Census Data

Cornwall: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000052

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Key Facts

All Residents 570,305
Male 276,620
Female 293,685
Households 250,535
Population Density (people/km2) 160.9
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 570,304
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 4,030
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 8
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 2
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 2
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 5
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 27
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 319
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 2
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 1,033
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 6
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 567
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 784
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 98
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 19
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 65
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 40
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 40
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 8
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 29
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 106
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 38
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 50
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 2
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 13
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 233
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 97
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 9
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 15
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 324
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 5
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 32
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 39
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 571
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 213
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 25
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 12
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 18
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 28
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 19
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 132
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 19
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 5
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 23
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 24
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 486
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 99
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 300
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 8
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 5
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 23
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 11
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 24
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 7,028
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 28
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 83
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 23
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 22
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 41
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 28
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 85
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 154
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 99
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 46
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 25
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 44
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 33
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 379
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 88
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 51
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 35
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 18
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 52
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 2,446
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 895
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 1,693
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 54
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 22
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 282
White 552,134
White: African unspecified 13
White: Albanian 14
White: Algerian 0
White: Arab 2
White: Argentinian 7
White: Armenian 12
White: Australian/New Zealander 392
White: Austrian 27
White: Belarusian 9
White: Belgian 39
White: Bosnian 1
White: Brazilian 28
White: Bulgarian 245
White: Colombian 6
White: Cornish 38,406
White: Croatian 18
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 23
White: Czech 85
White: Danish 75
White: Dutch 247
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 495,476
White: Estonian 22
White: European Mixed 3,557
White: Finnish 54
White: French 351
White: Georgian 5
White: German 559
White: Greek 92
White: Greek Cypriot 25
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 699
White: Hispanic or Latin American 78
White: Hungarian 249
White: Iranian 6
White: Irish 2,455
White: Israeli 3
White: Italian 345
White: Jewish 69
White: Kosovan 14
White: Kurdish 1
White: Latvian 188
White: Lithuanian 632
White: Maltese 27
White: Mixed Irish 176
White: Mixed White 21
White: Moldovan 7
White: North American 509
White: North Macedonian 3
White: Norwegian 64
White: Other Eastern European 307
White: Other Middle East 4
White: Other Mixed 173
White: Other North African 4
White: Other Traveller 18
White: Other White, White unspecified 826
White: Polish 2,076
White: Portuguese 485
White: Roma 289
White: Romanian 915
White: Russian 99
White: Serbian 7
White: Slovakian 86
White: Slovenian 17
White: South African 456
White: South American 26
White: Spanish 245
White: Swedish 102
White: Swiss 61
White: Turkish 57
White: Turkish Cypriot 1
White: Ukrainian 31
White: White African 174
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 9
White: White Caribbean 6
White: Zimbabwean 29
White: Any other ethnic group 295
Other ethnic group 6,055
Other ethnic group: Afghan 0
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 1
Other ethnic group: African Asian 1
Other ethnic group: Albanian 1
Other ethnic group: Algerian 0
Other ethnic group: Arab 298
Other ethnic group: Armenian 3
Other ethnic group: Asian British 1
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 0
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 2
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 11
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 25
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 3
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 6
Other ethnic group: Chinese 17
Other ethnic group: Colombian 3
Other ethnic group: Cornish 4,372
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 3
Other ethnic group: Czech 1
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 17
Other ethnic group: English 29
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 21
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 190
Other ethnic group: Filipino 34
Other ethnic group: Greek 8
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 9
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 3
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 119
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 6
Other ethnic group: Iranian 29
Other ethnic group: Italian 15
Other ethnic group: Japanese 7
Other ethnic group: Jewish 66
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 0
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 22
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 17
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 15
Other ethnic group: Mexican 13
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 1
Other ethnic group: Muslim 6
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 21
Other ethnic group: North African 9
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 21
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 9
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 14
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 30
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 27
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 1
Other ethnic group: Polish 19
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 39
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 29
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 1
Other ethnic group: Roma 0
Other ethnic group: Romanian 52
Other ethnic group: Sikh 4
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 3
Other ethnic group: Somali 0
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 0
Other ethnic group: South American 18
Other ethnic group: Spanish 5
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 0
Other ethnic group: Tamil 2
Other ethnic group: Thai 10
Other ethnic group: Turkish 73
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 1
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 10
Other ethnic group: White African 8
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 274

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