 | This article needs to be updated. (June 2018) |
 Distribution by District (2011) | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 2,690,088 4.25% of the total population (2011 census)  England: 3,585,003 (2021)[1]  Wales: 82,994 (2021)[1] Scotland: 102,117 (2011) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| London, East of England, Greater Manchester, Peterborough, Nottingham, Reading, Boston | |
| Languages | |
| British English, Polish, Romanian, Italian | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Christianity; Minorities practice Irreligion, Judaism and Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| White British, White Polish, Romanians in the United Kingdom, Italians in the United Kingdom |
The term Other White, or White Other, is a classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom, used in documents such as the 2021 United Kingdom Census, to describe people who identify as white persons who are not of the English, Welsh, Scottish, Roma, Irish or Irish Traveller ethnic groupings.[2] In Scotland, the term Other White is also used to refer collectively to those not of Scottish or Other British ethnicity, in which case it also includes those of a Gypsy, Roma, Irish or Irish Traveller background.[3]
The category does not comprise a single ethnic group; rather, it serves a means of identification for white individuals not represented by other white census categories. Consequently, the Other White group encompasses a diverse range of people, and includes those born in Britain and those born elsewhere.[2]
According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, those identifying as Other White in England & Wales enumerated 3,667,997, or 6.2% of the population.[4][5] The largest represented ethnic groups in the Other White category were Poles (614,000 people) and Romanians (343,000 people).[6] In Scotland, the largest represented ethnic groups classed as Other White were Poles (61,000 people) and Irish (54,000 people).[3]
In 2011, the Scottish Government introduced the category White Polish as a means of identifying the Polish diaspora in Scotland.[3]
Along with White British and White Irish, the Other White category does not appear in Northern Ireland, where only one "White" classification was presented to respondents.[7]
- ^ a b "2021 Census: Ethnic group, local authorities in the United Kingdom". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ a b "List of ethnic groups". www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
- ^ a b c "Scotland's Census at a glance: Ethnic groups". Scotland's Census. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
- ^ "Ethnic group, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
- ^ "Ethnic group - Census Maps, ONS". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
- ^ "Ethnic group, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
- ^ "Harmonised Concepts and Questions for Social Data Sources: Primary Standards – Ethnic Group" (PDF). Office for National Statistics. April 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 January 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.