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Leeds: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000035

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Key Facts

All Residents 811,956
Male 396,374
Female 415,579
Households 341,466
Population Density (people/km2) 1,471.7
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 811,957
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 78,501
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 1,670
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 26
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 49
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 8
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 153
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 197
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 5,876
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 20
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 8,117
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 66
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 1,607
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 21,087
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 170
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 1,328
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 146
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 1,521
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 219
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 813
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 253
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 71
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 128
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 67
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 166
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 275
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 119
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 474
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 93
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 31,405
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 117
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 364
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 42
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 470
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 59
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 29
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 35
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 546
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 37
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 538
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 140
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 31,566
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 17,836
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 196
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 67
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 919
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 156
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 69
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 377
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 67
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 1,399
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 516
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 202
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 2,216
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 249
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 46
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 70
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 26
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 15
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 2,858
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 81
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 37
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 74
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 86
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 51
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 869
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 33
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 137
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 367
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 29
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 187
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 70
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 1,443
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 818
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 13,811
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 680
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 139
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 3,482
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 32
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 7,853
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 157
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 29
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 124
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 49
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 774
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 32
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 14
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 441
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 27,385
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 66
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 51
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 25
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 30
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 84
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 202
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 26
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 274
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 26
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 49
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 79
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 71
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 30
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 26
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 165
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 53
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 164
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 42
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 28
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 303
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 316
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 38
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 70
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 37
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 32
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 39
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 68
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 59
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 42
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 94
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 30
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 42
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 1,254
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 134
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 27
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 32
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 37
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 72
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 30
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 61
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 228
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 7,410
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 4,294
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 10,028
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 44
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 244
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 32
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 34
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 635
White 641,806
White: African unspecified 35
White: Albanian 328
White: Algerian 12
White: Arab 102
White: Argentinian 18
White: Armenian 23
White: Australian/New Zealander 408
White: Austrian 51
White: Belarusian 20
White: Belgian 46
White: Bosnian 38
White: Brazilian 125
White: Bulgarian 359
White: Colombian 5
White: Cornish 36
White: Croatian 59
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 68
White: Czech 562
White: Danish 52
White: Dutch 182
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 595,701
White: Estonian 65
White: European Mixed 6,328
White: Finnish 79
White: French 487
White: Georgian 16
White: German 502
White: Greek 1,049
White: Greek Cypriot 207
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 859
White: Hispanic or Latin American 363
White: Hungarian 547
White: Iranian 126
White: Irish 6,892
White: Israeli 23
White: Italian 1,288
White: Jewish 482
White: Kosovan 128
White: Kurdish 67
White: Latvian 665
White: Lithuanian 1,520
White: Maltese 43
White: Mixed Irish 258
White: Mixed White 41
White: Moldovan 36
White: North American 643
White: North Macedonian 6
White: Norwegian 119
White: Other Eastern European 1,758
White: Other Middle East 75
White: Other Mixed 200
White: Other North African 36
White: Other Traveller 19
White: Other White, White unspecified 1,864
White: Polish 8,466
White: Portuguese 592
White: Roma 1,610
White: Romanian 2,920
White: Russian 417
White: Serbian 82
White: Slovakian 431
White: Slovenian 56
White: South African 299
White: South American 41
White: Spanish 895
White: Swedish 90
White: Swiss 41
White: Turkish 231
White: Turkish Cypriot 12
White: Ukrainian 157
White: White African 134
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 20
White: White Caribbean 36
White: Zimbabwean 10
White: Any other ethnic group 245
Other ethnic group 18,888
Other ethnic group: Afghan 277
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 445
Other ethnic group: African Asian 32
Other ethnic group: Albanian 26
Other ethnic group: Algerian 28
Other ethnic group: Arab 5,980
Other ethnic group: Armenian 30
Other ethnic group: Asian British 16
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 28
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 32
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 32
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 9
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 20
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 24
Other ethnic group: Chinese 246
Other ethnic group: Colombian 13
Other ethnic group: Cornish 3
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 10
Other ethnic group: Czech 183
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 47
Other ethnic group: English 30
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 72
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 318
Other ethnic group: Filipino 132
Other ethnic group: Greek 25
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 46
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 122
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 530
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 95
Other ethnic group: Iranian 1,223
Other ethnic group: Italian 54
Other ethnic group: Japanese 13
Other ethnic group: Jewish 529
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 552
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 2,480
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 30
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 54
Other ethnic group: Mexican 33
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 14
Other ethnic group: Muslim 9
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 9
Other ethnic group: North African 131
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 109
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 62
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 502
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 161
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 61
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 108
Other ethnic group: Polish 120
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 21
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 26
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 86
Other ethnic group: Roma 70
Other ethnic group: Romanian 427
Other ethnic group: Sikh 1,532
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 122
Other ethnic group: Somali 58
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 1
Other ethnic group: South American 42
Other ethnic group: Spanish 35
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 7
Other ethnic group: Tamil 15
Other ethnic group: Thai 19
Other ethnic group: Turkish 273
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 15
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 27
Other ethnic group: White African 33
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 974

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