Census Data

March: National identity - UK

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63002748

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Key Facts

All Residents 22,776
Male 11,231
Female 11,555
Households 9,907

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within March. 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 22,781
British only identity 11,379
English only identity 5,535
English and British only identity 4,067
Welsh only identity 64
Welsh and British only identity 28
Any other combination of only UK identities 207
Scottish only identity 103
Scottish and British only identity 34
Northern Irish only identity 32
Northern Irish and British only identity 13
Cornish only identity 1
Cornish and British only identity 0
Any other combination of only UK identities 24
Irish only identity 65
Irish and at least one UK identity 10
Other identity only 1,265
Other identity and at least one UK identity 161
Non-UK identity only 1,330
UK identity and non-UK identity 171

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

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