List of UK locations with large Indian populations

This article lists United Kingdom locations with large and/or significant populations of Indian origin.

Indian populations

By region

By city and town

All below data is based on 2007 estimates and is for Indian people in the UK regardless of birthplace (excluding those of partial Indian origin).

• London - 501,600 (6.6% of the city's population)
  • Brent - 49,100 (18.2%)
  • Harrow - 47,900 (22.3%)
  • Ealing - 44,400 (14.6%)
  • Hounslow - 41,500 (18.8%)
  • Redbridge - 37,200 (14.6%)
  • Newham - 30,600 (12.3%)
  • Barnet - 29,400 (8.9%)
  • Croydon - 27,200 (8.0%)
  • Hillingdon - 25,600 (10.2%)
  • Westminster - 12,700 (5.4%)
  • Enfield - 12,600 (4.4%)
• Leicester - 73,100 (25.0%)
• Birmingham - 61,300 (6.1%)
• Wolverhampton - 28,100 (11.9%)
• Sandwell - 27,300 (9.5%)
• Coventry - 25,300 (8.3%)
• Slough - 18,000 (15.0%)
• Kirklees - 17,100 (4.3%)
• Leeds - 18,300 (2.4%)
• Bolton - 15,500 (5.9%)
• Bradford - 14,800 (3.0%)
• Blackburn - 14,100 (10.0%)
• Walsall - 14,000 (5.5%)
• Manchester - 12,300 (2.7%)
• Preston - 10,600 (8.1%)
• Derby - 9,900 (4.2%)
• Nottingham - 9,600 (3.3%)
• Bristol - 9,400 (2.3%)
• Charnwood - 8,700 (5.3%)
• Luton - 8,200 (4.4%)
• Sheffield - 7,200 (1.4%)
• Milton Keynes - 6,800 (3.0%)
• Bedford - 6,600 (4.3%)
• Oadby and Wigston - 6,400 (11.2%)
• Trafford - 6,000 (2.8%)
• Dudley - 5,300 (1.7%)
• Solihull - 5,200 (2.6%)
• Northampton - 5,200 (2.5%)
• Newcastle upon Tyne - 5,200 (1.9%)

Significant communities

London

Indians number over half a million in London, which is by far one of the city's largest non-white ethnic groups. Indians have a significant impact on the culture of the British capital. Within London, Southall, Hounslow, Brent, Croydon, Redbridge, Ealing, Barnet, Tooting, Harrow and Wembley, the latter of which is one of the few places outside of India where Indians make up the largest ethnic group (almost 4 times larger than the indigenous White British population). There are more Indians in the British capital than in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy and Portugal combined.

Leicester

Leicester is set to soon become the UK's first ethnic minority-majority city and Indians make up by far the largest ethnic group besides the White British. At 25.0% of the local population in 2007, Leicester has one of the highest percentages of Indians per head of the population of any local authority in the UK. According to the 2001 Census, 14.74% of Leicester's population were Hindu and 4.21%. Also worth of note is that Gujarati is The Primary language of 16% of the city’s residents, 3% speak Punjabi as a primary language and 2% Urdu. Other smaller but common language groups include Hindi and Bengali.

Birmingham

See also

• British Indian
• Lists of UK locations with large ethnic minority populations