Census Data

Leighton Buzzard: Ethnic group

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63004105

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Key Facts

All Residents 43,992
Male 21,759
Female 22,224
Households 18,423

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Leighton Buzzard. 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 43,986
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 994
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi 44
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 177
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian 419
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani 73
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian 281
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African 692
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African 391
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Caribbean 227
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Other Black 74
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1,263
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian 461
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 167
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 334
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 301
White 40,741
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 37,823
White: Irish 455
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 45
White: Roma 54
White: Other White 2,364
Other ethnic group 296
Other ethnic group: Arab 41
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 255

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

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