Census Data

Sandwell: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000028

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Key Facts

All Residents 341,832
Male 168,255
Female 173,577
Households 130,244
Population Density (people/km2) 3,994.9
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 341,843
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 88,029
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 1,491
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 15
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 13
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 5
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 36
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 174
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 11,074
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 1,204
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 16
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 560
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 44,378
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 13
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 414
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 18
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 636
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 402
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 32
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 45
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 100
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 726
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 143
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 33
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 263
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 53
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 22,148
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 537
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 2,334
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 3
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 453
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 5
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 83
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 106
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 20
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 250
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 236
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 12,351
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 6,688
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 33
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 274
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 40
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 37
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 232
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 18
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 90
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 44
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 115
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 1,032
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 70
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 28
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 18
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 8
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 1,475
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 27
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 20
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 18
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 18
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 776
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 123
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 32
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 101
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 22
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 46
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 666
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 266
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 17,429
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 322
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 30
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 2,820
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 13,096
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 101
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 9
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 80
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 13
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 737
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 33
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 162
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 14,680
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 47
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 216
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 128
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 96
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 126
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 16
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 24
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 44
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 29
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 83
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 40
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 24
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 5
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 40
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 27
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 28
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 19
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 19
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 681
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 56
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 28
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 63
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 3,274
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 928
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 8,030
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 45
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 25
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 37
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 233
White 195,629
White: African unspecified 21
White: Albanian 372
White: Algerian 1
White: Arab 9
White: Argentinian 1
White: Armenian 6
White: Australian/New Zealander 28
White: Austrian 4
White: Belarusian 7
White: Belgian 8
White: Bosnian 2
White: Brazilian 69
White: Bulgarian 175
White: Colombian 0
White: Cornish 3
White: Croatian 16
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 7
White: Czech 188
White: Danish 5
White: Dutch 17
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 177,926
White: Estonian 26
White: European Mixed 1,955
White: Finnish 6
White: French 57
White: Georgian 15
White: German 57
White: Greek 293
White: Greek Cypriot 35
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 276
White: Hispanic or Latin American 163
White: Hungarian 148
White: Iranian 37
White: Irish 1,591
White: Israeli 0
White: Italian 267
White: Jewish 7
White: Kosovan 68
White: Kurdish 31
White: Latvian 680
White: Lithuanian 546
White: Maltese 3
White: Mixed Irish 42
White: Mixed White 6
White: Moldovan 12
White: North American 75
White: North Macedonian 0
White: Norwegian 2
White: Other Eastern European 706
White: Other Middle East 23
White: Other Mixed 34
White: Other North African 0
White: Other Traveller 48
White: Other White, White unspecified 875
White: Polish 5,577
White: Portuguese 135
White: Roma 375
White: Romanian 1,601
White: Russian 88
White: Serbian 32
White: Slovakian 406
White: Slovenian 14
White: South African 38
White: South American 5
White: Spanish 81
White: Swedish 12
White: Swiss 3
White: Turkish 139
White: Turkish Cypriot 7
White: Ukrainian 24
White: White African 17
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 2
White: White Caribbean 11
White: Zimbabwean 0
White: Any other ethnic group 113
Other ethnic group 13,725
Other ethnic group: Afghan 439
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 119
Other ethnic group: African Asian 12
Other ethnic group: Albanian 76
Other ethnic group: Algerian 3
Other ethnic group: Arab 2,016
Other ethnic group: Armenian 63
Other ethnic group: Asian British 24
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 14
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 8
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 26
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 10
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 14
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 10
Other ethnic group: Chinese 33
Other ethnic group: Colombian 7
Other ethnic group: Cornish 1
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 7
Other ethnic group: Czech 32
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 14
Other ethnic group: English 7
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 17
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 157
Other ethnic group: Filipino 100
Other ethnic group: Greek 34
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 50
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 7
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 131
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 233
Other ethnic group: Iranian 232
Other ethnic group: Italian 47
Other ethnic group: Japanese 0
Other ethnic group: Jewish 3
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 486
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 1,386
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 6
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 38
Other ethnic group: Mexican 2
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 1
Other ethnic group: Muslim 6
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 135
Other ethnic group: North African 20
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 105
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 45
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 155
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 74
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 52
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 63
Other ethnic group: Polish 107
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 7
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 16
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 466
Other ethnic group: Roma 12
Other ethnic group: Romanian 144
Other ethnic group: Sikh 5,560
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 68
Other ethnic group: Somali 81
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 26
Other ethnic group: South American 17
Other ethnic group: Spanish 11
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 30
Other ethnic group: Tamil 58
Other ethnic group: Thai 13
Other ethnic group: Turkish 99
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 25
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 37
Other ethnic group: White African 0
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 428

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