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Preston: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000123

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Key Facts

All Residents 147,835
Male 73,734
Female 74,101
Households 59,607
Population Density (people/km2) 1,039.0
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 147,830
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 29,811
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 364
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 5
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 8
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 23
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 50
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 758
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 10
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 707
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 5
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 188
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 19,047
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 9
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 67
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 17
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 88
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 26
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 28
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 13
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 24
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 39
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 52
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 258
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 41
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 19
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 53
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 25
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 7,554
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 16
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 34
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 125
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 2
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 2
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 9
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 72
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 9
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 29
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 30
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 2,338
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 986
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 11
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 47
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 15
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 30
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 15
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 79
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 44
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 748
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 5
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 24
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 26
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 18
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 44
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 19
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 14
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 121
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 42
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 1,155
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 22
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 202
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 8
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 827
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 10
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 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 8
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 5
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 37
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 27
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 4,366
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 34
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 38
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 25
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 30
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 39
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 19
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 183
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 38
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 23
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 1,321
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 506
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 1,759
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 79
White 107,326
White: African unspecified 1
White: Albanian 26
White: Algerian 2
White: Arab 3
White: Argentinian 0
White: Armenian 2
White: Australian/New Zealander 32
White: Austrian 6
White: Belarusian 3
White: Belgian 5
White: Bosnian 4
White: Brazilian 16
White: Bulgarian 223
White: Colombian 0
White: Cornish 3
White: Croatian 14
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 5
White: Czech 32
White: Danish 6
White: Dutch 29
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 97,712
White: Estonian 7
White: European Mixed 1,272
White: Finnish 2
White: French 41
White: Georgian 0
White: German 60
White: Greek 102
White: Greek Cypriot 7
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 110
White: Hispanic or Latin American 38
White: Hungarian 443
White: Iranian 20
White: Irish 923
White: Israeli 1
White: Italian 179
White: Jewish 12
White: Kosovan 23
White: Kurdish 3
White: Latvian 167
White: Lithuanian 91
White: Maltese 8
White: Mixed Irish 26
White: Mixed White 4
White: Moldovan 2
White: North American 57
White: North Macedonian 2
White: Norwegian 4
White: Other Eastern European 350
White: Other Middle East 29
White: Other Mixed 10
White: Other North African 5
White: Other Traveller 4
White: Other White, White unspecified 479
White: Polish 3,035
White: Portuguese 106
White: Roma 248
White: Romanian 985
White: Russian 43
White: Serbian 9
White: Slovakian 38
White: Slovenian 8
White: South African 42
White: South American 0
White: Spanish 95
White: Swedish 6
White: Swiss 1
White: Turkish 26
White: Turkish Cypriot 1
White: Ukrainian 8
White: White African 29
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 2
White: White Caribbean 10
White: Zimbabwean 0
White: Any other ethnic group 29
Other ethnic group 2,834
Other ethnic group: Afghan 119
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 20
Other ethnic group: African Asian 0
Other ethnic group: Albanian 3
Other ethnic group: Algerian 0
Other ethnic group: Arab 1,157
Other ethnic group: Armenian 0
Other ethnic group: Asian British 8
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 1
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 2
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 5
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 23
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 1
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 0
Other ethnic group: Chinese 17
Other ethnic group: Colombian 1
Other ethnic group: Cornish 0
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 2
Other ethnic group: Czech 1
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 6
Other ethnic group: English 4
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 15
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 70
Other ethnic group: Filipino 9
Other ethnic group: Greek 6
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 2
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 3
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 90
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 59
Other ethnic group: Iranian 68
Other ethnic group: Italian 20
Other ethnic group: Japanese 2
Other ethnic group: Jewish 8
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 54
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 242
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 0
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 27
Other ethnic group: Mexican 4
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 8
Other ethnic group: Muslim 3
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 12
Other ethnic group: North African 45
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 32
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 4
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 55
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 17
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 15
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 51
Other ethnic group: Polish 47
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 9
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 4
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 14
Other ethnic group: Roma 0
Other ethnic group: Romanian 79
Other ethnic group: Sikh 162
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 6
Other ethnic group: Somali 3
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 0
Other ethnic group: South American 4
Other ethnic group: Spanish 7
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 5
Other ethnic group: Tamil 22
Other ethnic group: Thai 5
Other ethnic group: Turkish 37
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 2
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 0
Other ethnic group: White African 1
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 136

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