Census Data

Islington: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000019

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Key Facts

All Residents 216,589
Male 103,298
Female 113,291
Households 96,496
Population Density (people/km2) 14,574.9
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 216,591
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 21,533
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 309
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 9
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 15
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 9
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 59
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 5,972
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 9
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 5,125
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 7
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 977
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 4,051
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 77
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 329
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 482
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 13
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 390
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 56
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 138
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 423
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 15
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 39
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 75
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 116
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 134
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 48
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 90
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 995
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 10
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 9
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 6
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 370
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 110
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 47
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 83
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 189
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 170
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 447
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 126
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 17,867
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 4,959
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 78
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 17
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 483
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 20
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 31
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 822
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 44
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 1,261
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 701
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 46
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 1,056
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 109
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 36
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 11
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 27
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 2,082
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 11
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 14
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 25
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 14
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 100
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 4,771
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 461
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 36
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 90
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 18
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 164
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 15
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 87
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 274
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 10,877
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 238
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 14
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 2,020
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 44
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 7,356
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 92
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 22
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 20
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 240
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 35
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 371
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 41
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 136
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 248
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 16,234
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 49
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 30
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 31
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 85
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 39
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 158
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 33
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 156
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 38
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 57
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 141
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 98
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 25
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 22
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 82
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 22
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 98
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 54
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 53
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 69
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 319
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 44
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 792
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 27
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 73
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 80
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 43
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 28
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 96
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 88
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 54
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 32
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 46
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 1,229
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 86
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 110
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 62
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 77
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 24
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 26
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 100
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 38
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 185
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 3,750
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 2,257
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 4,171
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 33
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 150
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 25
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 34
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 732
White 134,753
White: African unspecified 15
White: Albanian 778
White: Algerian 53
White: Arab 51
White: Argentinian 45
White: Armenian 47
White: Australian/New Zealander 1,954
White: Austrian 107
White: Belarusian 38
White: Belgian 189
White: Bosnian 26
White: Brazilian 231
White: Bulgarian 405
White: Colombian 37
White: Cornish 16
White: Croatian 117
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 105
White: Czech 133
White: Danish 181
White: Dutch 330
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 86,076
White: Estonian 40
White: European Mixed 7,907
White: Finnish 196
White: French 2,829
White: Georgian 35
White: German 1,166
White: Greek 1,596
White: Greek Cypriot 553
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 108
White: Hispanic or Latin American 758
White: Hungarian 422
White: Iranian 77
White: Irish 7,062
White: Israeli 49
White: Italian 3,431
White: Jewish 790
White: Kosovan 291
White: Kurdish 182
White: Latvian 116
White: Lithuanian 253
White: Maltese 44
White: Mixed Irish 343
White: Mixed White 43
White: Moldovan 6
White: North American 1,761
White: North Macedonian 21
White: Norwegian 103
White: Other Eastern European 873
White: Other Middle East 69
White: Other Mixed 359
White: Other North African 71
White: Other Traveller 0
White: Other White, White unspecified 2,159
White: Polish 1,296
White: Portuguese 910
White: Roma 958
White: Romanian 800
White: Russian 631
White: Serbian 116
White: Slovakian 142
White: Slovenian 31
White: South African 308
White: South American 105
White: Spanish 1,687
White: Swedish 384
White: Swiss 175
White: Turkish 1,750
White: Turkish Cypriot 231
White: Ukrainian 131
White: White African 114
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 17
White: White Caribbean 31
White: Zimbabwean 7
White: Any other ethnic group 282
Other ethnic group 15,327
Other ethnic group: Afghan 65
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 185
Other ethnic group: African Asian 13
Other ethnic group: Albanian 83
Other ethnic group: Algerian 54
Other ethnic group: Arab 2,991
Other ethnic group: Armenian 26
Other ethnic group: Asian British 4
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 14
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 20
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 62
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 30
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 21
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 29
Other ethnic group: Chinese 73
Other ethnic group: Colombian 88
Other ethnic group: Cornish 0
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 70
Other ethnic group: Czech 6
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 36
Other ethnic group: English 13
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 45
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 367
Other ethnic group: Filipino 88
Other ethnic group: Greek 76
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 307
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 0
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 2,204
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 27
Other ethnic group: Iranian 460
Other ethnic group: Italian 64
Other ethnic group: Japanese 32
Other ethnic group: Jewish 512
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 8
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 1,562
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 6
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 253
Other ethnic group: Mexican 31
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 72
Other ethnic group: Muslim 96
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 0
Other ethnic group: North African 323
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 81
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 26
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 163
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 148
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 58
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 7
Other ethnic group: Polish 35
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 15
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 43
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 2
Other ethnic group: Roma 4
Other ethnic group: Romanian 23
Other ethnic group: Sikh 45
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 2
Other ethnic group: Somali 349
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 17
Other ethnic group: South American 290
Other ethnic group: Spanish 55
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 5
Other ethnic group: Tamil 26
Other ethnic group: Thai 4
Other ethnic group: Turkish 2,130
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 406
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 34
Other ethnic group: White African 24
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 919

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