United Kingdom

At the time of the 2011 census, 0.8% of the population of England and Wales was Bangladeshi (n=447,201). The Bangladeshi population in England and Wales has the youngest age profile when compared to other ethnic groups, with the highest percentage of people aged under 18 years (38.3%) and lowest percentage of people aged 65+ years (3.7%) (Office for National Statistics (ONS), 2018). Bangladeshi communities are considered to be one of the most disadvantaged ethnic groups in the UK: The latest figures show that people living in households headed by someone of Bangladeshi ethnicity are more likely to be on a low income (defined as below 60% of the median national income) than households headed by any other ethnic group. In 2013/14, 51% of households headed by someone of Bangladeshi ethnicity were in low income vs. 19% of households headed by someone of White ethnicity³ Tiley KS1, White JM2, Andrews N3, Ramsay M4, Edelstein M5. Inequalities in childhood vaccination timing and completion in London. Vaccine. 2018 Oct 29;36(45):6726-6735. Households headed by someone of Bangladeshi ethnicity are more likely to be overcrowded than households headed by any other ethnic group (Public Health England, 2018). The latest figures, from the 2011 Census, show that 30.2% of Bangladeshi households were overcrowded compared to 2.8% of White British households (ONS, 2014). People of Bangladeshi ethnicity have notably poorer health, as measured by a range of indicators, in comparison to other ethnic groups (Public Health England, 2018).