Tower Hamlets: Ethnic group
Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63004898
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Key Facts
| All Residents | 328,995 |
| Male | 165,139 |
| Female | 163,862 |
| Households | 129,481 |
The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Tower Hamlets. They may not, therefore, be precisely accurate. Age-standardised statistics and population density are not available for aggregated datasets.
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| Table Code | ts021 |
| Issued | 2022-11-29 |
| Unit of Measure | Person |
| Number of Response Options | 20 |
Description
Data
Bar Chart
Pie ChartThis 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 | 328,850 |
|---|---|
| Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh | 140,721 |
| Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi | 107,947 |
| Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese | 11,319 |
| Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian | 10,653 |
| Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani | 3,455 |
| Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian | 7,347 |
| Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African | 24,745 |
| Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African | 16,657 |
| Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Caribbean | 5,437 |
| Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Other Black | 2,651 |
| Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups | 16,577 |
| Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian | 4,714 |
| Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African | 2,366 |
| Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean | 3,835 |
| Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups | 5,662 |
| White | 133,330 |
| White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British | 77,488 |
| White: Irish | 3,993 |
| White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller | 123 |
| White: Roma | 2,306 |
| White: Other White | 49,420 |
| Other ethnic group | 13,477 |
| Other ethnic group: Arab | 3,881 |
| Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group | 9,596 |
These values are calculated by adding up the values for census output areas contained within Tower Hamlets. They may, therefore, be slightly inaccurate due to administrative boundaries not precisely aligning with census boundaries.
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