Instead of framing discussions about the UK population in terms of a white majority and “non-white” minorities, complexity should be the focus. Britain is increasingly diverse and less segregated.
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The way questions on language were posed call the results into question.
The proportion of housing that’s unoccupied has actually fallen since the last census, but the key issue is most of these dwellings are not in the areas where the need for housing is greatest.
The share of homes owner-occupied has slipped only two percentage points since 1996, but the proportion owned outright has slid from 42% to 31%.
As the conversation about race and diversity becomes more common, why haven’t we updated our census to reflect that?
Top contributors
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Executive Dean, UniSA Business, University of South Australia
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ARC Future Fellow & Professor of Economics, Curtin University
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Professor of Housing Research, University of Adelaide
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Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Queen's University Belfast
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Dalla Lana Fellow, University of Toronto
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Senior Data Scientist and Manager, Australian Geospatial Health Laboratory, University of Canberra
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Postdoctoral Innovation Associate (Human Geography), University of Leicester
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Professor of Geography, Dartmouth College
