Census Data

Gateshead: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000037

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Key Facts

All Residents 196,151
Male 96,199
Female 99,952
Households 88,999
Population Density (people/km2) 1,378.0
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 196,152
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 4,921
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 59
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 19
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 11
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 379
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 1,146
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 293
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 1,027
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 29
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 283
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 32
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 13
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 8
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 144
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 31
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 2
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 10
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 9
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 54
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 24
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 85
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 19
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 944
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 7
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 0
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 90
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 3
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 5
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 17
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 97
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 44
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 25
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 1,818
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 1,011
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 24
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 49
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 9
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 21
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 89
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 28
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 26
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 16
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 340
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 11
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 12
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 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 25
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 17
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 63
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 45
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 396
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 34
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 175
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 5
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 109
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 4
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 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 21
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 23
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2,400
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 57
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 53
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 112
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 22
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 872
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 547
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 384
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 30
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 6
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 94
White 183,484
White: African unspecified 3
White: Albanian 84
White: Algerian 1
White: Arab 12
White: Argentinian 1
White: Armenian 4
White: Australian/New Zealander 38
White: Austrian 4
White: Belarusian 1
White: Belgian 13
White: Bosnian 2
White: Brazilian 12
White: Bulgarian 157
White: Colombian 1
White: Cornish 2
White: Croatian 11
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 2
White: Czech 94
White: Danish 10
White: Dutch 40
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 177,129
White: Estonian 3
White: European Mixed 933
White: Finnish 6
White: French 79
White: Georgian 14
White: German 84
White: Greek 165
White: Greek Cypriot 10
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 114
White: Hispanic or Latin American 37
White: Hungarian 61
White: Iranian 12
White: Irish 710
White: Israeli 7
White: Italian 186
White: Jewish 240
White: Kosovan 12
White: Kurdish 8
White: Latvian 62
White: Lithuanian 100
White: Maltese 4
White: Mixed Irish 28
White: Mixed White 9
White: Moldovan 1
White: North American 102
White: North Macedonian 4
White: Norwegian 10
White: Other Eastern European 247
White: Other Middle East 11
White: Other Mixed 17
White: Other North African 0
White: Other Traveller 1
White: Other White, White unspecified 353
White: Polish 1,170
White: Portuguese 59
White: Roma 256
White: Romanian 346
White: Russian 55
White: Serbian 13
White: Slovakian 33
White: Slovenian 5
White: South African 54
White: South American 4
White: Spanish 75
White: Swedish 18
White: Swiss 10
White: Turkish 64
White: Turkish Cypriot 0
White: Ukrainian 14
White: White African 8
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 2
White: White Caribbean 3
White: Zimbabwean 3
White: Any other ethnic group 41
Other ethnic group 3,133
Other ethnic group: Afghan 18
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 37
Other ethnic group: African Asian 0
Other ethnic group: Albanian 5
Other ethnic group: Algerian 1
Other ethnic group: Arab 926
Other ethnic group: Armenian 1
Other ethnic group: Asian British 8
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 0
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 0
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 3
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 4
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 0
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 0
Other ethnic group: Chinese 30
Other ethnic group: Colombian 1
Other ethnic group: Cornish 0
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 3
Other ethnic group: Czech 13
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 1
Other ethnic group: English 8
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 11
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 45
Other ethnic group: Filipino 29
Other ethnic group: Greek 5
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 1
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 5
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 113
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 5
Other ethnic group: Iranian 258
Other ethnic group: Italian 2
Other ethnic group: Japanese 4
Other ethnic group: Jewish 446
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 2
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 540
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 1
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 1
Other ethnic group: Mexican 1
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 2
Other ethnic group: Muslim 11
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 4
Other ethnic group: North African 11
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 22
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 5
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 57
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 47
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 15
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 5
Other ethnic group: Polish 12
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 35
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 4
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 6
Other ethnic group: Roma 2
Other ethnic group: Romanian 75
Other ethnic group: Sikh 61
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 8
Other ethnic group: Somali 0
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 0
Other ethnic group: South American 2
Other ethnic group: Spanish 4
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 4
Other ethnic group: Tamil 15
Other ethnic group: Thai 2
Other ethnic group: Turkish 81
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 2
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 0
Other ethnic group: White African 5
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 108

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