Census Data

West Yorkshire: Passports held

Location Type: Metropolitan Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E11000006

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Key Facts

All Residents 2,351,583
Male 1,150,725
Female 1,200,857
Households 972,875

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

Table Codets005
Issued2022-12-13
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options27

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 2,351,578
Europe 1,965,863
Europe: United Kingdom 1,855,150
Europe: Ireland 8,821
Europe: Other Europe 101,892
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries 99,409
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: France 2,221
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Germany 2,294
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Italy 9,206
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Portugal 5,196
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Spain 5,702
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Lithuania 5,339
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Poland 32,394
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Romania 9,967
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Other EU countries 27,090
Europe: Other Europe: Rest of Europe 2,483
Europe: Other Europe: Rest of Europe: Turkey 410
Europe: Other Europe: Rest of Europe: Other Europe 2,073
Africa 13,758
Africa: North Africa 2,580
Africa: Central and Western Africa 7,275
Africa: South and Eastern Africa 3,903
Middle East and Asia 42,866
Middle East and Asia: Middle East 3,912
Middle East and Asia: Eastern Asia 4,732
Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia 31,138
Middle East and Asia: South-East Asia 3,021
Middle East and Asia: Central Asia 63
The Americas and the Caribbean 4,498
The Americas and the Caribbean: North America and the Caribbean 3,172
The Americas and the Caribbean: Central and South America 1,326
Antarctica and Oceania, including Australasia 1,051
British Overseas Territories 39
No passport held 323,503

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

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