 Compared with the rest of England , the city had an above @-@ average proportion of foreign @-@ born residents , at around 12 % . Ninety @-@ five percent of residents were recorded as white ; the largest minority group was recorded as Asian , at 1 @.@ 8 % of the population . Religion was recorded as 68 @.@ 2 % Christian , 1 @.@ 1 % Muslim , 0 @.@ 5 % Buddhist , 0 @.@ 8 % Hindu , 0 @.@ 2 % Jewish , and 0 @.@ 1 % Sikh . The rest either had no religion , an alternative religion , or did not state their religion . 
