Editing Smethwick (section)

==Demographics==
In 1964, around 6% of Smethwick was estimated to be non-White.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colour and the British electorate 1964: six case studies |url=https://www.abebooks.co.uk/first-edition/Colour-British-electorate-1964-case-studies/31301208823/bd |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=www.abebooks.co.uk |page=80 |language=en-GB |quote=Smethwick, then, is a mainly working-class industrial town, with a proportion of coloured immigrants in the population of the order of 6 per cent.}}</ref> At the [[United Kingdom census, 2011|2011 census]], there were 48,765 residents in Smethwick in 18,381 households, and the median age of Smethwick residents was 32.<ref name="Nomis">{{NOMIS2011 |title=Smethwick Built-up area |id=E35000380 |access-date=3 May 2021}}</ref>

In terms of ethnicity:<ref name="Nomis"/>

*43.3% of Smethwick residents were [[White British|White]] (Comprising 37.6% [[White British]], 4.6% [[Other White]], 1.1% [[White Irish|Irish]] and 0.1% [[Gypsy (term)|Gypsy]]/[[Irish Travellers|Irish Traveller]]). 
*37.5% were [[British Asian|Asian]] (Comprising 15.7% [[British Indian|Indian]], 12.4% [[British Pakistani|Pakistani]], 4.4% [[British Bangladeshi|Bangladeshi]] 0.4% [[British Chinese|Chinese]] and 4.6% from another Asian background)
*11.3% were [[Black British|Black]] (Comprising 6.1% [[British African-Caribbean people|Caribbean]], 3.3% [[African diaspora|African]] and 1.9% other Black)
*4.7% were [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed]]. 
*0.5% were [[British Arab|Arab]] and 2.8% were from another ethnic group.

In terms of religion, 39.5% of Smethwick residents identified as [[Christianity|Christian]], 21.8% were [[Islam|Muslim]], 15.7% were [[Sikhism|Sikh]], 14.0% said they had [[irreligion|no religion]], 5.8% did not state any religion, 2.3% were [[Hinduism|Hindu]], 0.3% were [[Buddhism|Buddhists]], and 0.6% were from another religion.<ref name="Nomis"/>