Census Data

Liverpool: Ethnic group

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63001374

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Key Facts

All Residents 516,955
Male 251,470
Female 265,466
Households 220,543

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Liverpool. 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 517,040
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 28,366
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi 1,925
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 9,088
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian 6,433
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani 3,708
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian 7,212
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African 17,257
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African 12,939
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Caribbean 1,513
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Other Black 2,805
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 17,582
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian 3,835
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 4,356
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 4,330
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 5,061
White 437,617
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 404,083
White: Irish 7,039
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 506
White: Roma 1,205
White: Other White 24,784
Other ethnic group 16,218
Other ethnic group: Arab 8,401
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 7,817

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

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