British Asians
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British Asians are British people of Asian descent. They constitute a significant and growing minority of the people living in the United Kingdom, with 6.9% of the population identifying as Asian/Asian British in the 2011 United Kingdom census. This represented a national demographic increase from a 4.4% share of UK population in 2001.
Members of the Asian community with the then prime minister David Cameron in 2014
British Asian professionals at a networking event in the City of London
The East London Mosque, is one of the largest mosques in Europe, and the biggest in the UK
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who studied in England, played a pivotal role in leading the Indian independence movement
2011 United Kingdom census
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A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all counties of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for the census in England and Wales, the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) is responsible for the census in Scotland, and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) is responsible for the census in Northern Ireland.
Front page of the 2011 census form.
An advert in Cornwall telling people how to describe their ethnicity and national identity as Cornish.