Census Data

Merseyside: National identity - UK

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 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 1,423,291
British only identity 863,152
English only identity 204,821
English and British only identity 234,059
Welsh only identity 6,017
Welsh and British only identity 2,196
Any other combination of only UK identities 13,406
Scottish only identity 4,241
Scottish and British only identity 1,644
Northern Irish only identity 4,305
Northern Irish and British only identity 1,138
Cornish only identity 62
Cornish and British only identity 8
Any other combination of only UK identities 2,008
Irish only identity 7,776
Irish and at least one UK identity 1,421
Other identity only 76,903
Other identity and at least one UK identity 13,540
Non-UK identity only 84,679
UK identity and non-UK identity 14,961

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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