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Reading: Ethnic group (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 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 174,232
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 30,844
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 284
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 9
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 10
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 16
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 77
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 1,132
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 5
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 2,694
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 13
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 764
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 10,777
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 68
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 106
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 98
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 70
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 92
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 15
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 62
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 51
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 13
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 18
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 4,606
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 185
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 93
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 27
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 26
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 8,279
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 20
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 46
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 9
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 599
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 37
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 46
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 91
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 160
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 20
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 156
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 66
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 7,555
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 4,081
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 17
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 13
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 268
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 37
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 29
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 11
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 11
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 67
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 40
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 860
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 186
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 8
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 8
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 927
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 12
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 8
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 16
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 90
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 78
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 68
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 75
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 88
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 88
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 48
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 277
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 119
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 4,976
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 111
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 17
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 1,110
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 3,292
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 58
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 17
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 12
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 67
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 169
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 19
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 90
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 8,965
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 23
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 19
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 59
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 119
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 41
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 41
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 33
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 34
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 25
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 53
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 94
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 127
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 18
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 26
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 35
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 16
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 26
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 507
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 42
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 16
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 32
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 63
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 2,117
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 1,249
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 3,555
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 49
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 220
White 116,886
White: African unspecified 19
White: Albanian 243
White: Algerian 22
White: Arab 16
White: Argentinian 12
White: Armenian 21
White: Australian/New Zealander 213
White: Austrian 31
White: Belarusian 8
White: Belgian 34
White: Bosnian 18
White: Brazilian 182
White: Bulgarian 523
White: Colombian 5
White: Cornish 28
White: Croatian 41
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 73
White: Czech 162
White: Danish 49
White: Dutch 107
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 93,140
White: Estonian 21
White: European Mixed 3,629
White: Finnish 46
White: French 381
White: Georgian 14
White: German 281
White: Greek 736
White: Greek Cypriot 148
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 106
White: Hispanic or Latin American 184
White: Hungarian 479
White: Iranian 37
White: Irish 2,040
White: Israeli 11
White: Italian 838
White: Jewish 43
White: Kosovan 60
White: Kurdish 19
White: Latvian 102
White: Lithuanian 245
White: Maltese 12
White: Mixed Irish 72
White: Mixed White 9
White: Moldovan 6
White: North American 261
White: North Macedonian 213
White: Norwegian 33
White: Other Eastern European 804
White: Other Middle East 20
White: Other Mixed 82
White: Other North African 22
White: Other Traveller 2
White: Other White, White unspecified 1,283
White: Polish 4,100
White: Portuguese 654
White: Roma 573
White: Romanian 1,930
White: Russian 252
White: Serbian 76
White: Slovakian 281
White: Slovenian 17
White: South African 324
White: South American 30
White: Spanish 636
White: Swedish 52
White: Swiss 14
White: Turkish 382
White: Turkish Cypriot 11
White: Ukrainian 97
White: White African 109
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 2
White: White Caribbean 23
White: Zimbabwean 9
White: Any other ethnic group 128
Other ethnic group 5,006
Other ethnic group: Afghan 40
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 77
Other ethnic group: African Asian 14
Other ethnic group: Albanian 24
Other ethnic group: Algerian 14
Other ethnic group: Arab 1,282
Other ethnic group: Armenian 16
Other ethnic group: Asian British 11
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 4
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 9
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 39
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 25
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 16
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 26
Other ethnic group: Chinese 83
Other ethnic group: Colombian 3
Other ethnic group: Cornish 2
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 6
Other ethnic group: Czech 4
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 24
Other ethnic group: English 4
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 14
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 189
Other ethnic group: Filipino 59
Other ethnic group: Greek 27
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 17
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 4
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 277
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 44
Other ethnic group: Iranian 184
Other ethnic group: Italian 18
Other ethnic group: Japanese 10
Other ethnic group: Jewish 53
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 20
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 49
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 5
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 38
Other ethnic group: Mexican 13
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 8
Other ethnic group: Muslim 4
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 738
Other ethnic group: North African 67
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 119
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 18
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 48
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 70
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 53
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 16
Other ethnic group: Polish 71
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 8
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 19
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 21
Other ethnic group: Roma 0
Other ethnic group: Romanian 145
Other ethnic group: Sikh 127
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 2
Other ethnic group: Somali 2
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 1
Other ethnic group: South American 29
Other ethnic group: Spanish 27
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 18
Other ethnic group: Tamil 65
Other ethnic group: Thai 3
Other ethnic group: Turkish 164
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 13
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 18
Other ethnic group: White African 8
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 380

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