Census Data

Oldham: National identity - UK

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 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 118,102
British only identity 76,114
English only identity 11,572
English and British only identity 11,066
Welsh only identity 71
Welsh and British only identity 32
Any other combination of only UK identities 478
Scottish only identity 218
Scottish and British only identity 74
Northern Irish only identity 102
Northern Irish and British only identity 24
Cornish only identity 1
Cornish and British only identity 0
Any other combination of only UK identities 59
Irish only identity 349
Irish and at least one UK identity 51
Other identity only 15,872
Other identity and at least one UK identity 2,497
Non-UK identity only 16,221
UK identity and non-UK identity 2,548

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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