Census Data

Southend-on-Sea: Ethnic group

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63004820

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Key Facts

All Residents 185,183
Male 90,081
Female 95,095
Households 80,193

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Southend-on-Sea. 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 185,173
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 9,908
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi 1,618
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 1,167
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian 2,851
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani 1,763
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian 2,509
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African 5,177
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African 3,591
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Caribbean 847
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Other Black 739
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 5,638
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian 1,522
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 1,073
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 1,604
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1,439
White 162,401
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 151,660
White: Irish 1,599
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 123
White: Roma 237
White: Other White 8,782
Other ethnic group 2,049
Other ethnic group: Arab 402
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 1,647

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

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