Census Data

Rayleigh: Ethnic group

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63004759

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Key Facts

All Residents 35,153
Male 16,945
Female 18,217
Households 14,322

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Rayleigh. 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 35,144
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 562
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi 23
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 137
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian 246
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani 50
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian 106
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African 250
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African 149
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Caribbean 63
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Other Black 38
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 643
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian 217
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 70
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 202
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 154
White 33,569
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 32,743
White: Irish 207
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 86
White: Roma 20
White: Other White 513
Other ethnic group 120
Other ethnic group: Arab 9
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 111

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

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