Census Data

Abertawe (Swansea): Ethnic group

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: W45000491

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Key Facts

All Residents 173,886
Male 86,572
Female 87,279
Households 76,014

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Swansea. 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 173,864
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 9,854
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi 2,819
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 1,799
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian 2,057
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani 859
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian 2,320
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African 2,765
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African 2,217
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Caribbean 214
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Other Black 334
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 3,214
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian 1,074
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 585
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 535
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 1,020
White 154,820
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 146,554
White: Irish 881
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 63
White: Roma 102
White: Other White 7,220
Other ethnic group 3,211
Other ethnic group: Arab 1,515
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 1,696

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

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