Southeast Asians in the United Kingdom

See also: British Asians, British East and Southeast Asian, Central Asians in the United Kingdom, and East Asians in the United Kingdom
Southeast Asians in the United Kingdom
Total population
 England and  Wales only:
267,288 – 0.45% (2021)[1] Does not include any Southeast Asians who may be in the 'Other Ethnic Group' as provided by the Office for National Statistics for the 2021 census.
Regions with significant populations
London, Belfast, Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford, Cambridge, Glasgow, Edinburgh
Languages
Tagalog/Filipino – 60,899
Thai – 22,966
Vietnamese – 18,518
Malay – 8,014
Number of speakers in England and Wales as a main language, of all usual residents aged 3 and over, from the 2021 census.[2]
Religion
Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Non-religious, others
Related ethnic groups
Asians
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Southeast Asians have lived in the United Kingdom for several centuries, arriving from Southeast Asia and primarily originating from countries and territories such as the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Burma, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

  1. ^ "TS:002 Ethnic group (detailed)". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  2. ^ "TS024 - Main language (detailed)". Nomis: Official Census and Labour Market Statistics. Retrieved 28 March 2023.