Important information:
There is a new version of this dataset. View the latest version.

Dependent children by ethnic group of Household Reference Person by age

Summary

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usually resident dependent children in England and Wales by ethnic group of Household Reference Person and by age. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Variable and dataset information

Area type

Census 2021 statistics are published for a number of different geographies. These can be large, for example the whole of England, or small, for example an output area (OA), the lowest level of geography for which statistics are produced.

For higher levels of geography, more detailed statistics can be produced. When a lower level of geography is used, such as output areas (which have a minimum of 100 persons), the statistics produced have less detail. This is to protect the confidentiality of people and ensure that individuals or their characteristics cannot be identified.

Lower tier local authorities

Lower tier local authorities provide a range of local services. There are 309 lower tier local authorities in England made up of 181 non-metropolitan districts, 59 unitary authorities, 36 metropolitan districts and 33 London boroughs (including City of London). In Wales there are 22 local authorities made up of 22 unitary authorities.

Coverage

Census 2021 statistics are published for the whole of England and Wales. However, you can choose to filter areas by:

  • country - for example, Wales
  • region - for example, London
  • local authority - for example, Cornwall
  • health area – for example, Clinical Commissioning Group
  • statistical area - for example, MSOA or LSOA

Dependent child age

Counts dependent children and gives an age classification.

"Not applicable" applies to non-dependent children and adults.

Ethnic group of the Household Reference Person

Ethnic group of the Household Reference Person

Variables

Population type
All dependent children
Area type
Lower tier local authorities
Coverage
England and Wales
Dependent child age
6 Categories
  • Aged 0 to 2 years
  • Aged 3 to 4 years
  • Aged 5 to 11 years
  • Aged 12 to 15 years
  • Aged 16 to 18 years
  • Does not apply
Ethnic group of the Household Reference Person
8 Categories
  • Household reference person: Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh
  • Household reference person: Black, Black British, Black Welsh, Caribbean or African
  • Household reference person: Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
  • Household reference person: White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British
  • Household reference person: White: Irish
  • White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller, Roma or Other White
  • Household reference person: Other ethnic group
  • Does not apply

Get the data

Download the data in the following formats



Contact us

Protecting personal data

Sometimes we need to make changes to data if it is possible to identify individuals. This is known as statistical disclosure control.

In Census 2021, we:

  • swapped records (targeted record swapping), for example, if a household was likely to be identified in datasets because it has unusual characteristics, we swapped the record with a similar one from a nearby small area (very unusual households could be swapped with one in a nearby local authority)
  • added small changes to some counts (cell key perturbation), for example, we might change a count of four to a three or a five – this might make small differences between tables depending on how the data are broken down when we applied perturbation

Read more in Section 5 of our article Design for Census 2021.

Version history

Release date Reason for update
Version superseded
Original release

Dataset link

Bookmark or copy the link to return to this dataset

Share this dataset