Custom dataset
Variables
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Population type
- All usual residents
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Area type
- England and Wales
- Change Area type
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Coverage
- England and Wales
- Change Coverage
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Country of birth
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13 categories
- Europe: United Kingdom: England
- Europe: United Kingdom: Northern Ireland
- Europe: United Kingdom: Scotland
- Europe: United Kingdom: Great Britain not otherwise specified
- Europe: United Kingdom: United Kingdom not otherwise specified
- Europe: Ireland
- The Americas and the Caribbean
- Antarctica and Oceania (including Australasia)
- Does not apply
- Change Country of birth
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Ethnic group
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20 categories
- Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Bangladeshi
- Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Chinese
- Asian, Asian British or Asian Welsh: Indian
- Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Asian
- Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black African
- Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean
- Other ethnic group: Arab
- Other ethnic group: Any other ethnic group
- Does not apply
- Change Ethnic group
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National identity
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9 categories
- British only identity
- Welsh only identity
- Welsh and British only identity
- English only identity
- English and British only identity
- Any other combination of only UK identities
- Non-UK identity only
- UK identity and non-UK identity
- Does not apply
- Change National identity
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.
England and Wales
Data for both England and Wales.
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
Country of birth
The country in which a person was born.
For people not born in one of the four countries of the UK or the Republic of Ireland, there was an option to select "elsewhere".
People who selected "elsewhere" were asked to write in the current name for their country of birth.
Ethnic group
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.
National identity
Someone’s national identity is a self-determined assessment of their own identity, it could be the country or countries where they feel they belong or think of as home. It is not dependent on ethnic group or citizenship.
Respondents could select more than one national identity.