Census Data

Liverpool: National identity - UK

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 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 516,935
British only identity 304,009
English only identity 64,676
English and British only identity 77,153
Welsh only identity 3,018
Welsh and British only identity 1,050
Any other combination of only UK identities 6,358
Scottish only identity 1,421
Scottish and British only identity 478
Northern Irish only identity 2,883
Northern Irish and British only identity 724
Cornish only identity 27
Cornish and British only identity 5
Any other combination of only UK identities 820
Irish only identity 4,270
Irish and at least one UK identity 664
Other identity only 48,346
Other identity and at least one UK identity 7,391
Non-UK identity only 52,616
UK identity and non-UK identity 8,055

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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