Apr 09 2008
Indians most employed group in Britain!
Indian national people in Britain have the highest number of people employed among all social groups, a latest official publication said.
“The proportion of working-age people living in work less households in the UK was highest for the Chinese ethnic group, at 25%, and lowest for the Indian ethnic group, at 10%, while 11% of people in the white ethnic group lived in a work less household,” the 2008 edition of `Social Trends`, a publication released by the Office for National Statistics said on Tuesday.
The publication says that Indians constitute the largest group in Britain among the ethnic minorities. Asians constitute about 5% of total population while black constitutes 3% of the population. There are around 12,15,000 Indians in Britain.
`Social Trends` provides an up-to-date and comprehensive description of society in 2007. The study revealed that UK has become more ethnically diverse in the past few years as its population has grown from 56 million in 1986 to 60 million in 2006. But 90% of the population is still white, compared to 93% in 2001.
The publication reveals that UK residents made a record 45.3 million holiday trips abroad in 2006. Nearly 3% of these trips were to Asia, where common destinations were India and Thailand.
It also points that the number of people aged 65 and above in the UK is expected to exceed the number aged fewer than 16 in 2021.
The proportion of people living alone is also on rise.
