Census Data

Greater Manchester: National identity - UK

Location Type: Metropolitan Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E11000001

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Key Facts

All Residents 2,867,762
Male 1,412,734
Female 1,455,031
Households 1,178,238

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Metropolitan Counties. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Greater Manchester. They may not, therefore, be precisely accurate. Age-standardised statistics and population density are not available for aggregated datasets.

Table Codets027
Issued2023-01-11
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options17

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by their national identity. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

Someone’s national identity is a self-determined assessment of their own identity, it could be the country or countries where they feel they belong or think of as home. It is not dependent on ethnic group or citizenship.

Respondents could select more than one national identity.

Quality Statement

The increase since the 2011 Census in people identifying as “British” and fall in people identifying as “English” may partly reflect true changes in self-perception. It is also likely to reflect that “British” replaced “English” as the first response option listed on the questionnaire in England.

More information at the ONS website

National identity: Total: All usual residents 2,867,759
British only identity 1,677,996
English only identity 411,181
English and British only identity 409,842
Welsh only identity 7,479
Welsh and British only identity 3,119
Any other combination of only UK identities 25,871
Scottish only identity 10,238
Scottish and British only identity 4,106
Northern Irish only identity 5,727
Northern Irish and British only identity 1,704
Cornish only identity 118
Cornish and British only identity 26
Any other combination of only UK identities 3,952
Irish only identity 18,328
Irish and at least one UK identity 3,127
Other identity only 265,846
Other identity and at least one UK identity 44,970
Non-UK identity only 284,174
UK identity and non-UK identity 48,097

These values are calculated by adding up the values for census output areas contained within Greater Manchester. They may, therefore, be slightly inaccurate due to administrative boundaries not precisely aligning with census boundaries.

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