Census Data

Devon: Ethnic group (detailed)

Location Type: Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E10000008

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Key Facts

All Residents 811,640
Male 394,040
Female 417,600
Households 352,619
Population Density (people/km2) 123.7
Table Codets022
Issued2022-11-29
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options288

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 (detailed): Total: All usual residents 811,635
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 11,848
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Afghan 303
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African unspecified 3
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: African Asian 9
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Anglo Indian 9
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Arab 20
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Asian British 59
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 980
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Black and Asian 3
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 3,315
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 4
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Filipino 1,374
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian or British Indian 2,854
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indonesian 72
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Iranian 57
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Japanese 241
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kashmiri 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Korean 159
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Kurdish 26
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Malaysian 114
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 30
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Mixed South Asian 5
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Myanmar or Burmese 53
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 295
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 107
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 89
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Middle East 26
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Mixed 33
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani or British Pakistani 499
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Punjabi 2
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sikh 1
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sinhalese 7
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Sri Lankan 297
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Taiwanese 32
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tajikistani/Kazakhstani/Kyrgystani/Turkmenistani/Uzbekistani 30
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Tamil 31
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Thai 462
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Turkish 35
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Vietnamese 144
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Any other ethnic group 67
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background 1,605
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: African unspecified 668
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Angolan 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Arab 9
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Black British 37
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cameroonian 8
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Cote D'Ivoire 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Democratic Republic of the Congo 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Eritrean 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ethiopian 17
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Gambian 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ghanaian 85
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Kenyan 61
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Malawian 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Mixed Black 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Moroccan 8
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Nigerian 372
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Black, Black unspecified 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other Mixed 1
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Other North African 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Portuguese 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sierra Leone 3
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somali 19
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Somalilander 2
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: South African 42
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Sudanese 8
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Tanzanian 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Ugandan 23
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zambian 17
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Zimbabwean 136
Black, Black British, Black Welsh of African background: Any other ethnic group 44
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background 869
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: African unspecified 36
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black and European 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black British 183
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Black/African American 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Caribbean 508
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 5
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Ghanaian 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 10
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Mixed Black 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Nigerian 4
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Black, Black unspecified 34
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Other Mixed 7
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 23
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Somali 0
Black, Black British, Black Welsh or Caribbean background: Any other ethnic group 38
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 10,963
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African unspecified 49
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African Asian 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: African/Arab 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Anglo Indian 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Arab 51
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Asian (unspecified) and European 11
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and Asian 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and European 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black and White (unspecified) 141
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Black British 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Brazilian 62
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean 17
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Caribbean Asian 24
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese 23
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and other Asian 7
