Census Data

Penzance: Ethnic group

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63007065

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Key Facts

All Residents 15,719
Male 7,638
Female 8,079
Households 7,944

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Penzance. 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 15,717
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 137
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi 12
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 43
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian 17
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian 64
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African 31
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African 18
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Caribbean 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Other Black 3
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 269
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian 94
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 38
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 67
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 70
White 15,092
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 14,474
White: Irish 84
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 7
White: Roma 6
White: Other White 521
Other ethnic group 188
Other ethnic group: Arab 11
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 177

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

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