Census Data

Oldham: Ethnic group

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63001192

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Key Facts

All Residents 118,134
Male 58,075
Female 60,059
Households 39,591

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Oldham. 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 118,112
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 50,418
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi 16,441
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 398
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian 1,125
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani 30,368
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian 2,086
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African 6,191
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African 4,651
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Caribbean 492
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Other Black 1,048
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 3,424
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian 1,151
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 655
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 1,128
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 490
White 55,418
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 51,335
White: Irish 409
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 145
White: Roma 414
White: Other White 3,115
Other ethnic group 2,661
Other ethnic group: Arab 361
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 2,300

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

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