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Wirral: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000015

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Key Facts

All Residents 320,199
Male 155,077
Female 165,122
Households 143,252
Population Density (people/km2) 1,989.7
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 320,193
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 7,303
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 19
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 6
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 10
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 26
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 1,319
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 1,847
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 3
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 434
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 1,933
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 14
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 76
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 40
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 26
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 30
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 12
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 18
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 6
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 13
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 123
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 46
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 20
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 43
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 17
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 364
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 12
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 2
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 398
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 7
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 90
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 175
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 6
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 138
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 19
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 847
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 363
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 35
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 0
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 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 32
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 8
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 3
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 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 254
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 12
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 14
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 37
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 31
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 540
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 124
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 330
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 6
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 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 13
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 40
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 4,927
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 30
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 74
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 18
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 27
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 55
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 61
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 79
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 76
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 30
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 225
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 31
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 27
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 8
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 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 112
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 1,605
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 973
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 1,054
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 38
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 144
White 304,691
White: African unspecified 1
White: Albanian 39
White: Algerian 1
White: Arab 2
White: Argentinian 4
White: Armenian 4
White: Australian/New Zealander 124
White: Austrian 6
White: Belarusian 6
White: Belgian 10
White: Bosnian 0
White: Brazilian 27
White: Bulgarian 59
White: Colombian 0
White: Cornish 7
White: Croatian 17
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 14
White: Czech 32
White: Danish 18
White: Dutch 71
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 295,960
White: Estonian 5
White: European Mixed 1,274
White: Finnish 15
White: French 233
White: Georgian 1
White: German 156
White: Greek 154
White: Greek Cypriot 32
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 46
White: Hispanic or Latin American 28
White: Hungarian 156
White: Iranian 7
White: Irish 2,641
White: Israeli 1
White: Italian 170
White: Jewish 25
White: Kosovan 0
White: Kurdish 1
White: Latvian 31
White: Lithuanian 84
White: Maltese 8
White: Mixed Irish 73
White: Mixed White 9
White: Moldovan 0
White: North American 177
White: North Macedonian 15
White: Norwegian 17
White: Other Eastern European 154
White: Other Middle East 8
White: Other Mixed 50
White: Other North African 2
White: Other Traveller 0
White: Other White, White unspecified 301
White: Polish 1,083
White: Portuguese 92
White: Roma 128
White: Romanian 448
White: Russian 82
White: Serbian 3
White: Slovakian 51
White: Slovenian 4
White: South African 105
White: South American 25
White: Spanish 121
White: Swedish 18
White: Swiss 10
White: Turkish 76
White: Turkish Cypriot 3
White: Ukrainian 20
White: White African 42
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 41
White: White Caribbean 8
White: Zimbabwean 6
White: Any other ethnic group 49
Other ethnic group 1,885
Other ethnic group: Afghan 4
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 9
Other ethnic group: African Asian 6
Other ethnic group: Albanian 5
Other ethnic group: Algerian 1
Other ethnic group: Arab 585
Other ethnic group: Armenian 0
Other ethnic group: Asian British 0
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 9
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 0
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 7
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 23
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 1
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 2
Other ethnic group: Chinese 22
Other ethnic group: Colombian 6
Other ethnic group: Cornish 0
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 3
Other ethnic group: Czech 0
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 7
Other ethnic group: English 10
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 3
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 88
Other ethnic group: Filipino 25
Other ethnic group: Greek 12
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 36
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 2
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 108
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 9
Other ethnic group: Iranian 93
Other ethnic group: Italian 4
Other ethnic group: Japanese 1
Other ethnic group: Jewish 20
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 0
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 157
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 0
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 9
Other ethnic group: Mexican 6
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 0
Other ethnic group: Muslim 5
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 5
Other ethnic group: North African 17
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 28
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 2
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 31
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 12
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 19
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 0
Other ethnic group: Polish 6
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 4
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 5
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 5
Other ethnic group: Roma 0
Other ethnic group: Romanian 29
Other ethnic group: Sikh 45
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 0
Other ethnic group: Somali 0
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 0
Other ethnic group: South American 9
Other ethnic group: Spanish 11
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 18
Other ethnic group: Tamil 55
Other ethnic group: Thai 15
Other ethnic group: Turkish 96
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 6
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 4
Other ethnic group: White African 3
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 182

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