Census Data

Oxford: Ethnic group

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63004458

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Key Facts

All Residents 173,102
Male 85,145
Female 87,955
Households 59,650

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Oxford. 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 173,123
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 26,104
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi 2,114
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 4,783
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian 6,278
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani 6,809
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian 6,120
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African 7,789
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African 5,209
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Caribbean 1,687
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Other Black 893
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 9,492
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian 3,381
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 1,132
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 1,971
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 3,008
White 123,477
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 94,060
White: Irish 2,505
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 63
White: Roma 516
White: Other White 26,333
Other ethnic group 6,261
Other ethnic group: Arab 1,540
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 4,721

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

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