Census - Only 7 white people left in Britain

[SkyBlueFlux]

New data shows a dramatic rise in foreign-born residents living in England and Wales and a big drop in the number of Christians.

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.... and where have all the Christians gone ?

I think it's likely that elderly people who previously classed themselves as Christians have passed on and not been replaced.

All of my grandparents are around 80 and all of them would have put themselves down as Christians on the census even though they never attend church. My gran sees being CofE almost as her heritage as opposed to her religion.

That's not how young people identify themselves these days.

The number of people who have actually converted out of Christianity I would imagine to be relatively quite low.

 

[Balti]

7

yeah but 6 of them are bloody welsh

 

[BoyBlue_1985]

Que?

45% of Londoners categorised themselves as both British and white. This means 55% of Londoners are either non-white or else are non-British, or are both. My experiences of London lead me to believe there were quite a few foreign nationals living there, and also a large number of British people who wouldn't class themselves as being white. What I wasn't expecting was there to be a majority of Londoners who fell into the non-white and/or non-British categories. That means white British people are in the minority when compared to the populus of London as a whole. I don't have an issue with this, I merely found it to be a surprising statistic.

I'd be shocked if that weren't the case, it being the capital and financial centre of the country. If 20% of the City of London for example was White British I'd be surprised.

Well the City of London I would say is more Brtish from my ecperience working there
Tower Hamlets right next to it has 35% Bangladeshi population and something like 70% non uk born people. Also where I live evey other person is Aussie, Kiwi or Saffa so its very easy to see where these numbers come from for London

 

[Mayor West]

Don't think I've ever met a white British person in London

Neither have I, but then I've never been.

 

[Hamann Pineapple]

Don't think I've ever met a white British person in London

Neither have I, but then I've never been.

You should, it's like going abroad, but more expensive

 

[Skashion]

.... and where have all the Christians gone ?

They tried to disprove gravity. All of them failed. Einstein is happy.

 

[The Pink Panther]

45% White British
55% Non white or non British

Of the 55% I reckon around 20% of those are Irish or Scottish

 

[Citysmith]

45% White British
55% Non white or non British

Of the 55% I reckon around 20% of those are Irish or Scottish

Scotland is part of (oh nevermind...)

 

[Johnsonontheleft]

Que?

45% of Londoners categorised themselves as both British and white. This means 55% of Londoners are either non-white or else are non-British, or are both. My experiences of London lead me to believe there were quite a few foreign nationals living there, and also a large number of British people who wouldn't class themselves as being white. What I wasn't expecting was there to be a majority of Londoners who fell into the non-white and/or non-British categories. That means white British people are in the minority when compared to the populus of London as a whole. I don't have an issue with this, I merely found it to be a surprising statistic.

I'd be shocked if that weren't the case, it being the capital and financial centre of the country. If 20% of the City of London for example was White British I'd be surprised.

So would you be similarly shocked if you found out that Berlin's population was majority white German? Or Rome white Italian? Or Madrid white Spanish?

 

[Clevers]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9737886/Jedi-religion-most-popular-alternative-faith.html

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The new figures reveal that the lightsabre-wielding disciples are only behind Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism and Buddhism in the popularity stakes, excluding non-religious people and people who did not answer.
Following a nationwide campaign, Jedi made it onto the 2001 census, with 390,127 people identifying themselves a decade ago as followers of the fictional Star Wars creed.
Although the number of Jedis has dropped by more than 50 per cent over the previous 10 years, they are still the most selected "alternative" faith on the Census, and constitute 0.31% of all people's stated religious affiliation in England and Wales.
The latest official population survey also revealed 6,242 people subscribe to the Heavy Metal religion, which was set up in 2010 by the Rock magazine, Metal Hammer.
The number of people specifically identifying as Atheists was 29,267, while over 13.8 million refused to identify with a faith at all, ticking the "No religion" box on the census form.

Norwich was revealed as the area with the highest proportion of non-religious people, with 41.5% of residents refusing to identify with a faith. The city also possesses the highest proportion of Heavy Metal followers and the 3rd highest proportion of Jedi Knights.
Other non-mainstream religions that had followers in significant numbers included 56,620 Paganists, 39,061 Spiritualists, 2,418 Scientologists and 20,288 Jainists, some of whom sweep the floor with a broom made of cotton threads as they walk along so as not to kill any insects.
More than 4 million people didn't state a religion at all on their form.