Editing Wales (section)

=== Ethnicity ===
{{Main|Demographics of Wales#Ethnicity}}
[[File:Shirley Bassey (1971).jpg|thumb|Singer [[Shirley Bassey]]|195x195px]]
The 2021 census showed that 93.8 per cent of the population of Wales identified as "White", compared to 95.6 per cent in 2011. 90.6 per cent of the population identified as "White: Welsh, English, Scottish, Northern Irish or British" in 2021. The second-highest ethnicity in 2021 was "Asian, Asian Welsh or Asian British" at 2.9 per cent of the population, compared to 2.3 per cent in 2011. 1.6 per cent of the population identified as "Mixed or multiple ethnic groups", compared to 1.0 per cent in 2011; 0.9 per cent of the population identified as "Black, Black Welsh, Black British, Caribbean or African", compared to 0.6 per cent in 2011; and 0.9 per cent identified as "Other ethnic group" compared to 0.5 per cent in 2011. The local authorities with the highest proportions of "high-level" ethnic groups other than "White" were mainly urban areas including Cardiff, Newport and Swansea. 5.3 per cent of households in Wales were multiple ethnic group households, up from 4.2 per cent in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion in Wales (Census 2021) |url=https://gov.wales/ethnic-group-national-identity-language-and-religion-wales-census-2021-html |access-date=2 December 2022 |website=GOV.WALES |date=29 November 2022 }}</ref>

In 2021, the first statue of a named, non-fictional woman outdoors was raised for Wales's first black headteacher, [[Betty Campbell]]. In 2023, [[Patti Flynn]] (a contemporary of [[Shirley Bassey]], both of [[Tiger Bay]], Cardiff) became the first black Welsh woman to be awarded a purple plaque.<ref>{{cite news |date=24 March 2023 |title=Cardiff: Patti Flynn first black woman awarded purple plaque |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-65039113 |access-date=25 May 2023}}</ref>

In 2024, [[Vaughan Gething]] was elected First Minister of Wales becoming the first black head of government in Europe having previously served as Secretary for Finance.<ref>{{cite news |date=16 March 2024 |title=Who is Vaughan Gething, Wales' first minister? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-68336716 |access-date=24 November 2024 |work=BBC News }}</ref>