All statistics used across the @mumsbalance race and wealth series. Sources linked for transparency.
Lowest average wage per hour
Pakistani and Bangladeshi workers have had the lowest average hourly pay of any ethnic group every year for a decade.
| Data Point | Source |
|---|---|
| Lowest earnings every year for a decade | ONS Ethnicity Facts and Figures — Average Hourly Pay |
How did Pakistanis buy their homes
How Pakistanis in Sheffield bought their homes and built community wealth through collective and informal means.
| Data Point | Source |
|---|---|
| How Pakistanis in Sheffield bought their homes | Housing Studies Association — Home Ownership and the Power of the Collective |
Why is the wealth gap increasing despite home ownership being high
Despite relatively high home ownership rates, Pakistani households are still among the poorest in the UK. Between 2019 and 2020, half of Pakistanis were living in poverty. Pakistani families are concentrated in a handful of cities and British median wealth is rising while theirs is not.
| Data Point | Source |
|---|---|
| Between 2019 and 2020, half of Pakistanis were living in poverty | JRF — Bangladeshi, Black African and Pakistani Households at Higher Risk of Very Deep Poverty |
| Pakistanis distributed across a handful of cities | ThePenPK — Pakistani Diaspora in UK: 2021 Census Overview |
| Birmingham Pakistani community profile | Birmingham City Observatory — Pakistani Community Profile |
| British median wealth went up | ONS — Total Wealth in Great Britain: April 2020 to March 2022 |
Why is the wealth gap increasing despite home ownership being high — home type