Census Data

Portishead: Ethnic group

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63005002

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Key Facts

All Residents 26,351
Male 12,780
Female 13,586
Households 11,496

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Portishead. 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 26,376
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 412
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi 41
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 109
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian 115
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani 25
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian 122
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African 100
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African 56
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Caribbean 33
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Other Black 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 504
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian 195
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 50
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 114
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 145
White 25,193
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 23,899
White: Irish 172
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 1
White: Roma 20
White: Other White 1,101
Other ethnic group 167
Other ethnic group: Arab 36
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 131

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

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