Census Data

Folkestone: Ethnic group

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63005914

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Key Facts

All Residents 53,217
Male 26,214
Female 27,006
Households 23,544

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Folkestone. 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 53,264
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 3,539
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi 154
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 221
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian 317
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani 171
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian 2,676
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African 501
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African 299
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Caribbean 135
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Other Black 67
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1,382
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian 430
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 216
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 359
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 377
White 46,932
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 43,620
White: Irish 373
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 56
White: Roma 114
White: Other White 2,769
Other ethnic group 910
Other ethnic group: Arab 99
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 811

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

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