Census Data

Merseyside: Passports held (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E11000002

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Key Facts

All Residents 1,423,287
Male 690,711
Female 732,574
Households 620,902

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

Table Codets013
Issued2022-12-13
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options52

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

Summary

All passports classifies a person according to the passport or passports they held at the time of the census. This included expired passports or travel documents people were entitled to renew. Where a person recorded having more than one passport, they were counted only once, categorised in the following priority order: 1. UK passport, 2. Irish passport, 3. Other passport.

Quality Statement

Where a person recorded having more than one passport, they were counted only once, categorised in the following priority order: 1. UK passport, 2. Irish passport, 3. Other passport. Only the first country written in “Other passport” was taken.

More information at the ONS website

Passports held: Total: All usual residents 1,423,290
Europe 1,200,500
Europe: United Kingdom 1,143,135
Europe: Ireland 9,046
Europe: Other Europe 48,319
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries 46,453
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: France 1,012
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Germany 1,178
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Italy 4,775
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Portugal 2,563
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Spain 2,903
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Lithuania 2,158
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Poland 12,787
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Romania 6,777
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Other EU countries 12,300
Europe: Other Europe: Rest of Europe 1,866
Europe: Other Europe: Rest of Europe: Turkey 753
Europe: Other Europe: Rest of Europe: Other Europe 1,113
Africa 4,887
Africa: North Africa 1,316
Africa: Central and Western Africa 2,312
Africa: Central and Western Africa: Ghana 249
Africa: Central and Western Africa: Nigeria 1,723
Africa: Central and Western Africa: Other Central and Western Africa 340
Africa: South and Eastern Africa 1,259
Africa: South and Eastern Africa: Kenya 119
Africa: South and Eastern Africa: Somalia 10
Africa: South and Eastern Africa: South Africa 403
Africa: South and Eastern Africa: Zimbabwe 334
Africa: South and Eastern Africa: Other South and Eastern Africa 393
Middle East and Asia 13,417
Middle East and Asia: Middle East 2,570
Middle East and Asia: Middle East: Iran 385
Middle East and Asia: Middle East: Iraq 420
Middle East and Asia: Middle East: Other Middle East 1,765
Middle East and Asia: Eastern Asia 3,741
Middle East and Asia: Eastern Asia: China 3,115
Middle East and Asia: Eastern Asia: Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 290
Middle East and Asia: Eastern Asia: Japan 155
Middle East and Asia: Eastern Asia: Other Eastern Asia 181
Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia 5,376
Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia: Afghanistan 87
Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia: Bangladesh 454
Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia: India 2,791
Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia: Pakistan 1,073
Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia: Sri Lanka 851
Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia: Other Southern Asia 120
Middle East and Asia: South-East Asia 1,706
Middle East and Asia: South-East Asia: Malaysia 585
Middle East and Asia: South-East Asia: Philippines 462
Middle East and Asia: South-East Asia: Singapore 88
Middle East and Asia: South-East Asia: Other South-East Asia 571
Middle East and Asia: Central Asia 24
The Americas and the Caribbean 4,391
The Americas and the Caribbean: North America 1,400
The Americas and the Caribbean: North America: Canada 350
The Americas and the Caribbean: North America: United States 1,050
The Americas and the Caribbean: Central America 259
The Americas and the Caribbean: South America 2,511
The Americas and the Caribbean: The Caribbean 221
The Americas and the Caribbean: The Caribbean: Jamaica 78
The Americas and the Caribbean: The Caribbean: Other Caribbean 143
Antarctica and Oceania 496
Antarctica and Oceania: Australasia 474
Antarctica and Oceania: Australasia: Australia 341
Antarctica and Oceania: Australasia: New Zealand 133
Antarctica and Oceania: Other Antarctica and Oceania 22
British Overseas Territories 11
No passport held 199,588

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

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