Census Data

Merton: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000024

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Key Facts

All Residents 215,186
Male 104,656
Female 110,531
Households 81,729
Population Density (people/km2) 5,721.6
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 215,184
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 40,016
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 544
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 51
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 72
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 42
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 15
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 208
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 2,470
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 55
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 3,615
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 27
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 1,561
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 9,607
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 47
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 187
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 507
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 32
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 1,280
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 29
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 68
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 361
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 74
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 61
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 471
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 255
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 141
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 28
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 89
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 9,667
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 15
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 19
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 27
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 5,017
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 32
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 28
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 2,532
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 246
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 52
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 263
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 221
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 12,025
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 4,838
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 31
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 564
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 20
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 28
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 171
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 46
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 116
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 39
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 12
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 2,715
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 59
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 5
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 25
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 13
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 14
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 1,600
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 19
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 13
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 81
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 836
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 16
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 34
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 14
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 363
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 15
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 141
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 176
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 10,860
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 198
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 15
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 2,015
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 15
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 7,626
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 77
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 65
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 18
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 173
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 28
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 370
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 22
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 11
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 44
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 183
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 12,767
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 59
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 46
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 49
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 42
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 29
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 171
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 27
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 119
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 26
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 99
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 80
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 79
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 33
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 63
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 30
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 82
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 27
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 26
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 166
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 349
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 24
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 39
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 68
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 45
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 31
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 66
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 49
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 24
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 1,159
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 71
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 46
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 75
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 124
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 3,756
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 1,722
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 3,009
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 32
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 85
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 32
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 40
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 447
White 129,621
White: African unspecified 37
White: Albanian 350
White: Algerian 17
White: Arab 36
White: Argentinian 49
White: Armenian 54
White: Australian/New Zealander 890
White: Austrian 64
White: Belarusian 24
White: Belgian 72
White: Bosnian 14
White: Brazilian 443
White: Bulgarian 1,837
White: Colombian 29
White: Cornish 16
White: Croatian 80
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 16
White: Czech 132
White: Danish 80
White: Dutch 184
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 88,657
White: Estonian 44
White: European Mixed 6,075
White: Finnish 80
White: French 882
White: Georgian 18
White: German 609
White: Greek 582
White: Greek Cypriot 167
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 193
White: Hispanic or Latin American 436
White: Hungarian 502
White: Iranian 63
White: Irish 4,337
White: Israeli 11
White: Italian 1,874
White: Jewish 96
White: Kosovan 87
White: Kurdish 15
White: Latvian 144
White: Lithuanian 471
White: Maltese 69
White: Mixed Irish 184
White: Mixed White 22
White: Moldovan 31
White: North American 624
White: North Macedonian 53
White: Norwegian 85
White: Other Eastern European 1,520
White: Other Middle East 47
White: Other Mixed 215
White: Other North African 29
White: Other Traveller 1
White: Other White, White unspecified 2,204
White: Polish 5,576
White: Portuguese 1,330
White: Roma 813
White: Romanian 1,879
White: Russian 501
White: Serbian 83
White: Slovakian 217
White: Slovenian 30
White: South African 1,333
White: South American 125
White: Spanish 958
White: Swedish 195
White: Swiss 59
White: Turkish 740
White: Turkish Cypriot 44
White: Ukrainian 291
White: White African 269
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 17
White: White Caribbean 52
White: Zimbabwean 37
White: Any other ethnic group 221
Other ethnic group 9,895
Other ethnic group: Afghan 102
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 74
Other ethnic group: African Asian 42
Other ethnic group: Albanian 25
Other ethnic group: Algerian 17
Other ethnic group: Arab 1,923
Other ethnic group: Armenian 24
Other ethnic group: Asian British 13
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 11
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 27
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 133
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 72
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 42
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 123
Other ethnic group: Chinese 79
Other ethnic group: Colombian 23
Other ethnic group: Cornish 3
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 7
Other ethnic group: Czech 1
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 51
Other ethnic group: English 7
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 48
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 267
Other ethnic group: Filipino 144
Other ethnic group: Greek 33
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 68
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 3
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 1,114
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 59
Other ethnic group: Iranian 445
Other ethnic group: Italian 43
Other ethnic group: Japanese 50
Other ethnic group: Jewish 91
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 6
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 273
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 9
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 240
Other ethnic group: Mexican 16
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 27
Other ethnic group: Muslim 6
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 91
Other ethnic group: North African 141
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 156
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 70
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 105
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 139
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 56
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 31
Other ethnic group: Polish 106
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 37
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 59
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 19
Other ethnic group: Roma 0
Other ethnic group: Romanian 74
Other ethnic group: Sikh 59
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 16
Other ethnic group: Somali 19
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 4
Other ethnic group: South American 134
Other ethnic group: Spanish 68
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 364
Other ethnic group: Tamil 1,199
Other ethnic group: Thai 31
Other ethnic group: Turkish 325
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 64
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 28
Other ethnic group: White African 24
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 735

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