Census Data

Tower Hamlets: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000030

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Key Facts

All Residents 310,306
Male 155,869
Female 154,437
Households 120,539
Population Density (people/km2) 15,702.9
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 310,309
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 137,855
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 257
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 10
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 21
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 2
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 10
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 85
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 107,333
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 8
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 10,279
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 24
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 1,134
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 10,135
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 119
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 106
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 495
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 28
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 522
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 18
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 218
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 107
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 100
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 130
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 115
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 213
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 188
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 38
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 152
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 3,341
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 9
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 27
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 14
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 431
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 186
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 168
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 66
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 353
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 41
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 1,205
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 167
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 15,209
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 4,439
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 53
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 48
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 367
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 33
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 21
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 407
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 33
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 313
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 230
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 41
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 835
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 119
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 6
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 19
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 19
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 43
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 1,801
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 49
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 80
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 15
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 94
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 3,350
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 2,031
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 76
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 67
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 21
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 141
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 11
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 158
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 279
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 7,486
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 175
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 1,307
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 37
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 4,920
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 37
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 28
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 5
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 174
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 28
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 248
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 12
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 195
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 309
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 15,409
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 30
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 59
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 19
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 71
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 31
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 155
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 137
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 16
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 91
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 76
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 74
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 78
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 24
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 72
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 45
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 41
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 248
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 575
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 56
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 47
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 26
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 26
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 27
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 53
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 25
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 67
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 56
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 23
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 33
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 28
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 1,306
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 124
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 42
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 93
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 62
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 18
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 50
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 23
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 199
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 4,374
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 2,236
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 3,593
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 27
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 122
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 16
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 636
White 122,265
White: African unspecified 28
White: Albanian 286
White: Algerian 39
White: Arab 39
White: Argentinian 55
White: Armenian 74
White: Australian/New Zealander 1,402
White: Austrian 145
White: Belarusian 50
White: Belgian 184
White: Bosnian 17
White: Brazilian 453
White: Bulgarian 966
White: Colombian 34
White: Cornish 29
White: Croatian 145
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 81
White: Czech 177
White: Danish 188
White: Dutch 347
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 71,148
White: Estonian 86
White: European Mixed 8,288
White: Finnish 171
White: French 2,369
White: Georgian 31
White: German 1,452
White: Greek 1,827
White: Greek Cypriot 267
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 110
White: Hispanic or Latin American 747
White: Hungarian 736
White: Iranian 29
White: Irish 3,567
White: Israeli 39
White: Italian 4,939
White: Jewish 320
White: Kosovan 83
White: Kurdish 30
White: Latvian 228
White: Lithuanian 903
White: Maltese 83
White: Mixed Irish 186
White: Mixed White 21
White: Moldovan 20
White: North American 1,158
White: North Macedonian 22
White: Norwegian 134
White: Other Eastern European 1,676
White: Other Middle East 42
White: Other Mixed 246
White: Other North African 74
White: Other Traveller 0
White: Other White, White unspecified 2,562
White: Polish 2,239
White: Portuguese 1,024
White: Roma 2,225
White: Romanian 1,702
White: Russian 1,266
White: Serbian 123
White: Slovakian 228
White: Slovenian 58
White: South African 358
White: South American 89
White: Spanish 2,060
White: Swedish 392
White: Swiss 191
White: Turkish 909
White: Turkish Cypriot 121
White: Ukrainian 434
White: White African 182
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 18
White: White Caribbean 53
White: Zimbabwean 7
White: Any other ethnic group 253
Other ethnic group 12,085
Other ethnic group: Afghan 85
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 88
Other ethnic group: African Asian 18
Other ethnic group: Albanian 26
Other ethnic group: Algerian 91
Other ethnic group: Arab 3,588
Other ethnic group: Armenian 30
Other ethnic group: Asian British 15
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 477
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 8
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 84
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 21
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 26
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 12
Other ethnic group: Chinese 143
Other ethnic group: Colombian 49
Other ethnic group: Cornish 1
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 25
Other ethnic group: Czech 2
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 58
Other ethnic group: English 12
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 47
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 258
Other ethnic group: Filipino 94
Other ethnic group: Greek 44
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 75
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 3
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 1,443
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 61
Other ethnic group: Iranian 377
Other ethnic group: Italian 95
Other ethnic group: Japanese 30
Other ethnic group: Jewish 253
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 6
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 243
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 43
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 87
Other ethnic group: Mexican 30
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 128
Other ethnic group: Muslim 11
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 11
Other ethnic group: North African 359
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 113
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 35
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 157
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 158
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 58
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 15
Other ethnic group: Polish 13
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 12
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 21
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 4
Other ethnic group: Roma 1
Other ethnic group: Romanian 26
Other ethnic group: Sikh 61
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 1
Other ethnic group: Somali 422
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 182
Other ethnic group: South American 129
Other ethnic group: Spanish 87
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 4
Other ethnic group: Tamil 52
Other ethnic group: Thai 11
Other ethnic group: Turkish 669
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 267
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 64
Other ethnic group: White African 17
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 949

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