Census Data

Lancing and Sompting: Ethnic group

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63006542

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Key Facts

All Residents 28,378
Male 13,793
Female 14,592
Households 12,387

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Lancing and Sompting. 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 28,393
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 628
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi 131
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 157
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian 135
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani 52
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian 153
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African 224
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African 154
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Caribbean 37
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Other Black 33
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 572
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian 205
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 113
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 124
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 130
White 26,781
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 25,646
White: Irish 196
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 66
White: Roma 12
White: Other White 861
Other ethnic group 188
Other ethnic group: Arab 76
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 112

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

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