South Africans in the United Kingdom

South Africans in the United Kingdom
	Distribution by regional area at the 2011 census
Total population
	South Africa-born residents in the United Kingdom: 235,060 – 0.4% ; (2021/22 Census); England: 211,447– 0.4% (2021); Scotland: 15,253 – 0.3% (2022); Wales: 5,733 – 0.2% (2021); Northern Ireland: 2,627 – 0.1% (2021); South African citizens/passports held:; 50,407 (England and Wales only, 2021); Ethnic South Africans:; South Africans in White ethnic group: 57,648; South Africans in Black ethnic group: 7,922 ; South Africans in Mixed ethnic group: 1,620; (England and Wales only, 2021);
Regions with significant populations
	London, South East England
Languages
	English (British, South African), Afrikaans
Religion
	Predominantly:; Christianity; (Anglicanism · Calvinism · Methodism); Minority:; Judaism, Traditional African religion, Irreligion
Related ethnic groups
	Zimbabwean British, Afrikaners, British diaspora in Africa, South African American ↑ Does not include South Africans born in the United Kingdom or those with ancestry rooted in South Africa;

South Africans in the United Kingdom include citizens and residents of the United Kingdom with origins in South Africa.