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Medway: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000035

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Key Facts

All Residents 279,773
Male 137,127
Female 142,646
Households 111,458
Population Density (people/km2) 1,444.2
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 279,761
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 16,478
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 242
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 16
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 22
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 18
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 66
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 1,962
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 1,273
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 7
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 713
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 7,693
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 15
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 42
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 35
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 40
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 24
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 14
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 23
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 57
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 7
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 39
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 493
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 64
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 53
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 20
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 26
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 2,125
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 56
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 116
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 17
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 584
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 8
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 7
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 168
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 194
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 70
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 82
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 83
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 11,097
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 4,629
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 571
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 20
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 23
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 44
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 40
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 18
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 19
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 716
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 70
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 21
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 19
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 17
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 4,228
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 34
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 86
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 12
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 34
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 9
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 91
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 23
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 270
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 81
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 4,628
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 174
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 11
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 1,325
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 2,550
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 70
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 13
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 13
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 67
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 111
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 160
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 13
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 14
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 95
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 7,858
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 19
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 16
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 59
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 75
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 25
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 52
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 38
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 48
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 151
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 55
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 33
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 26
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 32
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 16
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 16
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 479
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 27
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 22
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 19
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 45
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 29
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 2,158
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 1,394
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 2,425
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 40
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 35
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 208
White 235,741
White: African unspecified 14
White: Albanian 120
White: Algerian 6
White: Arab 2
White: Argentinian 5
White: Armenian 0
White: Australian/New Zealander 148
White: Austrian 8
White: Belarusian 5
White: Belgian 28
White: Bosnian 3
White: Brazilian 87
White: Bulgarian 842
White: Colombian 7
White: Cornish 5
White: Croatian 40
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 9
White: Czech 108
White: Danish 19
White: Dutch 46
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 218,947
White: Estonian 33
White: European Mixed 2,668
White: Finnish 32
White: French 170
White: Georgian 5
White: German 143
White: Greek 176
White: Greek Cypriot 56
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 730
White: Hispanic or Latin American 81
White: Hungarian 182
White: Iranian 3
White: Irish 1,866
White: Israeli 1
White: Italian 320
White: Jewish 22
White: Kosovan 45
White: Kurdish 4
White: Latvian 368
White: Lithuanian 665
White: Maltese 39
White: Mixed Irish 71
White: Mixed White 15
White: Moldovan 22
White: North American 133
White: North Macedonian 7
White: Norwegian 14
White: Other Eastern European 1,172
White: Other Middle East 3
White: Other Mixed 63
White: Other North African 0
White: Other Traveller 19
White: Other White, White unspecified 772
White: Polish 1,771
White: Portuguese 313
White: Roma 469
White: Romanian 1,477
White: Russian 131
White: Serbian 13
White: Slovakian 292
White: Slovenian 10
White: South African 240
White: South American 20
White: Spanish 175
White: Swedish 28
White: Swiss 10
White: Turkish 210
White: Turkish Cypriot 33
White: Ukrainian 46
White: White African 61
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 4
White: White Caribbean 9
White: Zimbabwean 7
White: Any other ethnic group 73
Other ethnic group 3,959
Other ethnic group: Afghan 95
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 44
Other ethnic group: African Asian 6
Other ethnic group: Albanian 9
Other ethnic group: Algerian 2
Other ethnic group: Arab 452
Other ethnic group: Armenian 4
Other ethnic group: Asian British 14
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 6
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 12
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 13
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 83
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 11
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 9
Other ethnic group: Chinese 16
Other ethnic group: Colombian 3
Other ethnic group: Cornish 2
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 11
Other ethnic group: Czech 41
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 15
Other ethnic group: English 5
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 12
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 166
Other ethnic group: Filipino 70
Other ethnic group: Greek 11
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 30
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 14
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 122
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 25
Other ethnic group: Iranian 78
Other ethnic group: Italian 19
Other ethnic group: Japanese 5
Other ethnic group: Jewish 18
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 9
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 131
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 7
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 70
Other ethnic group: Mexican 6
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 1
Other ethnic group: Muslim 16
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 74
Other ethnic group: North African 16
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 41
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 85
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 31
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 43
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 30
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 8
Other ethnic group: Polish 17
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 57
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 20
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 70
Other ethnic group: Roma 19
Other ethnic group: Romanian 120
Other ethnic group: Sikh 549
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 92
Other ethnic group: Somali 0
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 0
Other ethnic group: South American 29
Other ethnic group: Spanish 7
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 32
Other ethnic group: Tamil 118
Other ethnic group: Thai 4
Other ethnic group: Turkish 361
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 150
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 1
Other ethnic group: White African 7
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 315

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