Census Data

Wigan: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000010

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Key Facts

All Residents 329,330
Male 162,997
Female 166,333
Households 143,105
Population Density (people/km2) 1,750.0
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 329,331
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 5,829
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 28
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 2
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 9
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 38
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 156
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 1,234
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 236
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 1,532
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 11
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 272
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 22
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 10
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 97
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 12
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 21
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 8
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 32
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 9
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 50
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 17
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 62
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 17
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 1,342
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 10
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 224
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 2
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 42
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 184
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 14
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 106
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 20
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 3,027
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 1,594
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 8
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 173
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 5
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 65
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 9
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 21
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 55
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 20
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 25
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 548
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 12
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 26
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 14
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 47
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 21
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 8
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 240
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 81
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 882
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 54
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 11
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 359
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 331
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 24
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 1
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 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 9
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 46
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 5
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 32
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 4,345
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 19
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 38
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 32
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 43
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 71
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 31
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 204
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 24
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 25
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 38
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 1,293
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 885
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 1,148
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 50
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 151
White 312,955
White: African unspecified 7
White: Albanian 59
White: Algerian 0
White: Arab 19
White: Argentinian 8
White: Armenian 1
White: Australian/New Zealander 66
White: Austrian 3
White: Belarusian 13
White: Belgian 7
White: Bosnian 2
White: Brazilian 51
White: Bulgarian 165
White: Colombian 3
White: Cornish 7
White: Croatian 8
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 5
White: Czech 118
White: Danish 4
White: Dutch 37
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 302,475
White: Estonian 13
White: European Mixed 1,342
White: Finnish 5
White: French 62
White: Georgian 11
White: German 89
White: Greek 115
White: Greek Cypriot 28
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 213
White: Hispanic or Latin American 30
White: Hungarian 159
White: Iranian 18
White: Irish 1,353
White: Israeli 2
White: Italian 145
White: Jewish 9
White: Kosovan 11
White: Kurdish 15
White: Latvian 278
White: Lithuanian 468
White: Maltese 11
White: Mixed Irish 29
White: Mixed White 11
White: Moldovan 14
White: North American 90
White: North Macedonian 3
White: Norwegian 6
White: Other Eastern European 430
White: Other Middle East 6
White: Other Mixed 15
White: Other North African 5
White: Other Traveller 34
White: Other White, White unspecified 481
White: Polish 2,089
White: Portuguese 177
White: Roma 291
White: Romanian 1,150
White: Russian 54
White: Serbian 4
White: Slovakian 167
White: Slovenian 9
White: South African 103
White: South American 4
White: Spanish 118
White: Swedish 14
White: Swiss 2
White: Turkish 75
White: Turkish Cypriot 2
White: Ukrainian 35
White: White African 30
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 8
White: White Caribbean 1
White: Zimbabwean 3
White: Any other ethnic group 60
Other ethnic group 2,293
Other ethnic group: Afghan 10
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 22
Other ethnic group: African Asian 1
Other ethnic group: Albanian 9
Other ethnic group: Algerian 2
Other ethnic group: Arab 711
Other ethnic group: Armenian 0
Other ethnic group: Asian British 2
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 0
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 3
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 11
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 4
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 3
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 2
Other ethnic group: Chinese 15
Other ethnic group: Colombian 0
Other ethnic group: Cornish 0
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 1
Other ethnic group: Czech 17
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 4
Other ethnic group: English 3
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 11
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 83
Other ethnic group: Filipino 15
Other ethnic group: Greek 9
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 20
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 10
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 78
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 16
Other ethnic group: Iranian 159
Other ethnic group: Italian 4
Other ethnic group: Japanese 3
Other ethnic group: Jewish 6
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 3
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 343
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 11
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 10
Other ethnic group: Mexican 1
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 4
Other ethnic group: Muslim 5
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 0
Other ethnic group: North African 6
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 16
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 15
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 60
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 34
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 17
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 3
Other ethnic group: Polish 27
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 13
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 8
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 1
Other ethnic group: Roma 2
Other ethnic group: Romanian 84
Other ethnic group: Sikh 9
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 53
Other ethnic group: Somali 2
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 0
Other ethnic group: South American 10
Other ethnic group: Spanish 7
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 10
Other ethnic group: Tamil 34
Other ethnic group: Thai 7
Other ethnic group: Turkish 82
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 0
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 4
Other ethnic group: White African 0
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 178

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