Muslim Population in England and Wales Reaches 6.5%, Report Finds

The Muslim Council of Britain released the report British Muslims in Numbers this week. 5 percent of the population of England and Wales. Muslims in England and Wales have a median age of 27.

That figure is 13 years younger than the national average, and nearly half of Muslims are under 25. Researchers say that shift could become politically significant if the voting age is lowered to 16. Last year the Labour government proposed to lower the voting age to 16, a bid now being debated in Parliament that must be approved by MPs in the House of Commons and peers in the House of Lords.

Lowering the voting age to 16 would add about 150,000 more Muslim voters to the electorate. ” The report also documents signs of social mobility. Muslim women’s economic activity has risen by 37 percent over the past two decades.

Nearly a third of Muslims now hold degrees, and among 16–24-year-olds Muslims now exceed the national average for degree-level attainment. The number of British Muslims with degree-level qualifications has risen sharply over the past two decades. Mohammed Sinan Siyech said younger Muslims were politically engaged through social media, especially as Islamophobia rises with the growth of the far right.

But the report also paints a picture of structural challenges. About 110,000 Muslim households are lone-parent households with dependent children. 9 percent.

5 percent. The national home ownership rate is 63 percent. Miqdad Asaria said: “There is no Muslim voting bloc. There never was. ” Asaria, a member of the Muslim Council of Britain’s research committee, added that the data reflect diversity across communities including Pakistani families in Bradford, Somali communities in Cardiff, Bangladeshi families in Tower Hamlets, white British converts and Arab professionals in London.