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Chinese and White 52
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English 37
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 154
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black African 28
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and Black Caribbean 4
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European and North African or Middle Eastern 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 258
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Greek Cypriot 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Hispanic or Latin American 215
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Indian or British Indian 24
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Iranian 42
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Italian 13
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Jewish 30
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 44
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mexican 51
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Black 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed Irish 31
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed South Asian 1
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Mixed White 35
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Moroccan 10
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Middle East 25
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed 655
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other White, White unspecified 113
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Pakistani or British Pakistani 0
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Polynesian/Micronesian/Melanesian 79
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Portuguese 18
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South African 24
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South American 51
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: South Asian and European 12
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Spanish 9
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish 55
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Turkish Cypriot 5
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White African 15
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Arab 148
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian (unspecified) 4,118
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 1,395
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 2,163
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and East Asian 16
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and North African or Middle Eastern 139
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and South Asian 34
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White Caribbean 21
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Any other ethnic group 339
White 782,452
White: African unspecified 39
White: Albanian 65
White: Algerian 5
White: Arab 15
White: Argentinian 17
White: Armenian 19
White: Australian/New Zealander 699
White: Austrian 63
White: Belarusian 11
White: Belgian 75
White: Bosnian 10
White: Brazilian 73
White: Bulgarian 492
White: Colombian 11
White: Cornish 694
White: Croatian 33
White: Cypriot (part not stated) 17
White: Czech 164
White: Danish 97
White: Dutch 425
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 751,121
White: Estonian 37
White: European Mixed 6,078
White: Finnish 56
White: French 580
White: Georgian 14
White: German 973
White: Greek 313
White: Greek Cypriot 77
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 606
White: Hispanic or Latin American 142
White: Hungarian 417
White: Iranian 15
White: Irish 3,889
White: Israeli 13
White: Italian 649
White: Jewish 158
White: Kosovan 5
White: Kurdish 26
White: Latvian 315
White: Lithuanian 554
White: Maltese 51
White: Mixed Irish 282
White: Mixed White 36
White: Moldovan 10
White: North American 901
White: North Macedonian 11
White: Norwegian 74
White: Other Eastern European 979
White: Other Middle East 15
White: Other Mixed 279
White: Other North African 1
White: Other Traveller 147
White: Other White, White unspecified 1,168
White: Polish 3,914
White: Portuguese 472
White: Roma 481
White: Romanian 1,596
White: Russian 258
White: Serbian 23
White: Slovakian 251
White: Slovenian 15
White: South African 674
White: South American 21
White: Spanish 651
White: Swedish 198
White: Swiss 91
White: Turkish 193
White: Turkish Cypriot 5
White: Ukrainian 72
White: White African 293
White: White and North African or Middle Eastern 11
White: White Caribbean 12
White: Zimbabwean 36
White: Any other ethnic group 169
Other ethnic group 3,898
Other ethnic group: Afghan 46
Other ethnic group: African unspecified 10
Other ethnic group: African Asian 1
Other ethnic group: Albanian 4
Other ethnic group: Algerian 0
Other ethnic group: Arab 1,283
Other ethnic group: Armenian 11
Other ethnic group: Asian British 5
Other ethnic group: Bangladeshi, British Bangladeshi 4
Other ethnic group: Black and Asian 0
Other ethnic group: Brazilian 21
Other ethnic group: Bulgarian 20
Other ethnic group: Caribbean 2
Other ethnic group: Caribbean Asian 7
Other ethnic group: Chinese 60
Other ethnic group: Colombian 12
Other ethnic group: Cornish 63
Other ethnic group: Cypriot (part not stated) 2
Other ethnic group: Czech 3
Other ethnic group: East Asian/ East Asian unspecified 18
Other ethnic group: English 23
Other ethnic group: English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British 30
Other ethnic group: European Mixed, European unspecified, other European 251
Other ethnic group: Filipino 58
Other ethnic group: Greek 9
Other ethnic group: Greek Cypriot 28
Other ethnic group: Gypsy/Romany 7
Other ethnic group: Hispanic or Latin American 200
Other ethnic group: Indian or British Indian 15
Other ethnic group: Iranian 132
Other ethnic group: Italian 9
Other ethnic group: Japanese 19
Other ethnic group: Jewish 91
Other ethnic group: Kashmiri 1
Other ethnic group: Kurdish 144
Other ethnic group: Lithuanian 8
Other ethnic group: Mauritian/Seychellois/Maldivian/Sao Tomean/St Helenian 19
Other ethnic group: Mexican 16
Other ethnic group: Moroccan 1
Other ethnic group: Muslim 5
Other ethnic group: Nepali (includes Gurkha) 31
Other ethnic group: North African 36
Other ethnic group: Other Asian, Asian unspecified 54
Other ethnic group: Other Eastern European 31
Other ethnic group: Other Middle East 56
Other ethnic group: Other Mixed 53
Other ethnic group: Other White, White unspecified 48
Other ethnic group: Pakistani or British Pakistani 5
Other ethnic group: Polish 55
Other ethnic group: Polynesia/Micronesia/Melanesia 72
Other ethnic group: Portuguese 14
Other ethnic group: Punjabi 11
Other ethnic group: Roma 1
Other ethnic group: Romanian 45
Other ethnic group: Sikh 27
Other ethnic group: Slovakian 1
Other ethnic group: Somali 0
Other ethnic group: Somalilander 0
Other ethnic group: South American 31
Other ethnic group: Spanish 17
Other ethnic group: Sri Lankan 14
Other ethnic group: Tamil 14
Other ethnic group: Thai 6
Other ethnic group: Turkish 186
Other ethnic group: Turkish Cypriot 9
Other ethnic group: Vietnamese 11
Other ethnic group: White African 15
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 417

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