Black Welsh people explained

Black Welsh people are inhabitants of Wales who have an African or an Afro-Caribbean background and are black. Wales is home to one of the United Kingdom's oldest black communities, and Tiger Bay in Cardiff has housed a large Somali population since the development of the port in the 19th century. The 2011 census reported that there were more than 18,000 Welsh-African people in Wales (0.6% of the Welsh population).[1]

The first recorded black person to live in North Wales, of whom historians have detailed knowledge, was John Ystumllyn (died 1786), a Gwynedd gardener whose origins are unrecorded.[2]

Demographics

Black Welsh people by census data
Ethnic group2021[3] 2011[4] 2001[5] 1991[6]
NumberNumberNumberNumber
Black Welsh people27,5540.89%18,2760.60%7,0690.24%9,4920.33%
—Black African19,9070.64%11,8870.39%3,7270.13%2,6710.09%
Black Caribbean3,7000.12%3,809 0.12%2,5970.09%3,3480.12%
—Other Black3,9470.13%2,5800.08%7450.03%3,4730.12%
3,107,494100% 3,063,456100% 2,903,085100% 2,835,073100%

Notable black Welsh people

Sports

Association football

Athletics

Rugby League

Rugby Union

Boxing

Music

Film and television

Others

See also

External links

Notes and References

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