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Newham: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000025

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Key Facts

All Residents 351,036
Male 175,313
Female 175,723
Households 115,507
Population Density (people/km2) 9,690.1
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 351,042
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 148,190
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 1,449
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 25
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 64
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 19
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 27
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 278
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 55,677
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 53
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 6,213
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 41
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 4,454
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 38,642
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 85
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 109
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 160
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 322
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 208
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 13
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 147
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 406
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 184
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 156
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 301
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 405
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 258
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 36
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 136
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 31,216
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 87
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 187
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 23
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 4,182
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 60
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 104
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 1,188
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 230
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 47
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 773
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 225
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 40,089
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 15,608
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 393
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 54
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 1,479
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 53
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 49
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 973
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 107
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 363
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 313
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 191
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 4,144
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 385
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 147
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 48
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 26
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 6,479
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 37
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 54
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 46
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 114
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 202
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 5,427
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 1,124
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 120
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 69
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 80
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 932
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 43
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 271
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 748
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 21,215
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 806
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 51
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 4,294
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 34
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 13,567
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 173
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 83
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 43
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 367
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 123
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 761
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 132
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 245
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 536
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 16,419
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 94
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 100
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 96
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 23
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 91
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 22
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 351
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 24
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 223
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 23
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 75
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 80
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 146
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 27
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 45
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 18
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 78
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 31
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 36
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 42
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 174
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 451
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 54
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 24
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 51
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 109
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 38
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 76
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 64
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 78
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 18
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 1,269
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 104
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 31
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 29
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 95
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 113
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 22
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 33
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 109
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 3,324
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 3,317
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 4,253
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 67
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 23
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 704
White 107,947
White: African unspecified 13
White: Albanian 658
White: Algerian 35
White: Arab 31
White: Argentinian 15
White: Armenian 63
White: Australian/New Zealander 344
White: Austrian 23
White: Belarusian 36
White: Belgian 53
White: Bosnian 10
White: Brazilian 659
White: Bulgarian 2,966
White: Colombian 33
White: Cornish 14
White: Croatian 45
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 45
White: Czech 108
White: Danish 55
White: Dutch 108
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 51,805
White: Estonian 65
White: European Mixed 7,931
White: Finnish 55
White: French 508
White: Georgian 69
White: German 357
White: Greek 915
White: Greek Cypriot 127
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 352
White: Hispanic or Latin American 443
White: Hungarian 900
White: Iranian 30
White: Irish 2,039
White: Israeli 6
White: Italian 1,783
White: Jewish 69
White: Kosovan 270
White: Kurdish 15
White: Latvian 501
White: Lithuanian 3,539
White: Maltese 50
White: Mixed Irish 58
White: Mixed White 21
White: Moldovan 209
White: North American 278
White: North Macedonian 23
White: Norwegian 28
White: Other Eastern European 5,731
White: Other Middle East 32
White: Other Mixed 91
White: Other North African 61
White: Other Traveller 1
White: Other White, White unspecified 3,277
White: Polish 3,081
White: Portuguese 924
White: Roma 2,342
White: Romanian 11,204
White: Russian 544
White: Serbian 48
White: Slovakian 273
White: Slovenian 37
White: South African 148
White: South American 127
White: Spanish 799
White: Swedish 88
White: Swiss 40
White: Turkish 444
White: Turkish Cypriot 86
White: Ukrainian 470
White: White African 92
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 20
White: White Caribbean 55
White: Zimbabwean 2
White: Any other ethnic group 170
Other ethnic group 17,182
Other ethnic group: Afghan 293
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 338
Other ethnic group: African Asian 42
Other ethnic group: Albanian 132
Other ethnic group: Algerian 67
Other ethnic group: Arab 3,534
Other ethnic group: Armenian 9
Other ethnic group: Asian British 26
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 242
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 40
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 168
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 130
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 62
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 55
Other ethnic group: Chinese 131
Other ethnic group: Colombian 57
Other ethnic group: Cornish 0
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 16
Other ethnic group: Czech 5
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 108
Other ethnic group: English 26
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 60
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 390
Other ethnic group: Filipino 701
Other ethnic group: Greek 47
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 49
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 25
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 2,027
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 223
Other ethnic group: Iranian 211
Other ethnic group: Italian 130
Other ethnic group: Japanese 15
Other ethnic group: Jewish 62
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 145
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 204
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 160
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 357
Other ethnic group: Mexican 15
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 46
Other ethnic group: Muslim 19
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 59
Other ethnic group: North African 208
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 296
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 320
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 69
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 322
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 129
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 59
Other ethnic group: Polish 55
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 17
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 58
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 48
Other ethnic group: Roma 12
Other ethnic group: Romanian 859
Other ethnic group: Sikh 732
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 17
Other ethnic group: Somali 310
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 68
Other ethnic group: South American 341
Other ethnic group: Spanish 80
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 252
Other ethnic group: Tamil 564
Other ethnic group: Thai 19
Other ethnic group: Turkish 415
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 206
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 70
Other ethnic group: White African 19
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 1,211

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