Census Data

Bedford: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000055

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Key Facts

All Residents 185,225
Male 91,124
Female 94,101
Households 74,950
Population Density (people/km2) 388.8
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 185,240
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 23,266
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 588
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 12
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 17
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 8
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 3
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 70
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 4,486
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 5
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 756
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 6
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 348
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 10,074
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 13
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 40
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 26
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 225
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 21
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 2
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 31
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 39
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 35
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 11
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 46
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 61
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 42
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 12
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 24
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 5,297
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 62
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 113
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 13
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 305
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 13
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 75
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 100
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 56
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 223
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 5,392
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 2,629
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 20
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 13
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 226
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 20
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 8
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 103
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 17
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 20
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 469
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 144
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 14
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 12
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 976
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 5
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 8
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 13
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 15
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 35
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 53
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 35
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 13
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 54
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 376
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 81
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 4,458
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 61
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 5
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 830
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 13
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 3,224
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 32
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 8
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 57
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 12
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 120
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 77
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 8,585
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 76
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 80
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 55
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 54
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 25
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 35
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 28
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 141
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 79
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 18
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 40
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 19
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 31
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 482
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 33
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 31
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 31
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 2,146
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 939
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 3,638
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 19
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 219
White 140,186
White: African unspecified 8
White: Albanian 232
White: Algerian 6
White: Arab 2
White: Argentinian 3
White: Armenian 14
White: Australian/New Zealander 126
White: Austrian 6
White: Belarusian 7
White: Belgian 14
White: Bosnian 5
White: Brazilian 62
White: Bulgarian 236
White: Colombian 5
White: Cornish 14
White: Croatian 127
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 10
White: Czech 75
White: Danish 20
White: Dutch 66
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 118,767
White: Estonian 30
White: European Mixed 2,962
White: Finnish 19
White: French 140
White: Georgian 7
White: German 163
White: Greek 244
White: Greek Cypriot 53
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 198
White: Hispanic or Latin American 58
White: Hungarian 195
White: Iranian 11
White: Irish 1,798
White: Israeli 4
White: Italian 2,093
White: Jewish 21
White: Kosovan 22
White: Kurdish 7
White: Latvian 324
White: Lithuanian 780
White: Maltese 13
White: Mixed Irish 89
White: Mixed White 8
White: Moldovan 9
White: North American 179
White: North Macedonian 14
White: Norwegian 4
White: Other Eastern European 758
White: Other Middle East 19
White: Other Mixed 57
White: Other North African 11
White: Other Traveller 10
White: Other White, White unspecified 894
White: Polish 5,045
White: Portuguese 281
White: Roma 483
White: Romanian 2,140
White: Russian 123
White: Serbian 139
White: Slovakian 92
White: Slovenian 26
White: South African 224
White: South American 13
White: Spanish 223
White: Swedish 22
White: Swiss 13
White: Turkish 111
White: Turkish Cypriot 14
White: Ukrainian 64
White: White African 74
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 12
White: White Caribbean 11
White: Zimbabwean 3
White: Any other ethnic group 74
Other ethnic group 3,353
Other ethnic group: Afghan 101
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 61
Other ethnic group: African Asian 6
Other ethnic group: Albanian 25
Other ethnic group: Algerian 1
Other ethnic group: Arab 557
Other ethnic group: Armenian 2
Other ethnic group: Asian British 14
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 11
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 7
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 14
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 35
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 7
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 11
Other ethnic group: Chinese 18
Other ethnic group: Colombian 5
Other ethnic group: Cornish 1
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 3
Other ethnic group: Czech 10
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 17
Other ethnic group: English 6
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 20
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 134
Other ethnic group: Filipino 20
Other ethnic group: Greek 17
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 15
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 6
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 145
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 57
Other ethnic group: Iranian 54
Other ethnic group: Italian 94
Other ethnic group: Japanese 8
Other ethnic group: Jewish 26
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 131
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 45
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 15
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 29
Other ethnic group: Mexican 11
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 7
Other ethnic group: Muslim 2
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 4
Other ethnic group: North African 25
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 24
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 31
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 27
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 38
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 44
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 29
Other ethnic group: Polish 92
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 4
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 13
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 61
Other ethnic group: Roma 0
Other ethnic group: Romanian 204
Other ethnic group: Sikh 467
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 2
Other ethnic group: Somali 0
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 0
Other ethnic group: South American 23
Other ethnic group: Spanish 13
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 11
Other ethnic group: Tamil 31
Other ethnic group: Thai 4
Other ethnic group: Turkish 78
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 22
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 0
Other ethnic group: White African 3
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 355

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