Asian Welsh people are people of Asian heritage who live in Wales, Welsh people of Asian heritage or people with mixed Asian and Welsh heritage. As in other parts of the United Kingdom, "Asian" typically refers to people of South Asian origin: in the census category this means those of Indian, Pakistani, or Bangladeshi heritage. There are also options for people of Chinese or other Asian ancestry; in which other South Asian backgrounds like Sri Lankan are included, as well as other Asian backgrounds, like Filipino, for example.

Demography In 2016, the Welsh Assembly of the time (now Welsh Parliament/Senedd Cymru) was criticised for not having a "Welsh Asian" tick box for polling purposes on an equalities form issued in Wales, by the Welsh Assembly.

The second largest "high-level" ethnicity category in Wales in 2021 was “Asian, Asian Welsh or Asian British”. 89,000 people identified as this category, which is 2.9% of the Welsh population. This compares to 2.3% in 2011. Ethnic groupYear1991Office of Population Censuses and Surveys; General Register Office for Scotland; Registrar General for Northern Ireland (1997): 1991 Census aggregate data. UK Data Service (Edition: 1997). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/census/aggregate-1991-1 This information is licensed under the terms of the Open Government LicenceAs UK Census data past 2001 is unavailable through the ONS website, it has been recommended to use archival census collection websites to obtain data. Data is taken from United Kingdom Casweb Data services of the United Kingdom 1991 Census on Ethnic Data for Wales (Table 6)200120112021Population%Population %Population %Population %Asian or Asian British: Total24,3990.9%31,7141.1%70,1292.3%89,0283%Asian or Asian British: Indian6,3840.2%8,2610.3%17,2560.6%21,0700.7%Asian or Asian British: Pakistani5,7170.2%8,2870.3%12,2290.4%17,5340.6%Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi3,8200.2%5,4360.2%10,6870.3%15,3140.5%Asian or Asian British: ChineseIn 2001, listed under the 'Chinese or other ethnic group' heading.4,8010.3%6,2670.3%13,6380.4%14,4540.5%Asian or Asian British: Asian Other3,6770.1%3,4640.1%16,3180.6%20,6560.9%

Notable Asian Welsh people

Acting and film

Banita Sandhu Danielle Bux Jessica Sula Sally El Hosaini

Art

Alia Syed

Authors

Shereen El Feki

Business

Shelim Hussain Albert Gubay

Medical

David Nott

Politics

Zaynub Akbar Natasha Asghar Mohammad Asghar Neil McEvoy

Singing

Andy Scott-Lee Lisa Scott-Lee

Sport

Neil Johnson (footballer) Prem Sisodiya Kishan Hirani Anoma Sooriyaarachchi Kieffer Moore Kaid Mohamed Barry Jones (boxer) Mika Chunuonsee Tom Ramasut Clive Rees Tal Dunne Vimal Yoganathan

Television and radio

Jason Mohammad

Other

Abbas Farid Sabrina Cohen-Hatton Shash Appan

In popular culture The Indian Doctor is a BBC comedy drama set in a 1960s Welsh mining village of Trefelin which shows the impact that a Delhi graduate has on the village.

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