Census Data

West Midlands: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E11000005

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Key Facts

All Residents 2,919,653
Male 1,433,051
Female 1,486,603
Households 1,131,763

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Metropolitan Counties. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within West Midlands. 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 2,919,645
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 667,317
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 9,960
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 352
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 573
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 42
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 607
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 1,241
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 72,168
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 101
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 22,718
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 213
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 5,131
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 226,927
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 375
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 3,531
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 395
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 10,417
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 694
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 1,773
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 651
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 406
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 1,014
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 169
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 1,957
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 2,412
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 408
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 1,802
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 385
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 278,837
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 2,248
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 7,053
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 113
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 5,409
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 160
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 118
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 1,683
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 1,087
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 157
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 2,453
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 1,577
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 124,028
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 55,053
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 453
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 496
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 2,753
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 541
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 248
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,134
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 259
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 3,892
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 1,125
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 779
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 6,379
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 805
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 117
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 73
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 123
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 120
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 14,883
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 187
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 89
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 256
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 68
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 215
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 19,356
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 2,678
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 560
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 2,061
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 210
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 517
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 116
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 5,053
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 2,429
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 112,013
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 2,074
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 226
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 19,062
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 71
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 81,664
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 776
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 70
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 34
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 725
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 179
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 5,051
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 113
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 24
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 651
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 1,293
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 121,666
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 226
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 278
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 181
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 41
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 560
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 103
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 1,501
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 103
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 1,083
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 168
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 148
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 547
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 910
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 149
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 102
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 349
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 144
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 405
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 95
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 146
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 126
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 836
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 77
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 589
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 206
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 132
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 87
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 48
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 123
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 57
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 351
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 261
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 345
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 285
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 73
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 143
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 156
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 6,109
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 509
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 179
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 79
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 67
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 47
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 105
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 140
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 51
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 149
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 25
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 88
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 861
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 28,872
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 9,735
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 59,903
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 142
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 458
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 292
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 243
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 2,478
White 1,793,180
White: African unspecified 172
White: Albanian 2,034
White: Algerian 28
White: Arab 137
White: Argentinian 39
White: Armenian 100
White: Australian/New Zealander 621
White: Austrian 83
White: Belarusian 85
White: Belgian 133
White: Bosnian 285
White: Brazilian 466
White: Bulgarian 2,247
White: Colombian 18
White: Cornish 67
White: Croatian 249
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 167
White: Czech 1,250
White: Danish 146
White: Dutch 441
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 1,630,757
White: Estonian 195
White: European Mixed 17,946
White: Finnish 127
White: French 1,420
White: Georgian 98
White: German 1,312
White: Greek 2,719
White: Greek Cypriot 837
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 2,266
White: Hispanic or Latin American 813
White: Hungarian 1,670
White: Iranian 279
White: Irish 31,490
White: Israeli 21
White: Italian 3,139
White: Jewish 367
White: Kosovan 272
White: Kurdish 154
White: Latvian 3,466
White: Lithuanian 3,630
White: Maltese 109
White: Mixed Irish 757
White: Mixed White 72
White: Moldovan 146
White: North American 1,263
White: North Macedonian 68
White: Norwegian 88
White: Other Eastern European 5,383
White: Other Middle East 206
White: Other Mixed 427
White: Other North African 95
White: Other Traveller 151
White: Other White, White unspecified 7,510
White: Polish 30,613
White: Portuguese 2,062
White: Roma 4,246
White: Romanian 19,222
White: Russian 1,109
White: Serbian 262
White: Slovakian 1,956
White: Slovenian 139
White: South African 659
White: South American 107
White: Spanish 1,688
White: Swedish 178
White: Swiss 79
White: Turkish 1,032
White: Turkish Cypriot 69
White: Ukrainian 371
White: White African 291
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 38
White: White Caribbean 88
White: Zimbabwean 23
White: Any other ethnic group 927
Other ethnic group 101,441
Other ethnic group: Afghan 2,536
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 1,663
Other ethnic group: African Asian 285
Other ethnic group: Albanian 327
Other ethnic group: Algerian 67
Other ethnic group: Arab 28,083
Other ethnic group: Armenian 90
Other ethnic group: Asian British 152
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 210
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 127
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 148
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 144
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 157
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 150
Other ethnic group: Chinese 626
Other ethnic group: Colombian 20
Other ethnic group: Cornish 9
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 87
Other ethnic group: Czech 230
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 161
Other ethnic group: English 86
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 283
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 1,134
Other ethnic group: Filipino 681
Other ethnic group: Greek 192
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 604
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 154
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 1,171
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 1,072
Other ethnic group: Iranian 3,104
Other ethnic group: Italian 248
Other ethnic group: Japanese 42
Other ethnic group: Jewish 256
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 5,392
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 7,960
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 117
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 313
Other ethnic group: Mexican 47
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 188
Other ethnic group: Muslim 82
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 389
Other ethnic group: North African 417
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 1,666
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 321
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 1,483
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 720
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 328
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 833
Other ethnic group: Polish 580
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 68
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 138
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 2,154
Other ethnic group: Roma 112
Other ethnic group: Romanian 2,260
Other ethnic group: Sikh 21,435
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 350
Other ethnic group: Somali 1,783
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 288
Other ethnic group: South American 171
Other ethnic group: Spanish 135
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 391
Other ethnic group: Tamil 921
Other ethnic group: Thai 69
Other ethnic group: Turkish 867
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 250
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 435
Other ethnic group: White African 48
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 4,431

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

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