Census Data

Burnley: National identity - UK

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63000800

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Key Facts

All Residents 82,366
Male 40,802
Female 41,570
Households 34,094

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Burnley. 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 82,365
British only identity 47,651
English only identity 13,692
English and British only identity 12,467
Welsh only identity 108
Welsh and British only identity 35
Any other combination of only UK identities 742
Scottish only identity 365
Scottish and British only identity 143
Northern Irish only identity 122
Northern Irish and British only identity 31
Cornish only identity 2
Cornish and British only identity 0
Any other combination of only UK identities 79
Irish only identity 196
Irish and at least one UK identity 28
Other identity only 6,515
Other identity and at least one UK identity 931
Non-UK identity only 6,711
UK identity and non-UK identity 959

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

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