Census Data

Oswaldtwistle: Ethnic group

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63000878

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Key Facts

All Residents 12,756
Male 6,251
Female 6,508
Households 5,670

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Oswaldtwistle. 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 12,754
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 421
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi 22
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 13
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian 29
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani 322
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian 35
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African 24
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African 18
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Caribbean 5
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Other Black 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 152
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian 58
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 24
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 40
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 30
White 12,120
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 11,883
White: Irish 70
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 14
White: Roma 10
White: Other White 143
Other ethnic group 37
Other ethnic group: Arab 16
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 21

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

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