Census 2001 Ethnic Codes
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[edit] UK Ethnic Group coding
New ONS United Kingdom Census 2001 - Ethnic categories. The detailed framework of ethnic coding, is given below.
CODE and DESCRIPTION
WHITE
- 01 British
- 02 Irish
- 03 English
- 04 Scottish
- 05 Welsh
- 06 Cornish
- 07 Cypriot (part not stated)
- 08 Greek (including Greek Cypriot)
- 09 Turkish (including Turkish Cypriot)
- 10 Mediterranean (including Italian, Portuguese and Spanish)
- 11 All Republics which made up the former Yugoslavia
- 12 All Republics which made up the former USSR
- 13 Other White European
- 14 Irish Traveller
- 15 Jewish
- 19 Other White, Mixed White, White Unspecified
MIXED
- 21 White and Black Caribbean
- 22 White and Black African
- 23 White and Asian
- 24 Black and Asian
- 25 Black and Chinese
- 26 Black and White
- 27 Chinese and White
- 28 Asian and Chinese
- 29 Other Mixed, Mixed Unspecified
ASIAN
- 41 Indian or British Indian
- 42 Pakistani or British Pakistani
- 43 Bangladeshi or British Bangladeshi
- 44 Mixed Asian
- 45 Hindu
- 46 Moslem
- 47 Sikh
- 48 Punjabi
- 49 Kashmiri
- 50 East African Asian
- 51 Other Asian, British Asian, Asian Unspecified
BLACK
- 61 Caribbean
- 62 African
- 63 Mixed Black
- 64 Somali
- 65 Other Black, Black British, Black Unspecified
CHINESE OR OTHER
WHITE GROUP
1 British, Mixed British
2 Irish
3 English
4 Scottish
5 Welsh
38 Northern Irish
6 Cornish
7 Cypriot (part not stated)
8 Greek
9 Greek Cypriot
10 Turkish
11 Turkish Cypriot
12 Italian
13 Irish Traveller
14 Traveller
15 Gypsy/ Romany
16 Polish
17 All republics which made up the former USSR
18 Kosovan
19 Albanian
31 Bosnian
32 Croatian
33 Serbian
34 Other republics which made up the former Yugoslavia
36 Mixed white
37 Other white European, European unspecified, European mixed
39 Other white, white unspecified
MIXED GROUPS
21 White and Black Caribbean
22 White and Black African
23 White and Asian
24 Black and Asian
25 Black and Chinese
26 Black and White
27 Chinese and White
28 Asian and Chinese
29 Other Mixed, Mixed Unspecified
ASIAN or ASIAN BRITISH GROUP
41 Indian or British Indian
42 Pakistani or British Pakistani
43 Bangladeshi or British Bangladeshi
44 Mixed Asian
45 Punjabi
46 Kashmiri
47 East African Asian
48 Sri Lanka
49 Tamil
50 Sinhalese
51 British Asian
57 Caribbean Asian
59 Other Asian, Asian unspecified
BLACK or BLACK BRITISH GROUP
61 Caribbean
62 African
63 Somali
64 Mixed Black
65 Nigerian
66 Black British
69 Other Black, Black unspecified
OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS
81 Chinese
84 Vietnamese
85 Japanese
86 Filipino
87 Malaysian
89 Any Other Group
NOT STATED
99 Not stated
[edit] 2001 Census Ethnic results
The 2001 Census results on ethnicity and religion show that 87.5 per cent of the population of England and Wales (seven out of eight people) gave their ethnic group as White British. The highest proportions describing themselves as White British were in the North East, Wales and the South West (all over 95 per cent). 87% of the population of England and 96% of the population of Wales gave their ethnic origin as "White British". There were two Census questions in 2001 on the topic of ethnicity.
1. "What is your country of birth?" with tick box options of: England; Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland; Republic of Ireland and Elsewhere.
2. Ethnic Group. A change from the 1991 survey was that people could tick "mixed" for the first time. It asked "What is your ethnic group? People were asked to select one section from A to E, then tick the appropriate box to indicate their cultural background.
- A White. Tick box options of: British; Irish or Any other White background.
- B Mixed. Tick box options of: White and Black Caribbean; White and Black African; White and Asian or any other Mixed background.
- C Asian or Asian British. Tick box options of: Indian; Pakistani; Bangladeshi; Any other Asian background.
- D Black or Black British. Tick box options of: Caribbean; African; Any other Black background.
- E Chinese or other ethnic group. Tick box options of: Chinese; Any other.
[edit] Proposed changes to the 2011 Census regarding "Ethnic Group"
There have been widespread calls for the 2011 national census to include extra tick boxes so people can identify their ethnic group in category A as Welsh, English and Cornish[1] [2] (at present the tick boxes only include British, Irish or any other. Although people could record their individual nationalities in the United Kingdom Census 2001, there was no provision for a tick box so that people could clearly identify as part of these ethnic groups. By not having this option in the survey there have been some claims of racial discrimination against these groups.
[edit] See also
- Ethnic groups of the United Kingdom
- Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities
- United Kingdom Census 2001
- Demographics of England from the 2001 United Kingdom census
[edit] References
- ^ Fight goes on to include Cornish ethnicity and language in Census 2011 options
- ^ Cornish ethnicity data from the 2001 Census
[edit] External links
- Cornish demand tick box for 2011 Census
- 418,000 write in 'Welsh' on 2001 Census form
- The Office for National Statistics on ethnic group statistics (pdf)
- Commission for Racial Equality
- 2011 Census tick-box for "English" and "Cornish" national identities
- Census chiefs set to record Welsh identity tick box
- UK National Identities
- Census to gauge national identity (BBC)
- ONS Census 2001 - Ethnicity and religion in England and Wales
 British Census: White British |
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| Native inhabitants | Anglo-Irish • Brython • Cornish • English • Gael • Irish/Irish Traveller • Scottish • Welsh |
| Immigrants | Australian • French • German/German-Briton • Greek • Italian • Spanish • Polish • Russian |
