Census Data

Lancaster: National identity - UK

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63000560

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Key Facts

All Residents 55,168
Male 27,345
Female 27,841
Households 22,768

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

Table Codets027
Issued2023-01-11
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options17

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 55,214
British only identity 30,693
English only identity 6,909
English and British only identity 9,514
Welsh only identity 276
Welsh and British only identity 136
Any other combination of only UK identities 903
Scottish only identity 393
Scottish and British only identity 158
Northern Irish only identity 136
Northern Irish and British only identity 61
Cornish only identity 7
Cornish and British only identity 3
Any other combination of only UK identities 145
Irish only identity 201
Irish and at least one UK identity 69
Other identity only 5,277
Other identity and at least one UK identity 1,236
Non-UK identity only 5,478
UK identity and non-UK identity 1,305

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

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