Table 2.7. Percentage composition of household by ethnic group in the West Midlands

	Single			Married and cohabiting households			Lone parent households
	Pensioner	Person	Other pensioner households	No children	With dependent children	All children non-dependent	With dependent children	All children non-dependent	Other households	Total
Bangladeshi	1.7	5.7	0.7	4.4	48.6	2.3	10.8	2	23.9	100
Indian	3.6	9.4	3	9.5	36.6	9.1	6	3.3	19.6	100
Other Asian	4	13	2.1	9.3	36.4	5.5	7.9	2.3	19.4	100
Pakistani	2	8.8	1.4	5.6	41	3.6	10.8	2.3	24.5	100
Black African	4.5	34	1.4	7.8	18.9	2	12.3	2	17.3	100
Black Caribbean	10.8	28.6	4	7.4	14.6	4	17.9	5.3	7.5	100
Other Black	4.5	33.8	1.3	4.9	13.8	1.2	29.2	3	8.2	100
Chinese	5.7	19.9	3.3	11.5	27.5	5	5.5	2.8	18.9	100
Other Ethnic Group	2.5	20	1.1	12	30.7	2.5	8.5	1.8	20.9	100
Mixed: Other Mixed	5	28.6	2.4	10.2	19.9	2.6	16.8	2.1	12.4	100
Mixed: White and Asian	3.7	24.9	2.1	12.4	23.6	3.1	17	1.4	11.7	100
Mixed: White and Black African	2.8	30	0.7	11.2	20.1	3	19	2.1	11.1	100
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean	3.2	28.5	1.1	7.3	17.4	1.2	30.6	1.7	9.1	100
White	15.2	14.2	9.7	18.3	20.8	7.2	6.2	3.3	5.1	100
All households	14.3	14.4	9.1	17.4	21.6	7	6.7	3.3	6.1	100

Source: 2001 Census (Table S106)