Census Data

Merseyside: Passports held

Location Type: Metropolitan Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E11000002

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Key Facts

All Residents 1,423,287
Male 690,711
Female 732,574
Households 620,902

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Metropolitan Counties. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Merseyside. They may not, therefore, be precisely accurate. Age-standardised statistics and population density are not available for aggregated datasets.

Table Codets005
Issued2022-12-13
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options27

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by passports held. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

All passports classifies a person according to the passport or passports they held at the time of the census. This included expired passports or travel documents people were entitled to renew. Where a person recorded having more than one passport, they were counted only once, categorised in the following priority order: 1. UK passport, 2. Irish passport, 3. Other passport.

Quality Statement

Where a person recorded having more than one passport, they were counted only once, categorised in the following priority order: 1. UK passport, 2. Irish passport, 3. Other passport. Only the first country written in “Other passport” was taken.

More information at the ONS website

Passports held: Total 1,423,292
Europe 1,200,500
Europe: United Kingdom 1,143,135
Europe: Ireland 9,046
Europe: Other Europe 48,319
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries 46,453
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: France 1,012
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Germany 1,178
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Italy 4,775
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Portugal 2,563
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Spain 2,903
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Lithuania 2,158
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Poland 12,787
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Romania 6,777
Europe: Other Europe: EU Member countries: Other EU countries 12,300
Europe: Other Europe: Rest of Europe 1,866
Europe: Other Europe: Rest of Europe: Turkey 753
Europe: Other Europe: Rest of Europe: Other Europe 1,113
Africa 4,883
Africa: North Africa 1,316
Africa: Central and Western Africa 2,313
Africa: South and Eastern Africa 1,254
Middle East and Asia 13,422
Middle East and Asia: Middle East 2,568
Middle East and Asia: Eastern Asia 3,741
Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia 5,379
Middle East and Asia: South-East Asia 1,710
Middle East and Asia: Central Asia 24
The Americas and the Caribbean 4,394
The Americas and the Caribbean: North America and the Caribbean 1,623
The Americas and the Caribbean: Central and South America 2,771
Antarctica and Oceania, including Australasia 494
British Overseas Territories 11
No passport held 199,588

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

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