Census Data

Shrewsbury: Ethnic group

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63002444

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Key Facts

All Residents 78,347
Male 38,430
Female 39,899
Households 34,590

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Shrewsbury. 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 78,322
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 1,765
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi 105
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 324
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian 669
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani 173
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian 494
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African 354
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African 214
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Caribbean 72
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Other Black 68
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1,285
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian 413
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 147
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 304
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 421
White 74,480
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 70,842
White: Irish 415
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 52
White: Roma 55
White: Other White 3,116
Other ethnic group 438
Other ethnic group: Arab 127
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 311

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

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