Census Data

Heywood: Ethnic group

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63001118

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Key Facts

All Residents 30,434
Male 14,776
Female 15,660
Households 13,138

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Heywood. 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 30,403
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 990
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi 36
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 142
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian 80
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani 611
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian 121
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African 865
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African 670
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Caribbean 78
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Other Black 117
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 619
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian 146
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 171
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 195
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 107
White 27,739
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 26,374
White: Irish 228
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 33
White: Roma 17
White: Other White 1,087
Other ethnic group 190
Other ethnic group: Arab 56
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 134

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

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