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Reading: Passports held (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000038

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Key Facts

All Residents 174,224
Male 86,842
Female 87,382
Households 67,683
Population Density (people/km2) 4,312.6
Table Codets013
Issued2022-12-13
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options52

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: All usual residents 174,226
Europe 139,961
Europe: United Kingdom 116,343
Europe: Ireland 1,640
Europe: Other Europe 21,978
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries 20,760
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: France 836
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Germany 593
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Italy 1,920
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Portugal 2,331
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Spain 1,297
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Lithuania 504
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Poland 5,029
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Romania 3,099
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Other EU countries 5,151
Europe: Other Europe: Rest of Europe 1,218
Europe: Other Europe: Rest of Europe: Turkey 348
Europe: Other Europe: Rest of Europe: Other Europe 870
Africa 3,080
Africa: North Africa 417
Africa: Central and Western Africa 1,508
Africa: Central and Western Africa: Ghana 693
Africa: Central and Western Africa: Nigeria 551
Africa: Central and Western Africa: Other Central and Western Africa 264
Africa: South and Eastern Africa 1,155
Africa: South and Eastern Africa: Kenya 148
Africa: South and Eastern Africa: Somalia 1
Africa: South and Eastern Africa: South Africa 389
Africa: South and Eastern Africa: Zimbabwe 243
Africa: South and Eastern Africa: Other South and Eastern Africa 374
Middle East and Asia 11,535
Middle East and Asia: Middle East 515
Middle East and Asia: Middle East: Iran 74
Middle East and Asia: Middle East: Iraq 30
Middle East and Asia: Middle East: Other Middle East 411
Middle East and Asia: Eastern Asia 1,387
Middle East and Asia: Eastern Asia: China 921
Middle East and Asia: Eastern Asia: Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 281
Middle East and Asia: Eastern Asia: Japan 86
Middle East and Asia: Eastern Asia: Other Eastern Asia 99
Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia 8,800
Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia: Afghanistan 56
Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia: Bangladesh 115
Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia: India 4,650
Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia: Pakistan 1,065
Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia: Sri Lanka 157
Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia: Other Southern Asia 2,757
Middle East and Asia: South-East Asia 762
Middle East and Asia: South-East Asia: Malaysia 225
Middle East and Asia: South-East Asia: Philippines 270
Middle East and Asia: South-East Asia: Singapore 35
Middle East and Asia: South-East Asia: Other South-East Asia 232
Middle East and Asia: Central Asia 71
The Americas and the Caribbean 1,495
The Americas and the Caribbean: North America 596
The Americas and the Caribbean: North America: Canada 169
The Americas and the Caribbean: North America: United States 427
The Americas and the Caribbean: Central America 56
The Americas and the Caribbean: South America 576
The Americas and the Caribbean: The Caribbean 267
The Americas and the Caribbean: The Caribbean: Jamaica 108
The Americas and the Caribbean: The Caribbean: Other Caribbean 159
Antarctica and Oceania 250
Antarctica and Oceania: Australasia 245
Antarctica and Oceania: Australasia: Australia 161
Antarctica and Oceania: Australasia: New Zealand 84
Antarctica and Oceania: Other Antarctica and Oceania 5
British Overseas Territories 3
No passport held 17,902

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