London remains a majority-white and majority-British-born city. That was what the 2011 census found. But you may be surprised to hear it, since London now being “45 per cent white British” was one of the most prominent headlines of the 2011 census. Loose discussion of the finding has created a misleading meme. The 45 per cent figure has been received by many ears as suggesting that the capital is either “majority-minority” or “majority-migrant”. Neither is true.
The census facts are clear: our increasingly diverse capital is 60 per cent white and 63 per cent of Londoners are British-born.
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