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Ethnic Breakdown of Dover District

Enquiries have revealed that in the Dover District there are 6000 residents from other Nationalities, comprising families and single adults.

Those from Eastern Europe are particularly difficult to assess, with many of a transient nature or with no intention of remaining in the District long term.

With the exception of the Nepalese, accuracy cannot be guaranteed.

There are other individuals and families living in the District who do not make a sizeable group and have therefore not been included in this breakdown. Amongst these are representatives from West Indies, Afghanistan, former Russian States, India and Iran.

With the exception of the Polish community, with many from that country working in rural farming throughout the District, the overwhelming majority of foreign nationals live in Dover.

Ethnicity can be broken down as follows:

Nepalese (1)	250
Czech / Slovakian (Roma) (2)	1300
Other Eastern European - Lithuanian / Latvian / Bulgarian (2)	700
Polish (3)	2500
Turkish (4)	180
Black African (4)	400
North African (4)	50
Kurdish (predominantly from Iraq) (4)	250
Middle East (4)	70
Chinese	100
Bangladeshi	100
Greek / Greek Cypriots	100
Total:	6000

With a Dover District population of 104566 (1991 Census) this equates to 5.7. %

(1) Source Ghurka Welfare
(2) Source - European Migrant Consultancy
(3) Source - Polska
(4) Source – Mazen Khader

The Minority Community Achievement Service report that there are currently the following children with EAL (English as Additional Language) in the Dover District:

Primary: 6% (Dover).
1.75% - (Deal and Sandwich)

Secondary: 3.4% (Dover)
1.3% (Deal and Sandwich)

The areas with the known highest concentration of foreign nationals are as follows:

• Guston: 136 families of Nepalese origin
• Priory Ward: 40 families, mainly of Czech and Slovakian Roma origin
  These families live at addresses in Folkestone Road, Clarendon Street and Clarendon Place.
  In addition there are a number of other individuals and families of other national origin, particularly Polish, living within the Ward.
• Tower Hamlets: 28 families. This figure includes 17 families living either in London Road or in adjacent streets.
• St. Radigunds: 3 families
• Aycliffe: 3 families

There are other families and single adults in other wards spread throughout the town.

In Eastcliffe (Town and Pier) there is temporary accommodation at the Dover Harbour Hotel for unaccompanied minors supported by Social Services. Currently there are 13 foreign nationals living at this address but this number fluctuates on a daily basis.

E-mail: equalities@dover.gov.uk