Census Data

Croydon: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000008

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Key Facts

All Residents 390,719
Male 187,633
Female 203,086
Households 152,946
Population Density (people/km2) 4,516.0
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 390,732
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 68,489
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 1,773
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 100
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 146
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 240
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 23
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 374
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 3,549
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 83
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 3,950
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 44
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 1,477
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 29,563
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 48
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 287
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 247
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 77
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 176
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 95
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 119
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 933
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 125
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 190
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 204
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 411
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 156
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 81
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 100
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 15,345
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 37
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 33
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 41
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 5,276
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 21
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 57
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 1,750
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 229
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 118
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 500
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 511
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 39,536
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 17,743
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 244
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 1,573
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 92
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 131
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 646
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 102
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 364
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 255
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 30
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 6,418
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 192
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 15
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 144
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 97
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 30
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 6,772
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 33
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 58
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 41
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 90
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 313
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 1,615
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 225
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 119
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 64
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 33
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 939
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 77
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 443
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 631
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 48,903
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 713
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 50
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 8,248
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 49
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 36,076
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 336
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 126
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 64
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 854
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 170
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 1,491
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 65
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 36
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 623
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 29,749
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 89
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 105
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 16
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 190
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 59
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 65
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 621
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 56
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 447
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 87
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 129
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 324
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 298
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 40
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 36
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 69
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 43
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 139
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 105
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 92
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 32
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 317
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 32
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 400
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 87
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 57
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 26
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 135
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 28
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 291
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 101
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 24
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 90
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 25
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 65
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 63
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 2,603
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 113
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 23
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 36
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 43
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 31
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 132
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 83
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 47
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 41
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 38
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 28
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 131
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 5,740
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 4,453
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 10,380
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 30
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 124
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 47
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 56
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 767
White 188,987
White: African unspecified 16
White: Albanian 656
White: Algerian 30
White: Arab 16
White: Argentinian 14
White: Armenian 25
White: Australian/New Zealander 494
White: Austrian 62
White: Belarusian 22
White: Belgian 34
White: Bosnian 50
White: Brazilian 463
White: Bulgarian 1,209
White: Colombian 30
White: Cornish 15
White: Croatian 50
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 67
White: Czech 155
White: Danish 79
White: Dutch 141
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 146,253
White: Estonian 52
White: European Mixed 6,417
White: Finnish 98
White: French 614
White: Georgian 20
White: German 386
White: Greek 618
White: Greek Cypriot 437
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 212
White: Hispanic or Latin American 463
White: Hungarian 628
White: Iranian 72
White: Irish 4,935
White: Israeli 6
White: Italian 1,740
White: Jewish 94
White: Kosovan 153
White: Kurdish 69
White: Latvian 172
White: Lithuanian 599
White: Maltese 68
White: Mixed Irish 217
White: Mixed White 26
White: Moldovan 20
White: North American 393
White: North Macedonian 18
White: Norwegian 46
White: Other Eastern European 1,842
White: Other Middle East 63
White: Other Mixed 134
White: Other North African 24
White: Other Traveller 0
White: Other White, White unspecified 2,372
White: Polish 6,475
White: Portuguese 1,929
White: Roma 1,120
White: Romanian 2,952
White: Russian 408
White: Serbian 40
White: Slovakian 214
White: Slovenian 50
White: South African 345
White: South American 124
White: Spanish 782
White: Swedish 119
White: Swiss 43
White: Turkish 666
White: Turkish Cypriot 128
White: Ukrainian 165
White: White African 182
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 21
White: White Caribbean 97
White: Zimbabwean 7
White: Any other ethnic group 231
Other ethnic group 15,068
Other ethnic group: Afghan 316
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 332
Other ethnic group: African Asian 63
Other ethnic group: Albanian 56
Other ethnic group: Algerian 23
Other ethnic group: Arab 2,259
Other ethnic group: Armenian 11
Other ethnic group: Asian British 46
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 16
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 72
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 115
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 58
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 163
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 167
Other ethnic group: Chinese 122
Other ethnic group: Colombian 49
Other ethnic group: Cornish 1
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 38
Other ethnic group: Czech 8
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 51
Other ethnic group: English 28
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 80
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 422
Other ethnic group: Filipino 179
Other ethnic group: Greek 40
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 218
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 6
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 1,628
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 213
Other ethnic group: Iranian 469
Other ethnic group: Italian 59
Other ethnic group: Japanese 47
Other ethnic group: Jewish 40
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 29
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 1,050
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 14
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 546
Other ethnic group: Mexican 16
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 35
Other ethnic group: Muslim 12
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 35
Other ethnic group: North African 137
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 234
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 66
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 202
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 279
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 115
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 51
Other ethnic group: Polish 68
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 14
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 108
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 22
Other ethnic group: Roma 2
Other ethnic group: Romanian 231
Other ethnic group: Sikh 243
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 6
Other ethnic group: Somali 60
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 3
Other ethnic group: South American 325
Other ethnic group: Spanish 76
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 256
Other ethnic group: Tamil 794
Other ethnic group: Thai 17
Other ethnic group: Turkish 740
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 329
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 30
Other ethnic group: White African 20
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 1,508

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