Census Data

Whitechapel: Passports held

Location Type: Electoral Wards/Divisions, ONS Geographic Code: E05009336

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Key Facts

All Residents 18,841
Male 9,616
Female 9,225
Households 7,379
Population Density (people/km2) 19,622.0
Table Codets005
Issued2022-12-13
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options27

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by passports held. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

All passports classifies a person according to the passport or passports they held at the time of the census. This included expired passports or travel documents people were entitled to renew. Where a person recorded having more than one passport, they were counted only once, categorised in the following priority order: 1. UK passport, 2. Irish passport, 3. Other passport.

Quality Statement

Where a person recorded having more than one passport, they were counted only once, categorised in the following priority order: 1. UK passport, 2. Irish passport, 3. Other passport. Only the first country written in “Other passport” was taken.

More information at the ONS website

Passports held: Total 18,842
Europe 15,443
Europe: United Kingdom 11,423
Europe: Ireland 184
Europe: Other Europe 3,836
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries 3,557
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: France 579
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Germany 204
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Italy 1,122
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Portugal 209
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Spain 289
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Lithuania 83
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Poland 165
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Romania 147
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Other EU countries 759
Europe: Other Europe: Rest of Europe 279
Europe: Other Europe: Rest of Europe: Turkey 34
Europe: Other Europe: Rest of Europe: Other Europe 245
Africa 177
Africa: North Africa 59
Africa: Central and Western Africa 71
Africa: South and Eastern Africa 47
Middle East and Asia 2,134
Middle East and Asia: Middle East 97
Middle East and Asia: Eastern Asia 595
Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia 1,147
Middle East and Asia: South-East Asia 274
Middle East and Asia: Central Asia 21
The Americas and the Caribbean 404
The Americas and the Caribbean: North America and the Caribbean 238
The Americas and the Caribbean: Central and South America 166
Antarctica and Oceania, including Australasia 137
British Overseas Territories 1
No passport held 546

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