Editing Demographics of Hong Kong (section)

===Ethnic minorities===
8% of the population of Hong Kong are categorised as "ethnic minorities", including a large number of [[Filipinos in Hong Kong|Filipinos]] and [[Indonesians in Hong Kong|Indonesians]], who together make up approximately 4.6% of the population.<ref>{{Cite report |date=February 2012 |title=2011 Population Census – Summary Results |url=http://www.census2011.gov.hk/pdf/summary-results.pdf |publisher=[[Census and Statistics Department (Hong Kong)|Census and Statistics Department]] |page=37 |access-date=14 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522023912/http://www.census2011.gov.hk/pdf/summary-results.pdf |archive-date=22 May 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.census2011.gov.hk/pdf/EM.pdf#Page=28 |title=Thematic Report : Ethnic Minorities |access-date=14 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202184333/http://www.census2011.gov.hk/pdf/EM.pdf#Page=28 |archive-date=2 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Immigration Autonomy|url=http://www.immd.gov.hk/a_report_09-10/eng/ch1/index.htm|work=Immigration Department Annual Report 2009-2010|access-date=7 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623220528/http://www.immd.gov.hk/a_report_09-10/eng/ch1/index.htm|archive-date=23 June 2012}}</ref> However, the majority of the Filipinos and Indonesians population are short-termed foreign domestic helpers. After excluding foreign domestic helpers, the number of ethnic minorities was 263,593 in 2016, making up 3.6% of the whole Hong Kong population.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Statistical Product|url=https://www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/EIndexbySubject.html?pcode=B1120100&scode=459|access-date=2021-11-28|website=www.censtatd.gov.hk}}</ref>

Circa 2018 there were about 2,000 people of African origins with about 800–1,000 in [[Yuen Long]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Zheng, Mandy|author2=Rachel Leung|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/community/article/2156199/hong-kong-racist-prejudice-against-ethnic-minorities|title=Chinese woman threatens to sue another accused of throwing her dog out 6th floor window|newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=2018-01-17|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref> [[Chungking Mansions]] is another area of settlement and employment. Some Africans seeking to asylum travelled to Hong Kong as of June 2020.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sun, Fiona|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3090797/black-lives-matter-hong-kong-too-african-migrants-say-racism|title=Black lives matter in Hong Kong too: African migrants say racism leaves them feeling alienated, shunned|newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=2020-06-27|access-date=2020-08-02 }}</ref> According to [[Lingnan University]] professor Lisa Leung Yuk-ming, African settlement began in the 1990s. The Hong Kong African Association (香港非洲人協會) is an ethnic association for those people.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lee, Chermaine|author2=Miguel Candela|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3095154/what-its-be-black-and-african-hong-kong-there|title=What it's like to be black and African in Hong Kong: 'there is racism literally in every corner'|work=[[Post Magazine]]|date=2020-08-02|access-date=2020-08-02}}</ref>

A Thai community began in Hong Kong when Thai women travelled with their husbands, of [[Chaozhou]] (Chiu Chow) origin, to Hong Kong in the 1970s. In 2016, Hong Kong had about 10,215 Thai residents, with around 33% residing in [[Kowloon City]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/social-and-lifestyle/2321638/goodbye-little-thailand-in-hong-kong-|title=Goodbye 'Little Thailand' in Hong Kong?|agency=[[South China Morning Post]]|newspaper=[[Bangkok Post]]|date=2022-06-06|accessdate=2022-06-08}}</ref>