{"id":11231,"date":"2011-01-03T21:23:50","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T21:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=11231"},"modified":"2011-01-03T21:26:05","modified_gmt":"2011-01-03T21:26:05","slug":"uk-in-2051-to-be-%e2%80%98significantly-more-diverse%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=11231","title":{"rendered":"UK in 2051 to be \u2018significantly more diverse\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

UK in 2051 to be \u2018significantly more diverse\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

University of Leeds
\n<\/a>2010-07-13<\/p>\n

The ethnic makeup of the UK will change dramatically over the next 40 years, with the country becoming far more ethnically diverse and geographically integrated, according to new projections.<\/p>\n

In a report<\/a> published this week, researchers from the University of Leeds predict that ethnic minorities will make up one-fifth of the population by 2051 (compared to 8% in 2001), with the mixed ethnic population expected to treble in size.<\/strong> Their projections also indicate that the UK will become far less segregated as ethnic groups disperse throughout the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

These initial findings of a three-year study include population projections for 352 local authorities in England, and projections for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, for each year until 2051.<\/p>\n

Key projections for 2051<\/strong><\/p>\n