Census Data

Greater Manchester: Ethnic group (detailed)

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 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 2,867,750
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 389,283
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 4,878
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 166
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 350
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 23
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 543
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 670
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 46,460
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 34
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 29,582
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 113
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 3,249
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 69,481
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 259
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 4,607
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 518
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 4,987
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 505
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 1,059
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 767
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 273
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 443
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 425
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 753
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 962
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 513
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 1,196
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 297
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 209,061
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 122
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 300
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 53
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 2,254
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 132
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 75
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 281
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 1,442
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 137
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 1,726
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 587
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 96,804
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 46,456
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 627
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 206
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 2,977
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 332
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 103
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,092
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 220
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 1,788
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 1,321
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 354
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 3,446
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 559
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 218
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 229
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 78
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 112
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 18,212
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 136
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 93
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 276
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 380
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 228
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 8,557
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 1,082
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 452
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 966
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 62
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 396
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 153
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 2,407
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 2,286
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 37,305
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 1,777
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 690
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 10,472
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 52
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 19,680
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 432
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 55
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 78
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 275
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 263
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 1,849
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 69
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 16
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 461
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 1,136
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 86,520
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 236
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 189
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 138
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 52
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 468
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 97
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 504
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 100
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 771
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 83
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 202
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 256
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 270
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 121
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 86
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 422
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 143
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 559
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 144
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 91
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 105
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 879
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 44
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 837
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 152
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 339
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 106
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 128
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 137
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 76
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 215
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 197
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 176
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 261
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 95
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 120
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 186
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 4,501
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 375
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 148
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 122
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 85
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 43
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 150
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 129
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 72
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 173
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 27
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 103
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 950
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 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: White and East Asian 137
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 642
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 177
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 149
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 2,262
White 2,190,849
White: African unspecified 96
White: Albanian 849
White: Algerian 47
White: Arab 243
White: Argentinian 56
White: Armenian 83
White: Australian/New Zealander 1,117
White: Austrian 143
White: Belarusian 82
White: Belgian 230
White: Bosnian 125
White: Brazilian 657
White: Bulgarian 1,920
White: Colombian 28
White: Cornish 77
White: Croatian 128
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 158
White: Czech 1,817
White: Danish 182
White: Dutch 555
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 2,045,875
White: Estonian 161
White: European Mixed 19,154
White: Finnish 189
White: French 1,597
White: Georgian 75
White: German 1,560
White: Greek 2,690
White: Greek Cypriot 510
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 2,111
White: Hispanic or Latin American 863
White: Hungarian 2,204
White: Iranian 362
White: Irish 30,907
White: Israeli 244
White: Italian 4,019
White: Jewish 2,513
White: Kosovan 219
White: Kurdish 115
White: Latvian 1,424
White: Lithuanian 2,623
White: Maltese 198
White: Mixed Irish 769
White: Mixed White 83
White: Moldovan 80
White: North American 1,680
White: North Macedonian 51
White: Norwegian 144
White: Other Eastern European 4,395
White: Other Middle East 293
White: Other Mixed 517
White: Other North African 127
White: Other Traveller 301
White: Other White, White unspecified 5,676
White: Polish 25,317
White: Portuguese 2,077
White: Roma 3,274
White: Romanian 7,396
White: Russian 1,136
White: Serbian 153
White: Slovakian 1,381
White: Slovenian 82
White: South African 839
White: South American 134
White: Spanish 3,056
White: Swedish 284
White: Swiss 210
White: Turkish 993
White: Turkish Cypriot 38
White: Ukrainian 797
White: White African 369
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 92
White: White Caribbean 116
White: Zimbabwean 24
White: Any other ethnic group 759
Other ethnic group 66,989
Other ethnic group: Afghan 1,295
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 1,411
Other ethnic group: African Asian 133
Other ethnic group: Albanian 124
Other ethnic group: Algerian 60
Other ethnic group: Arab 27,322
Other ethnic group: Armenian 75
Other ethnic group: Asian British 127
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 171
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 51
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 139
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 78
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 72
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 39
Other ethnic group: Chinese 820
Other ethnic group: Colombian 49
Other ethnic group: Cornish 5
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 43
Other ethnic group: Czech 338
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 128
Other ethnic group: English 97
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 243
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 1,094
Other ethnic group: Filipino 426
Other ethnic group: Greek 151
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 253
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 59
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 1,821
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 343
Other ethnic group: Iranian 4,370
Other ethnic group: Italian 228
Other ethnic group: Japanese 49
Other ethnic group: Jewish 2,648
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 2,668
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 5,756
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 61
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 176
Other ethnic group: Mexican 77
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 89
Other ethnic group: Muslim 97
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 104
Other ethnic group: North African 627
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 651
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 162
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 1,389
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 656
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 227
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 814
Other ethnic group: Polish 345
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 60
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 142
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 91
Other ethnic group: Roma 85
Other ethnic group: Romanian 667
Other ethnic group: Sikh 1,049
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 256
Other ethnic group: Somali 632
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 52
Other ethnic group: South American 185
Other ethnic group: Spanish 202
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 80
Other ethnic group: Tamil 216
Other ethnic group: Thai 103
Other ethnic group: Turkish 951
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 93
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 173
Other ethnic group: White African 48
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 3,743

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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