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==Demographics== Kilburn has a number of different ethnic groups, including people of [[Irish people|Irish]], [[British Afro-Caribbean community|Afro-Caribbean]], [[British Indian|India]]n, [[Bangladesh]]i, [[Pakistan]]i, [[Eritrea]]n and [[Ethiopia]]n descent. As the area is split between more than one London borough, statistics are gathered from different parts of Kilburn.<ref name="brentcensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.brent.gov.uk/demographic.nsf/24878f4b00d4f0f68025663c006c7944/8dcd4a30899e606680256ce9004553bf!OpenDocument|title=Kilburn Ward 2001 census|access-date=7 December 2014|author=Brent Council|year=2001|archive-date=8 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208235422/http://www.brent.gov.uk/demographic.nsf/24878f4b00d4f0f68025663c006c7944/8dcd4a30899e606680256ce9004553bf!OpenDocument|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="camdencensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/stream/asset/?asset_id=531178 |title=Kilburn Ward 2001 census |access-date=7 December 2014 |author=Camden Council |year=2001 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209001443/http://www.camden.gov.uk/ccm/cms-service/stream/asset/?asset_id=531178 |archive-date= 9 February 2009 }}</ref> The Kilburn ward of Brent was 28% White British, 17% White Other, and 12% Black African in the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/kilburn-e05000094|title=Kilburn - UK Census Data 2011|first=Good Stuff IT|last=Services|website=UK Census Data|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> The [[Kilburn (Camden ward)|Kilburn ward]] of Camden was 35% White British and 19% White Other.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/kilburn-e05000140|title=Kilburn - UK Census Data 2011|first=Good Stuff IT|last=Services|website=UK Census Data|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> The [[Maida Vale (ward)|Maida Vale ward]] of Westminster was 38% White British and 22% White Other.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/maida-vale-e05000640|title=Maida Vale - UK Census Data 2011|first=Good Stuff IT|last=Services|website=UK Census Data|access-date=6 January 2018}}</ref> 4.7% of the population was born in [[Ireland]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=UK Office for National Statistics |title=Kilburn Population |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-wards-london.php?adm2id=E05000140 |website=City Population |access-date=16 June 2019}}</ref> with an even higher percentage of second-generation (born in England of Irish descent) people, {{Clarify|date=December 2014}} giving it the highest Irish population of any London area.<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.anthropologymatters.com/journal/2003-2/ryan2003_greenfieldskilburn.pdf |title=In the Green Fields of Kilburn: Reflections on a Quantitative Study of Irish Migrants in North London |access-date=7 December 2014 |date=February 2002 |work=Anthropology Matters Journal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219020157/http://www.anthropologymatters.com/journal/2003-2/ryan2003_greenfieldskilburn.pdf |archive-date=19 February 2012 }}</ref> Irish community activities, pubs, local [[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]] sports clubs,<ref name="kilburnhurling">{{cite web|url=http://www.kilburngaelshurlingclub.org|title=Kilburn Gaels Hurling Club|access-date=7 December 2014}}</ref> and annual [[St Patrick's Day]] celebrations are prominent in parts of the area. The 2007 Irish-language film ''[[Kings (2007 film)|Kings]]'' has been associated with Kilburn, a number of scenes were filmed there, and is based on [[Jimmy Murphy (playwright)|Jimmy Murphy]]'s play, ''[[The Kings of the Kilburn High Road]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ferriter|first=Diarmuid|url=http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2007/09/27/story43673.asp|title=Paddies' pain|newspaper=Irish Examiner|access-date=7 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208225235/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2007/09/27/story43673.asp|archive-date=8 February 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ===Housing and inequality=== {{multiple image |align=left | image1 = Brondesbury Villas - geograph.org.uk - 820360.jpg | caption1 = Large homes on Brondesbury Villas | image2 = South Kilburn Estate - geograph.org.uk - 417246.jpg | caption2 = Blocks in the [[South Kilburn]] housing estate }} Kilburn has a high degree of socio-economic inequality, as it is home to both large and expensive [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] and [[Edwardian era|Edwardian]] houses as well as deprived, often run-down council housing estates.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
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