Census Data

Accrington: Ethnic group

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63000864

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Key Facts

All Residents 38,627
Male 19,099
Female 19,527
Households 15,387

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Accrington. 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 38,610
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 10,002
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi 382
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 49
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian 174
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani 8,922
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian 475
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African 100
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African 64
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Caribbean 21
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Other Black 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 552
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian 318
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 49
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 67
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 118
White 27,566
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 25,909
White: Irish 175
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 52
White: Roma 32
White: Other White 1,398
Other ethnic group 390
Other ethnic group: Arab 103
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 287

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

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