Census Data

Witham: Ethnic group

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63004312

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Key Facts

All Residents 28,230
Male 13,702
Female 14,523
Households 12,018

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Witham. 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 28,211
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh 727
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi 45
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese 85
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian 231
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Pakistani 48
Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Other Asian 318
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African 576
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: African 367
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Caribbean 136
Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African: Other Black 73
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 758
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian 208
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African 100
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean 248
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 202
White 25,907
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British 24,596
White: Irish 181
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller 19
White: Roma 16
White: Other White 1,095
Other ethnic group 243
Other ethnic group: Arab 44
Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group 199

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

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