Census Data

Canterbury: National identity - UK

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63005410

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Key Facts

All Residents 57,191
Male 27,523
Female 29,651
Households 20,570

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Canterbury. 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 57,173
British only identity 30,203
English only identity 6,725
English and British only identity 8,383
Welsh only identity 130
Welsh and British only identity 82
Any other combination of only UK identities 659
Scottish only identity 230
Scottish and British only identity 102
Northern Irish only identity 83
Northern Irish and British only identity 51
Cornish only identity 21
Cornish and British only identity 2
Any other combination of only UK identities 170
Irish only identity 323
Irish and at least one UK identity 115
Other identity only 8,477
Other identity and at least one UK identity 2,076
Non-UK identity only 8,800
UK identity and non-UK identity 2,191

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

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