 | 39.8 | 39.4 |
| Female | 55.7 | 60.2 | 60.6 |
| Age | |||
| <40 | 50.1 | 25.5 | 27.1 |
| 40–64 | 35.8 | 47.5 | 46.2 |
| 65+ | 14.1 | 27.1 | 26.7 |
| Household type | |||
| Adult | 46.9 | 42.4 | 44.7 |
| Single parent | 20.6 | 13.8 | 14.6 |
| Two parent | 17.9 | 15.9 | 12.7 |
| Older | 14.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 |
| Employment status | |||
| Employed | 26.8 | 36.0 | 25.8 |
| Unemployed | 34.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 |
| Long-term sick | 11.5 | 10.5 | 17.3 |
| Home keeper | 11.8 | 6.8 | 9.7 |
| Retired | 15.7 | 31.7 | 32.4 |
| Citizenship | |||
| British | 65.5 | 97.1 | 93.7 |
| Non-British | 34.5 | 2.9 | 6.3 |
| Years in area | |||
| 5 or less | 47.8 | 18.2 | 25.1 |
| 6–20 | 29.4 | 28.9 | 24.3 |
| 21 or more | 22.7 | 52.9 | 50.7 |
| Perceived ethnic diversity | |||
| Hardly mixed at all | 10.4 | 38.5 | 40.1 |
| Fairly mixed | 45.3 | 50.1 | 44.8 |
| Very mixed | 44.3 | 11.4 | 15.1 |
| Mean ethnic diversitya | 38.3 | 14.7 | 12.9 |
Note. aMean percentage of residents non-White British/Irish, across relevant data zones.
Source: Data from UK Census 2011.