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Black Welsh people are the inhabitants ofWales 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, andTiger Bay inCardiff has housed a largeSomali 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, wasJohn Ystumllyn (died 1786), aGwynedd gardener whose origins are unrecorded.[2]
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 9,492 | — |
| 2001 | 7,069 | −25.5% |
| 2011 | 18,276 | +158.5% |
| 2021 | 27,554 | +50.8% |
| Source:Office for National Statistics | ||
| Ethnic group | 2021[3] | 2011[4] | 2001[5] | 1991[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Black Welsh people | 27,554 | 0.89% | 18,276 | 0.60% | 7,069 | 0.24% | 9,492 | 0.33% |
| —Black African | 19,907 | 0.64% | 11,887 | 0.39% | 3,727 | 0.13% | 2,671 | 0.09% |
| —Black Caribbean | 3,700 | 0.12% | 3,809 | 0.12% | 2,597 | 0.09% | 3,348 | 0.12% |
| —Other Black | 3,947 | 0.13% | 2,580 | 0.08% | 745 | 0.03% | 3,473 | 0.12% |
 Wales | 3,107,494 | 100% | 3,063,456 | 100% | 2,903,085 | 100% | 2,835,073 | 100% |
born in Lusaka, Zambia and grew up in Wales, UK.
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