Census Data

Merseyside: Ethnic group (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 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 1,423,271
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 44,451
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 382
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 2
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 23
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 12
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 320
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 189
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 3,863
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 9
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 13,194
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 26
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 2,061
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 10,686
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 82
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 1,054
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 159
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 10
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 129
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 436
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 245
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 103
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 27
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 83
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 336
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 327
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 216
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 584
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 78
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 4,723
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 15
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 32
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 25
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 2,702
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 19
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 21
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 603
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 655
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 126
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 755
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 139
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 15,802
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 7,011
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 32
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 51
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 553
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 49
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 9
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 189
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 33
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 214
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 114
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 26
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 571
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 175
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 29
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 16
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 3,255
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 26
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 36
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 70
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 14
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 62
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 1,031
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 612
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 120
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 354
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 101
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 27
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 526
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 458
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 6,093
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 297
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 48
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 2,243
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 20
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 2,352
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 49
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 16
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 12
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 75
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 44
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 426
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 51
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 73
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 380
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 30,494
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 77
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 27
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 14
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 249
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 28
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 110
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 35
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 498
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 69
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 146
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 93
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 56
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 161
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 232
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 61
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 342
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 56
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 488
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 31
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 476
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 31
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 59
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 40
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 37
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 33
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 44
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 53
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 68
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 134
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 23
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 69
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 2,221
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 168
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 20
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 86
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 37
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 35
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 115
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 34
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 44
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 133
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 43
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 446
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 7,666
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 7,021
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 7,280
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 42
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 235
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 38
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 58
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 842
White 1,304,796
White: African unspecified 26
White: Albanian 302
White: Algerian 10
White: Arab 108
White: Argentinian 23
White: Armenian 21
White: Australian/New Zealander 440
White: Austrian 41
White: Belarusian 46
White: Belgian 46
White: Bosnian 6
White: Brazilian 875
White: Bulgarian 953
White: Colombian 10
White: Cornish 35
White: Croatian 68
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 91
White: Czech 620
White: Danish 77
White: Dutch 265
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 1,242,289
White: Estonian 68
White: European Mixed 8,609
White: Finnish 95
White: French 581
White: Georgian 22
White: German 639
White: Greek 1,092
White: Greek Cypriot 259
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 759
White: Hispanic or Latin American 419
White: Hungarian 1,222
White: Iranian 94
White: Irish 13,508
White: Israeli 17
White: Italian 1,724
White: Jewish 197
White: Kosovan 51
White: Kurdish 95
White: Latvian 692
White: Lithuanian 1,043
White: Maltese 44
White: Mixed Irish 336
White: Mixed White 62
White: Moldovan 28
White: North American 784
White: North Macedonian 28
White: Norwegian 140
White: Other Eastern European 1,659
White: Other Middle East 68
White: Other Mixed 288
White: Other North African 41
White: Other Traveller 3
White: Other White, White unspecified 2,759
White: Polish 9,778
White: Portuguese 966
White: Roma 1,696
White: Romanian 4,100
White: Russian 408
White: Serbian 46
White: Slovakian 672
White: Slovenian 51
White: South African 361
White: South American 262
White: Spanish 1,208
White: Swedish 77
White: Swiss 41
White: Turkish 552
White: Turkish Cypriot 9
White: Ukrainian 125
White: White African 177
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 53
White: White Caribbean 80
White: Zimbabwean 10
White: Any other ethnic group 346
Other ethnic group 21,635
Other ethnic group: Afghan 147
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 248
Other ethnic group: African Asian 21
Other ethnic group: Albanian 41
Other ethnic group: Algerian 12
Other ethnic group: Arab 10,086
Other ethnic group: Armenian 10
Other ethnic group: Asian British 13
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 24
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 5
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 130
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 173
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 11
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 14
Other ethnic group: Chinese 239
Other ethnic group: Colombian 13
Other ethnic group: Cornish 7
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 5
Other ethnic group: Czech 129
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 39
Other ethnic group: English 66
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 55
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 440
Other ethnic group: Filipino 108
Other ethnic group: Greek 57
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 121
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 28
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 868
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 40
Other ethnic group: Iranian 888
Other ethnic group: Italian 58
Other ethnic group: Japanese 10
Other ethnic group: Jewish 189
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 13
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 2,307
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 33
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 45
Other ethnic group: Mexican 31
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 9
Other ethnic group: Muslim 25
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 48
Other ethnic group: North African 171
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 189
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 50
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 321
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 249
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 97
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 12
Other ethnic group: Polish 142
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 27
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 141
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 7
Other ethnic group: Roma 21
Other ethnic group: Romanian 313
Other ethnic group: Sikh 105
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 131
Other ethnic group: Somali 90
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 78
Other ethnic group: South American 97
Other ethnic group: Spanish 67
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 201
Other ethnic group: Tamil 332
Other ethnic group: Thai 45
Other ethnic group: Turkish 656
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 11
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 87
Other ethnic group: White African 14
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 1,175

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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