Feeling of community integration
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1. Main facts and figures
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in the year ending March 2020, 82% of people aged 16 and over in England agreed that people from different backgrounds got on well in their local area
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there were no reliable differences between ethnic groups
2. Things you need to know
What the data measures
The data measures how well integrated people aged 16 and over in England feel their neighbourhood is.
People were asked whether they agreed or disagreed that people from different backgrounds got on well together in their local area. The data shows the percentage of those in each ethnic group who agreed.
Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number.
The ethnic groups used in the data
People chose their ethnicity from a list of 18 ethnic groups used in the 2011 Census.
Data is shown for the following 5 aggregated groups:
- Asian
- Black
- Mixed
- White
- Other
This is because the number of people surveyed was too small to make reliable generalisations about all 18 ethnic groups.
Methodology
Read the detailed methodology document (PDF opens in a new window or tab) for the data.
The figures on this page are based on survey data. Find out more about interpreting survey data, including how reliability is affected by the number of people surveyed.
You can also read about how weighting is used to make survey estimates more representative of the group they are about.
3. By ethnicity
| 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | |||||
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| Ethnicity | 2016-17 Percentage | 2016-17 Number of respondents | 2017-18 Percentage | 2017-18 Number of respondents | 2018-19 Percentage | 2018-19 Number of respondents | 2019-20 Percentage | 2019-20 Number of respondents |
| All | 81 | 9,963 | 82 | 9,551 | 81 | 10,344 | 82 | 10,060 |
| Asian | 85 | 1,095 | 84 | 906 | 86 | 901 | 86 | 791 |
| Black | 77 | 354 | 78 | 330 | 86 | 335 | 84 | 394 |
| Mixed | 80 | 460 | 82 | 460 | 83 | 484 | 85 | 460 |
| White | 81 | 7,774 | 83 | 7,572 | 81 | 8,327 | 81 | 7,897 |
| Other | 81 | 159 | 78 | 120 | 78 | 121 | 75 | 118 |
Download table data for ‘By ethnicity’ (CSV) Source data for ‘By ethnicity’ (CSV)
Summary of Feeling of community integration By ethnicity Summary
The data shows that in the year ending March 2020:
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82% of people aged 16 and over in England agreed that people from different backgrounds got on well in their local area
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in every ethnic group, more than 75% of people agreed that people from different backgrounds got on well
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there were no reliable differences between ethnic groups
4. Data sources
Source
Type of data
Survey data
Type of statistic
Official statistics
Publisher
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Publication frequency
Yearly
Purpose of data source
The Community Life Survey tracks developments in areas that are important to encouraging social action and empowering communities.
These include:
- volunteering and charitable giving
- neighbourhood (views about the local area, community cohesion and belonging)
- civic engagement and social action
- wellbeing
5. Download the data
This file contains the following: measure, ethnicity, year, value, number of respondents