Census Data

Lancashire: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E10000017

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Key Facts

All Residents 1,235,354
Male 606,973
Female 628,381
Households 525,247
Population Density (people/km2) 426.9
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 1,235,357
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 100,036
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 465
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 16
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 28
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 9
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 59
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 128
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 6,550
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 19
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 4,581
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 19
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 1,332
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 25,232
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 85
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 229
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 109
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 589
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 106
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 77
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 109
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 52
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 111
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 97
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 307
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 169
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 135
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 110
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 69
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 57,394
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 31
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 60
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 18
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 632
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 27
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 17
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 54
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 654
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 43
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 213
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 101
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 5,156
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 2,192
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 16
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 22
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 172
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 23
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 45
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 41
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 27
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 25
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 194
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 106
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 15
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 14
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 1,465
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 11
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 12
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 46
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 12
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 51
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 55
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 68
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 36
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 32
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 285
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 145
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 2,825
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 79
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 11
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 530
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 13
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 1,916
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 23
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 29
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 116
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 9
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 15
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 64
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 19,946
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 37
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 65
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 86
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 146
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 36
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 40
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 26
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 25
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 107
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 39
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 163
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 23
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 8
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 283
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 179
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 39
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 54
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 34
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 30
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 37
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 41
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 35
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 27
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 62
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 19
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 32
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 939
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 168
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 41
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 56
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 22
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 22
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 28
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 27
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 24
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 85
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 2
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 151
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 7,599
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 2,660
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 5,526
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 29
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 169
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 65
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 23
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 486
White 1,098,589
White: African unspecified 24
White: Albanian 98
White: Algerian 4
White: Arab 22
White: Argentinian 14
White: Armenian 9
White: Australian/New Zealander 346
White: Austrian 44
White: Belarusian 22
White: Belgian 53
White: Bosnian 20
White: Brazilian 53
White: Bulgarian 1,502
White: Colombian 7
White: Cornish 30
White: Croatian 43
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 37
White: Czech 299
White: Danish 69
White: Dutch 212
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 1,052,269
White: Estonian 38
White: European Mixed 6,333
White: Finnish 46
White: French 333
White: Georgian 4
White: German 594
White: Greek 459
White: Greek Cypriot 113
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 910
White: Hispanic or Latin American 182
White: Hungarian 1,193
White: Iranian 44
White: Irish 6,677
White: Israeli 13
White: Italian 945
White: Jewish 94
White: Kosovan 34
White: Kurdish 5
White: Latvian 1,158
White: Lithuanian 985
White: Maltese 66
White: Mixed Irish 211
White: Mixed White 39
White: Moldovan 10
White: North American 583
White: North Macedonian 4
White: Norwegian 46
White: Other Eastern European 1,245
White: Other Middle East 46
White: Other Mixed 169
White: Other North African 11
White: Other Traveller 46
White: Other White, White unspecified 2,166
White: Polish 11,516
White: Portuguese 773
White: Roma 912
White: Romanian 2,897
White: Russian 300
White: Serbian 25
White: Slovakian 357
White: Slovenian 29
White: South African 372
White: South American 19
White: Spanish 616
White: Swedish 95
White: Swiss 26
White: Turkish 193
White: Turkish Cypriot 8
White: Ukrainian 109
White: White African 134
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 20
White: White Caribbean 54
White: Zimbabwean 12
White: Any other ethnic group 143
Other ethnic group 8,805
Other ethnic group: Afghan 153
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 59
Other ethnic group: African Asian 9
Other ethnic group: Albanian 19
Other ethnic group: Algerian 2
Other ethnic group: Arab 3,002
Other ethnic group: Armenian 12
Other ethnic group: Asian British 9
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 21
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 4
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 22
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 185
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 3
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 5
Other ethnic group: Chinese 84
Other ethnic group: Colombian 2
Other ethnic group: Cornish 3
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 8
Other ethnic group: Czech 7
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 40
Other ethnic group: English 29
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 59
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 383
Other ethnic group: Filipino 102
Other ethnic group: Greek 18
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 26
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 23
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 346
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 85
Other ethnic group: Iranian 248
Other ethnic group: Italian 82
Other ethnic group: Japanese 18
Other ethnic group: Jewish 75
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 252
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 524
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 13
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 50
Other ethnic group: Mexican 31
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 35
Other ethnic group: Muslim 30
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 21
Other ethnic group: North African 110
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 151
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 50
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 106
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 103
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 79
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 264
Other ethnic group: Polish 172
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 57
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 33
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 32
Other ethnic group: Roma 17
Other ethnic group: Romanian 253
Other ethnic group: Sikh 239
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 23
Other ethnic group: Somali 4
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 0
Other ethnic group: South American 29
Other ethnic group: Spanish 57
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 35
Other ethnic group: Tamil 37
Other ethnic group: Thai 37
Other ethnic group: Turkish 220
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 17
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 6
Other ethnic group: White African 17
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 558

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