 Distribution by regional area. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Sri Lankan-born residents 67,938 (2001 census) 129,076 (2011 census) Other population estimates 110,000 (2002 Berghof Research Center estimate) 170,000 (2007 Tamil Information Centre estimate) Ethnic Sri Lankans: 149,239 (England and Wales only, 2021)[1] People with Sri Lankan descent 400,000 (2023)[2] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| London, South East England, East of England, Midlands | |
| Languages | |
| Tamil, English, Sinhala | |
| Religion | |
| Theravada Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Sri Lankan |
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British Sri Lankans are an ethnic group referring to British people who can trace their ancestry to Sri Lanka. It can refer to a variety of ethnicities and races, including Sinhalese, Tamils, Moors/Muslims and Burghers. They may identify with a various labels including Asian, South Asian, Indian, British, and British Sri Lankan.
They live primarily in Southern England. Within London, they live primarily in West London and South London (notably similar to the British Indian community). They have good social mobility and socioeconomic compared other ethnic groups, notably British Pakistani and British Bangladeshi. Sri Lanka was relatively socioeconomically advanced among its peers in the late 1900s and a majority of the Sinhalese immigrants were professionals, whereas nearly half of Tamil immigrants were degree holders, and combined with the strong education ethnic in the community led to fortunate outcomes for the British-born children. The estimated average household size is 2.3.[3][4][5][6]
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