Census Data

Reading: National identity - UK

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63005074

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Key Facts

All Residents 210,085
Male 104,901
Female 105,205
Households 80,573

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Reading. 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 210,116
British only identity 109,369
English only identity 23,775
English and British only identity 24,453
Welsh only identity 930
Welsh and British only identity 481
Any other combination of only UK identities 1,920
Scottish only identity 685
Scottish and British only identity 390
Northern Irish only identity 255
Northern Irish and British only identity 101
Cornish only identity 52
Cornish and British only identity 8
Any other combination of only UK identities 429
Irish only identity 1,439
Irish and at least one UK identity 256
Other identity only 39,702
Other identity and at least one UK identity 7,791
Non-UK identity only 41,141
UK identity and non-UK identity 8,047

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

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