Census Data

Downham: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: Electoral Wards/Divisions, ONS Geographic Code: E05013720

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Key Facts

All Residents 18,360
Male 8,650
Female 9,709
Households 6,889
Population Density (people/km2) 6,869.9
Table Codets022
Issued2022-11-29
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options288

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

Summary

The ethnic group that the person completing the census feels they belong to. This could be based on their culture, family background, identity or physical appearance.

Respondents could choose one out of 19 tick-box response categories, including write-in response options.

Ethnic group (detailed): Total: All usual residents 18,363
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 1,623
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 52
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 2
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 8
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 136
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 257
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 2
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 66
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 284
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 7
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 5
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 3
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 15
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 3
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 13
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 5
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 17
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 8
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 100
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 3
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 403
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 3
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 143
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 17
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 40
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 16
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 2,331
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 1,031
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 106
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 18
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 14
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 14
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 5
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 5
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 165
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 8
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 716
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 5
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 32
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 77
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 29
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 20
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 39
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 2,856
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 36
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 539
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 2,066
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 18
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 5
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 39
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 27
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 92
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 18
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1,380
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 16
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 18
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 126
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 142
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 227
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 591
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 39
White 9,344
White: African unspecified 0
White: Albanian 45
White: Algerian 4
White: Arab 0
White: Argentinian 1
White: Armenian 1
White: Australian/New Zealander 12
White: Austrian 2
White: Belarusian 1
White: Belgian 7
White: Bosnian 0
White: Brazilian 47
White: Bulgarian 63
White: Colombian 1
White: Cornish 0
White: Croatian 3
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 18
White: Czech 7
White: Danish 0
White: Dutch 5
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 7,186
White: Estonian 0
White: European Mixed 313
White: Finnish 2
White: French 26
White: Georgian 0
White: German 16
White: Greek 27
White: Greek Cypriot 5
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 22
White: Hispanic or Latin American 18
White: Hungarian 25
White: Iranian 0
White: Irish 185
White: Israeli 0
White: Italian 77
White: Jewish 6
White: Kosovan 19
White: Kurdish 3
White: Latvian 18
White: Lithuanian 52
White: Maltese 3
White: Mixed Irish 6
White: Mixed White 0
White: Moldovan 1
White: North American 8
White: North Macedonian 0
White: Norwegian 1
White: Other Eastern European 211
White: Other Middle East 1
White: Other Mixed 14
White: Other North African 13
White: Other Traveller 0
White: Other White, White unspecified 125
White: Polish 246
White: Portuguese 41
White: Roma 52
White: Romanian 186
White: Russian 14
White: Serbian 4
White: Slovakian 12
White: Slovenian 3
White: South African 9
White: South American 5
White: Spanish 37
White: Swedish 3
White: Swiss 1
White: Turkish 63
White: Turkish Cypriot 45
White: Ukrainian 14
White: White African 4
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 1
White: White Caribbean 1
White: Zimbabwean 0
White: Any other ethnic group 3
Other ethnic group 829
Other ethnic group: Afghan 10
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 12
Other ethnic group: African Asian 0
Other ethnic group: Albanian 11
Other ethnic group: Algerian 0
Other ethnic group: Arab 87
Other ethnic group: Armenian 0
Other ethnic group: Asian British 2
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 0
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 3
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 2
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 6
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 5
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 10
Other ethnic group: Chinese 2
Other ethnic group: Colombian 2
Other ethnic group: Cornish 0
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 14
Other ethnic group: Czech 0
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 1
Other ethnic group: English 0
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 7
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 25
Other ethnic group: Filipino 8
Other ethnic group: Greek 0
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 8
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 0
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 93
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 5
Other ethnic group: Iranian 7
Other ethnic group: Italian 3
Other ethnic group: Japanese 1
Other ethnic group: Jewish 1
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 0
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 50
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 4
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 7
Other ethnic group: Mexican 1
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 2
Other ethnic group: Muslim 0
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 0
Other ethnic group: North African 8
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 7
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 3
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 2
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 7
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 4
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 1
Other ethnic group: Polish 2
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 1
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 1
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 0
Other ethnic group: Roma 0
Other ethnic group: Romanian 5
Other ethnic group: Sikh 5
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 0
Other ethnic group: Somali 5
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 0
Other ethnic group: South American 18
Other ethnic group: Spanish 12
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 54
Other ethnic group: Tamil 69
Other ethnic group: Thai 1
Other ethnic group: Turkish 48
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 135
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 5
Other ethnic group: White African 7
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 40

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