According to the 2001 census:

• 71.15% white (59.79% of British origin, 3.07% of Irish origin and 8.29% other origins as Polish, Greek, Italian and French);
• 12.09% ethnic Asian (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh mostly);
• 10.91% of black ethnicity (7% black African, black-Caribbean 4.79% and 0.84% from other sources);
• 3.15% of mixed race;
• 1.12% of Chinese origin;
• 1.58% from other sources (mainly the Philippines, Japan, Vietnam);
• 2.18% of the inhabitants of London are born outside the European Union.