Indian Diaspora in United Kingdom have more home ownership and Education than Britons: Survey

The house ownership survey said that 71 percent of the Indian ethnicity has houses, followed by white British at 68 percent.

Indian ethnicity groups in the UK have the highest levels of education and one of the highest proportions of working professionals among all ethnic groups, a study has said.

Statement:

Words from the survey reports:

"The home ownership in England and Wales is most common for people of Indian ethnicity, the 2021 census data of the UK has revealed," according to reports published.

The census also revealed: "Indians along with the Chinese community have the highest levels of education and the highest proportion among professionals. While the Chinese had 56 percent of the population in the UK have the highest levels of education, Indians had 52 percent of people having the qualification."

The house ownership survey said: "71 percent of the Indian ethnicity has houses, followed by white British at 68 percent."

The report also said: "There were large disparities between ethnic groups in education, employment, health and housing across England and Wales."

"Indian and Chinese ethnic groups together made 34 percent of professional occupations including doctors, teachers and lawyers. It was followed by 33 percent of White Irish, 30 percent of Arabs, 20 percent Pakistanis, 17 percent of Bangladeshi and 19 percent of White British."

It added that: "in terms of employment figure, the “other white” ethnicity had the highest employment figure at 63 percent, followed by 62 percent for White Brits and Irish, followed by 61 percent for Indians."

"Moreover, 11 percent of white Brits were self-employed compared to 10 percent of Indians."

The study also said: "women were more likely than men to say that they were looking after home or family. The difference was highest among people from Bangladeshi and Pakistani groups."

On the census, everyone was asked to rate their health from “very good” to “very bad”. Over the whole population, 48% of people said they had “very good” health and 1.2% said they had “very bad” health. The highest reported levels of "very good” health were among mixed-race white and Asian people at 67%, and people who identified as African at 65%.