North East: National identity - UK

Location Type: Combined Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E47000010

Key Facts

All Residents	1,140,167
Male	556,310
Female	583,856
Households	514,224

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

Related Census Areas
Is within
- England
  Country
- North East
  Regions
Borders with
- Tees Valley
  Combined Authorities
- North of Tyne
  Combined Authorities
Overlaps with
- Output Area at NZ119646
  Output Areas
- School Aycliffe
  Built Up Areas
- Tyne and Wear
  Metropolitan Counties
Contains
- County Durham
  Unitary Authorities
- South Tyneside
  Metropolitan Districts
- Sunderland
  Metropolitan Districts
- Gateshead
  Metropolitan Districts

Table Code	ts027
Issued	2023-01-11
Unit of Measure	Person
Number of Response Options	17

Description
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This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by their national identity. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

Someone’s national identity is a self-determined assessment of their own identity, it could be the country or countries where they feel they belong or think of as home. It is not dependent on ethnic group or citizenship.

Respondents could select more than one national identity.

Quality Statement

The increase since the 2011 Census in people identifying as “British” and fall in people identifying as “English” may partly reflect true changes in self-perception. It is also likely to reflect that “British” replaced “English” as the first response option listed on the questionnaire in England.

More information at the ONS website

National identity: Total: All usual residents	1,140,165
British only identity	685,526
English only identity	182,498
English and British only identity	217,560
Welsh only identity	1,243
Welsh and British only identity	557
Any other combination of only UK identities	10,467
Scottish only identity	5,477
Scottish and British only identity	2,140
Northern Irish only identity	1,135
Northern Irish and British only identity	519
Cornish only identity	37
Cornish and British only identity	5
Any other combination of only UK identities	1,154
Irish only identity	1,636
Irish and at least one UK identity	533
Other identity only	32,743
Other identity and at least one UK identity	7,402
Non-UK identity only	34,379
UK identity and non-UK identity	7,935

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

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