Census Data

Greater Manchester: Ethnic group

Location Type: Combined Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E47000001

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Key Facts

All Residents 2,867,762
Male 1,412,734
Female 1,455,031
Households 1,178,238

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

Table Codets021
Issued2022-11-29
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options20

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: Total: All usual residents 2,867,752
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 389,283
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi 46,460
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 29,582
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian 69,481
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani 209,061
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian 34,699
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African 134,114
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African 98,557
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Caribbean 19,711
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Other Black 15,846
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 86,520
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian 23,005
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 16,379
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 27,906
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 19,230
White 2,190,838
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 2,045,951
White: Irish 30,907
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 2,409
White: Roma 3,274
White: Other White 108,297
Other ethnic group 66,997
Other ethnic group: Arab 27,322
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 39,675

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

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