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Lewisham: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000023

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Key Facts

All Residents 300,553
Male 142,733
Female 157,820
Households 122,392
Population Density (people/km2) 8,551.5
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 300,551
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 26,927
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 1,135
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 10
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 13
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 29
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 13
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 98
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 1,826
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 17
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 6,296
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 21
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 1,142
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 5,046
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 62
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 150
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 371
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 48
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 180
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 38
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 103
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 207
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 25
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 103
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 157
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 153
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 133
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 75
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 120
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 2,361
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 15
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 21
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 19
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 3,127
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 100
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 35
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 1,189
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 239
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 190
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 1,896
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 164
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 37,238
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 16,221
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 102
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 14
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 1,652
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 136
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 325
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 536
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 133
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 192
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 155
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 94
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 2,708
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 197
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 14
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 69
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 8
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 9,816
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 30
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 48
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 16
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 15
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 466
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 2,299
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 170
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 108
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 37
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 23
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 555
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 68
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 273
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 722
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 43,232
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 620
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 44
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 7,550
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 41
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 31,857
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 286
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 40
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 37
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 601
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 185
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 1,381
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 54
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 68
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 462
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 24,254
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 56
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 48
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 39
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 84
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 33
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 262
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 51
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 290
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 77
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 121
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 177
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 171
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 38
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 23
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 109
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 33
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 151
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 63
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 70
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 31
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 334
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 25
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 662
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 27
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 63
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 29
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 49
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 69
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 63
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 159
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 65
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 72
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 27
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 36
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 28
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 1,919
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 157
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 55
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 23
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 23
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 110
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 35
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 36
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 81
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 101
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 16
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 181
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 4,359
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 3,774
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 8,726
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 42
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 152
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 40
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 44
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 708
White 154,752
White: African unspecified 29
White: Albanian 565
White: Algerian 51
White: Arab 30
White: Argentinian 45
White: Armenian 39
White: Australian/New Zealander 933
White: Austrian 64
White: Belarusian 33
White: Belgian 73
White: Bosnian 22
White: Brazilian 486
White: Bulgarian 885
White: Colombian 49
White: Cornish 24
White: Croatian 87
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 99
White: Czech 150
White: Danish 93
White: Dutch 200
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 111,702
White: Estonian 73
White: European Mixed 7,441
White: Finnish 122
White: French 1,077
White: Georgian 41
White: German 786
White: Greek 803
White: Greek Cypriot 240
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 115
White: Hispanic or Latin American 836
White: Hungarian 551
White: Iranian 28
White: Irish 5,055
White: Israeli 21
White: Italian 2,531
White: Jewish 280
White: Kosovan 240
White: Kurdish 36
White: Latvian 182
White: Lithuanian 716
White: Maltese 44
White: Mixed Irish 300
White: Mixed White 74
White: Moldovan 14
White: North American 866
White: North Macedonian 29
White: Norwegian 72
White: Other Eastern European 1,746
White: Other Middle East 45
White: Other Mixed 360
White: Other North African 102
White: Other Traveller 1
White: Other White, White unspecified 2,265
White: Polish 3,019
White: Portuguese 1,010
White: Roma 1,033
White: Romanian 2,217
White: Russian 602
White: Serbian 66
White: Slovakian 166
White: Slovenian 51
White: South African 313
White: South American 153
White: Spanish 1,149
White: Swedish 244
White: Swiss 66
White: Turkish 752
White: Turkish Cypriot 450
White: Ukrainian 241
White: White African 129
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 28
White: White Caribbean 53
White: Zimbabwean 7
White: Any other ethnic group 252
Other ethnic group 14,148
Other ethnic group: Afghan 178
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 295
Other ethnic group: African Asian 14
Other ethnic group: Albanian 67
Other ethnic group: Algerian 20
Other ethnic group: Arab 1,671
Other ethnic group: Armenian 10
Other ethnic group: Asian British 9
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 10
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 40
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 84
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 69
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 110
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 95
Other ethnic group: Chinese 117
Other ethnic group: Colombian 103
Other ethnic group: Cornish 6
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 63
Other ethnic group: Czech 4
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 33
Other ethnic group: English 11
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 53
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 426
Other ethnic group: Filipino 74
Other ethnic group: Greek 24
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 102
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 3
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 3,193
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 34
Other ethnic group: Iranian 265
Other ethnic group: Italian 59
Other ethnic group: Japanese 29
Other ethnic group: Jewish 184
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 17
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 598
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 11
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 126
Other ethnic group: Mexican 23
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 38
Other ethnic group: Muslim 7
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 18
Other ethnic group: North African 170
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 89
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 111
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 129
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 274
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 96
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 13
Other ethnic group: Polish 43
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 17
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 46
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 11
Other ethnic group: Roma 1
Other ethnic group: Romanian 131
Other ethnic group: Sikh 38
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 9
Other ethnic group: Somali 79
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 14
Other ethnic group: South American 361
Other ethnic group: Spanish 132
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 242
Other ethnic group: Tamil 506
Other ethnic group: Thai 13
Other ethnic group: Turkish 779
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 1,330
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 126
Other ethnic group: White African 26
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 1,069

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