Census Data

West Yorkshire: Ethnic group (detailed)

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 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 2,351,578
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 372,726
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 2,825
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 55
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 105
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 17
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 241
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 528
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 20,099
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 39
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 12,516
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 157
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 3,343
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 62,407
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 247
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 2,063
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 287
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 6,618
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 271
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 1,450
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 378
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 155
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 475
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 258
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 372
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 792
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 207
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 963
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 258
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 250,497
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 219
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 784
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 63
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 1,151
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 97
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 48
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 92
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 1,205
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 66
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 989
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 389
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 46,879
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 26,208
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 216
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 121
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 1,314
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 223
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 88
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 688
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 87
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 1,577
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 691
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 399
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 2,636
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 401
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 97
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 77
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 36
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 55
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 5,366
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 108
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 48
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 132
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 93
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 85
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 1,179
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 43
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 261
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 611
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 39
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 260
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 125
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 2,483
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 1,132
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 25,375
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 1,062
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 165
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 5,915
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 43
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 15,535
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 260
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 45
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 19
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 209
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 66
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 1,328
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 55
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 8
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 23
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 642
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 64,940
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 110
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 124
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 36
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 40
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 190
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 61
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 449
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 53
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 562
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 54
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 90
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 202
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 185
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 86
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 47
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 325
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 125
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 338
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 82
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 48
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 54
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 685
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 472
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 108
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 156
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 60
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 58
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 92
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 63
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 129
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 131
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 132
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 175
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 37
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 88
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 80
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 2,886
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 318
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 182
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 103
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 49
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 35
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 109
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 83
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 33
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 127
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 26
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 411
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 21,014
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 7,756
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 23,573
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 106
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 452
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 198
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 122
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 1,601
White 1,801,355
White: African unspecified 66
White: Albanian 652
White: Algerian 20
White: Arab 143
White: Argentinian 29
White: Armenian 46
White: Australian/New Zealander 844
White: Austrian 104
White: Belarusian 38
White: Belgian 101
White: Bosnian 192
White: Brazilian 223
White: Bulgarian 890
White: Colombian 15
White: Cornish 60
White: Croatian 101
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 107
White: Czech 1,568
White: Danish 126
White: Dutch 360
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 1,693,782
White: Estonian 134
White: European Mixed 14,046
White: Finnish 137
White: French 841
White: Georgian 36
White: German 1,007
White: Greek 1,524
White: Greek Cypriot 287
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 2,188
White: Hispanic or Latin American 529
White: Hungarian 1,575
White: Iranian 196
White: Irish 13,893
White: Israeli 32
White: Italian 2,359
White: Jewish 593
White: Kosovan 184
White: Kurdish 106
White: Latvian 2,686
White: Lithuanian 2,969
White: Maltese 96
White: Mixed Irish 521
White: Mixed White 62
White: Moldovan 66
White: North American 1,360
White: North Macedonian 22
White: Norwegian 177
White: Other Eastern European 3,582
White: Other Middle East 124
White: Other Mixed 397
White: Other North African 44
White: Other Traveller 123
White: Other White, White unspecified 4,468
White: Polish 26,761
White: Portuguese 1,050
White: Roma 3,982
White: Romanian 5,734
White: Russian 885
White: Serbian 229
White: Slovakian 2,563
White: Slovenian 121
White: South African 711
White: South American 73
White: Spanish 1,316
White: Swedish 207
White: Swiss 69
White: Turkish 405
White: Turkish Cypriot 15
White: Ukrainian 440
White: White African 310
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 48
White: White Caribbean 64
White: Zimbabwean 27
White: Any other ethnic group 514
Other ethnic group 40,303
Other ethnic group: Afghan 509
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 692
Other ethnic group: African Asian 52
Other ethnic group: Albanian 76
Other ethnic group: Algerian 44
Other ethnic group: Arab 11,515
Other ethnic group: Armenian 42
Other ethnic group: Asian British 68
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 72
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 55
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 78
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 49
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 53
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 42
Other ethnic group: Chinese 374
Other ethnic group: Colombian 18
Other ethnic group: Cornish 6
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 15
Other ethnic group: Czech 417
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 94
Other ethnic group: English 90
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 161
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 738
Other ethnic group: Filipino 387
Other ethnic group: Greek 60
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 93
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 251
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 926
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 207
Other ethnic group: Iranian 1,896
Other ethnic group: Italian 110
Other ethnic group: Japanese 38
Other ethnic group: Jewish 612
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 2,767
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 5,139
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 62
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 151
Other ethnic group: Mexican 44
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 52
Other ethnic group: Muslim 52
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 58
Other ethnic group: North African 216
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 309
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 164
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 809
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 371
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 161
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 653
Other ethnic group: Polish 518
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 72
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 65
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 203
Other ethnic group: Roma 344
Other ethnic group: Romanian 675
Other ethnic group: Sikh 3,094
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 1,054
Other ethnic group: Somali 138
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 2
Other ethnic group: South American 74
Other ethnic group: Spanish 81
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 48
Other ethnic group: Tamil 85
Other ethnic group: Thai 82
Other ethnic group: Turkish 477
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 27
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 72
Other ethnic group: White African 50
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 2,294

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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