Birmingham, England is an ethnically and culturally diverse city. Birmingham has the smallest indigenous population by percentage of many of the major British cities. In 2001, 29.6% of its population was non-white, where as London, commonly seen as the most diverse of British cities was 29.0% non-white. This is compared to Liverpool which was only 5.1% non-white. However, there are some smaller towns with larger non-white populations, such as Dewsbury, Batley, or Nelson. unga bunga This article is about the English city. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem God Save the King (Queen) England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification  -  by Athelstan 967  Area... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Liverpool skyline. ... Dewsbury is a town in the county of West Yorkshire, England, to the west of Wakefield, in the borough of Kirklees. ... Batley is a small town in Kirklees Metropolitan Borough, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. ... Location within the British Isles Nelson is a town in Lancashire in north-west England with a population of around 30,000. ...

At the time of the 2001 census, 70.4% of the population was White (including 3.2% Irish & 1.5% Other White), 19.5% British Asian, 6.1% Black or Black British, 0.5% Chinese, 2.9% of mixed race and 0.6% of other ethnic heritage^[3]. 16.5% of the population was born outside the United Kingdom. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The term British Asian is used to denote a person of South Asian ancestry or origin, who was born in or was an immigrant to the United Kingdom, former heartland of the British Empire. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Caribbean British. ... Black British is term which has had different meanings and uses as a racial and political label. ... The terms multiracial, biracial and mixed-race describe people whose ancestors are not of a single race. ...

The areas with highest percentage of Birmingham's white population were Northfield, Longbridge and Shard End, each with 3.4% of the city's total white population. Lozells and East Handsworth had the lowest percentage of Birmingham's white population with 0.7% of the city's total white population^[4]. Categories: Stub | Birmingham, England ... The Longbridge Plant from the Air, 2005. ... Shard End is an area of Birmingham, England. ... Lozells and East Handsworth is a Ward (politics) in Birmingham, England, created at the June 2004 elections. ...

Birmingham is home to one of the largest Pakistani-Kashmiri communities outside of Kashmir and is said to have an overall Pakistani origin population of more than 200,000, which would make this the largest Pakistani community of any local authority in the UK.

In terms of religion, the main religion in Birmingham was Christianity with 59.1% of the population being Christians. The second largest religion was Islam with 14.3% of the population being Muslims. 12.4% of the population have no religion^[5]. Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. ...

The population density is 3,649 people per square km compared to the 377.2 people per square km for England. 23.4% of people were aged under 16, 57.7% were aged between 16 and 59, while 18.9% were aged over 60. The average age was 36, compared with 38.6 years for England.^[6]

The percentage of the population of Birmingham that were female was higher than the percentage of the population of Birmingham that were male. Females represented 51.6% of the population whilst men represented 48.4%.