Census Data

Lewisham: National identity - UK

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63005035

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Key Facts

All Residents 315,446
Male 149,842
Female 165,641
Households 128,771

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Lewisham. They may not, therefore, be precisely accurate. Age-standardised statistics and population density are not available for aggregated datasets.

Table Codets027
Issued2023-01-11
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options17

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by their national identity. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

Someone’s national identity is a self-determined assessment of their own identity, it could be the country or countries where they feel they belong or think of as home. It is not dependent on ethnic group or citizenship.

Respondents could select more than one national identity.

Quality Statement

The increase since the 2011 Census in people identifying as “British” and fall in people identifying as “English” may partly reflect true changes in self-perception. It is also likely to reflect that “British” replaced “English” as the first response option listed on the questionnaire in England.

More information at the ONS website

National identity: Total: All usual residents 315,405
British only identity 185,892
English only identity 23,418
English and British only identity 21,989
Welsh only identity 836
Welsh and British only identity 422
Any other combination of only UK identities 3,682
Scottish only identity 1,479
Scottish and British only identity 686
Northern Irish only identity 579
Northern Irish and British only identity 220
Cornish only identity 49
Cornish and British only identity 44
Any other combination of only UK identities 625
Irish only identity 3,474
Irish and at least one UK identity 894
Other identity only 60,503
Other identity and at least one UK identity 14,295
Non-UK identity only 63,977
UK identity and non-UK identity 15,189

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

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