Hindu, Sikh now Middle Britons

Britain’s Hindu and Sikh communities with high education levels, jobs and house ownership are increasingly likely to be classified as ‘Middle Britons’, wide-ranging research says.

Britain’s Hindu and Sikh communities with high education levels, jobs and house ownership are increasingly likely to be classified as ‘Middle Britons’, wide-ranging research says.

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It was found that ‘long-established’ Hindu and Sikh families now have an above average likelihood of being classed ‘Middle Britons’.

They are now being categorised as part of the country’s middle-class, according to a survey that also revealed the changing societal lifestyles.