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Essex: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E10000012

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Key Facts

All Residents 1,503,524
Male 732,332
Female 771,189
Households 626,472
Population Density (people/km2) 434.7
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 1,503,514
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 56,254
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 328
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 26
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 47
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 70
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 12
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 195
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 5,005
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 54
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 7,612
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 20
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 3,817
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 23,024
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 77
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 282
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 311
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 68
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 152
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 57
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 205
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 615
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 60
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 185
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 1,194
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 293
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 146
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 55
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 123
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 6,867
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 54
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 87
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 48
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 2,407
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 44
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 59
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 585
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 1,080
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 138
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 575
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 277
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 24,924
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 10,585
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 58
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 16
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 938
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 66
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 14
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 216
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 62
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 74
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 64
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 40
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 2,552
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 308
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 47
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 73
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 15
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 13
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 7,090
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 21
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 53
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 25
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 129
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 121
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 28
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 227
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 77
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 17
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 319
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 85
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 1,201
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 383
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 12,469
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 414
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 97
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 3,385
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 37
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 7,114
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 133
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 67
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 42
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 225
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 104
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 469
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 41
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 49
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 5
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 287
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 36,774
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 50
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 47
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 18
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 94
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 115
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 58
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 267
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 52
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 407
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 37
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 107
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 141
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 114
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 60
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 36
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 183
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 99
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 297
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 84
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 54
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 50
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 844
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 85
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 418
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 91
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 93
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 33
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 36
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 228
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 44
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 88
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 115
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 22
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 172
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 31
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 55
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 42
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 2,118
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 184
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 16
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 107
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 47
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 39
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 100
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 63
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 33
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 219
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 143
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 43
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 275
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 10,431
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 5,613
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 11,079
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 65
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 238
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 101
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 75
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 1,018
White 1,358,550
White: African unspecified 50
White: Albanian 626
White: Algerian 9
White: Arab 43
White: Argentinian 29
White: Armenian 26
White: Australian/New Zealander 1,041
White: Austrian 98
White: Belarusian 27
White: Belgian 108
White: Bosnian 32
White: Brazilian 291
White: Bulgarian 1,585
White: Colombian 31
White: Cornish 66
White: Croatian 96
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 155
White: Czech 378
White: Danish 198
White: Dutch 448
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 1,279,645
White: Estonian 122
White: European Mixed 11,018
White: Finnish 137
White: French 1,034
White: Georgian 11
White: German 1,163
White: Greek 1,022
White: Greek Cypriot 772
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 1,705
White: Hispanic or Latin American 441
White: Hungarian 1,205
White: Iranian 96
White: Irish 11,861
White: Israeli 40
White: Italian 2,105
White: Jewish 512
White: Kosovan 160
White: Kurdish 66
White: Latvian 721
White: Lithuanian 2,352
White: Maltese 164
White: Mixed Irish 406
White: Mixed White 55
White: Moldovan 69
White: North American 1,239
White: North Macedonian 31
White: Norwegian 110
White: Other Eastern European 4,178
White: Other Middle East 79
White: Other Mixed 376
White: Other North African 31
White: Other Traveller 68
White: Other White, White unspecified 3,538
White: Polish 8,231
White: Portuguese 1,406
White: Roma 1,395
White: Romanian 7,758
White: Russian 759
White: Serbian 85
White: Slovakian 513
White: Slovenian 63
White: South African 1,649
White: South American 87
White: Spanish 1,173
White: Swedish 225
White: Swiss 118
White: Turkish 1,526
White: Turkish Cypriot 338
White: Ukrainian 309
White: White African 495
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 28
White: White Caribbean 35
White: Zimbabwean 42
White: Any other ethnic group 446
Other ethnic group 14,543
Other ethnic group: Afghan 84
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 145
Other ethnic group: African Asian 25
Other ethnic group: Albanian 64
Other ethnic group: Algerian 21
Other ethnic group: Arab 2,497
Other ethnic group: Armenian 15
Other ethnic group: Asian British 20
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 26
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 34
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 68
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 93
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 41
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 96
Other ethnic group: Chinese 160
Other ethnic group: Colombian 26
Other ethnic group: Cornish 8
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 73
Other ethnic group: Czech 12
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 68
Other ethnic group: English 55
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 65
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 653
Other ethnic group: Filipino 264
Other ethnic group: Greek 84
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 396
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 20
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 664
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 129
Other ethnic group: Iranian 536
Other ethnic group: Italian 61
Other ethnic group: Japanese 30
Other ethnic group: Jewish 419
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 44
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 541
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 36
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 397
Other ethnic group: Mexican 34
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 28
Other ethnic group: Muslim 39
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 269
Other ethnic group: North African 142
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 139
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 171
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 128
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 188
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 112
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 23
Other ethnic group: Polish 117
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 140
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 54
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 37
Other ethnic group: Roma 2
Other ethnic group: Romanian 368
Other ethnic group: Sikh 468
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 11
Other ethnic group: Somali 9
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 0
Other ethnic group: South American 133
Other ethnic group: Spanish 52
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 77
Other ethnic group: Tamil 368
Other ethnic group: Thai 36
Other ethnic group: Turkish 1,261
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 818
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 57
Other ethnic group: White African 52
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 1,240

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