When McKinsey & Co CEO Bob Sternfels said that “It’s Not India’s Decade, It’s India’s Century”, he was probably right and we can also see the omnipresence and rather rising presence of India in the global map.
Be it Indian resident or people of Indian origin, everyone is striving in their respective fields.
Testimony to this is the latest release of data from the 2021 census which revealed that the it is the Indian descent amongst all the ethnic communities which has the highest levels of education and is also one of the highest percentages of working professionals.
Indians Along with Chinese Most Educated Ethnicity
As per the census, people of Indian ethnicity are the most likely to own a home in England and Wales.
As per the data, Indians along with Chinese, have the greatest levels of education and the highest proportion of professionals.
As compared to Chinese who make up 56 percent of the population in the UK, Indians have 52 per cent of the population with the greatest levels of education.
71% Indians Most Likely to Own House
When it comes to home ownership, 71% of people of Indian people own homes, as against 68% Britishers.
As per the report, there is also a huge difference between ethnic groups in education, employment, health and housing across England and Wales.
Indian and Chinese ethnic groups put together accounted for 34 per cent of professional jobs, including doctors, teachers and lawyers. It was followed by 33 per cent of White Irish, 30 per cent of Arabs, 20 per cent Pakistanis, 17 per cent of Bangladeshi and 19 per cent of White British.
When it comes to the independent contractors’ category, then there are 11 per cent of white British and 10 per cent of Indians.
Speaking of health, when the respondents were asked to rank their health on a scale of “very good” to “very bad” during the census. Around 48 per cent of the general population reported having “very good” health, while 1.2 per cent reported having “very bad” health. Those who identified as white Irish and white gypsies were the ethnic groups who reported having the poorest health.
