Country of birth (detailed)

Summary

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

Following analysis after publishing topic summaries data, we released data at extra geography levels for some datasets.

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

Country of birth

The country in which a person was born.

For people not born in one of in the four parts of the UK, there was an option to select "elsewhere".

People who selected "elsewhere" were asked to write in the current name for their country of birth.

Variables

Population type
All usual residents
Area type
Lower tier local authorities
Coverage
England and Wales
Country of birth
60 Categories
  • Europe: United Kingdom: England
  • Europe: United Kingdom: Northern Ireland
  • Europe: United Kingdom: Scotland
  • Europe: United Kingdom: Wales
  • Europe: United Kingdom: Great Britain not otherwise specified
  • Europe: United Kingdom: United Kingdom not otherwise specified
  • Europe: Other Europe: EU countries: Member countries in March 2001: Ireland
  • Europe: Other Europe: EU countries: Member countries in March 2001: France
  • Europe: Other Europe: EU countries: Member countries in March 2001: Germany
  • Europe: Other Europe: EU countries: Member countries in March 2001: Italy
  • Europe: Other Europe: EU countries: Member countries in March 2001: Portugal (including Madeira and the Azores)
  • Europe: Other Europe: EU countries: Member countries in March 2001: Spain (including Canary Islands)
  • Europe: Other Europe: EU countries: Member countries in March 2001: Other member countries in March 2001
  • Europe: Other Europe: EU countries: Countries that joined the EU between April 2001 and March 2011: Lithuania
  • Europe: Other Europe: EU countries: Countries that joined the EU between April 2001 and March 2011: Poland
  • Europe: Other Europe: EU countries: Countries that joined the EU between April 2001 and March 2011: Romania
  • Europe: Other Europe: EU countries: Countries that joined the EU between April 2001 and March 2011: Other EU countries
  • Europe: Other Europe: EU countries: Countries that joined the EU between April 2011 and March 2021: Croatia
  • Europe: Other Europe: Rest of Europe: Turkey
  • Europe: Other Europe: Rest of Europe: Other Europe
  • Africa: North Africa
  • Africa: Central and Western Africa: Ghana
  • Africa: Central and Western Africa: Nigeria
  • Africa: Central and Western Africa: Other Central and Western Africa
  • Africa: South and Eastern Africa: Kenya
  • Africa: South and Eastern Africa: Somalia
  • Africa: South and Eastern Africa: South Africa
  • Africa: South and Eastern Africa: Zimbabwe
  • Africa: South and Eastern Africa: Other South and Eastern Africa
  • Africa: Africa not otherwise specified
  • Middle East and Asia: Middle East: Iran
  • Middle East and Asia: Middle East: Iraq
  • Middle East and Asia: Middle East: Other Middle East
  • Middle East and Asia: Eastern Asia: China
  • Middle East and Asia: Eastern Asia: Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)
  • Middle East and Asia: Eastern Asia: Other Eastern Asia
  • Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia: Afghanistan
  • Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia: India
  • Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia: Pakistan
  • Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia: Bangladesh
  • Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia: Sri Lanka
  • Middle East and Asia: Southern Asia: Other Southern Asia
  • Middle East and Asia: South-East Asia: Philippines
  • Middle East and Asia: South-East Asia: Malaysia
  • Middle East and Asia: South-East Asia: Singapore
  • Middle East and Asia: South-East Asia: Other South-East Asia
  • Middle East and Asia: Central Asia
  • The Americas and the Caribbean: North America: United States
  • The Americas and the Caribbean: North America: Canada
  • The Americas and the Caribbean: North America: Other North America
  • The Americas and the Caribbean: Central America: All Central American countries
  • The Americas and the Caribbean: South America: All South American countries
  • The Americas and the Caribbean: The Caribbean: Jamaica
  • The Americas and the Caribbean: The Caribbean: Other Caribbean
  • Antarctica and Oceania: Australasia: Australia
  • Antarctica and Oceania: Australasia: New Zealand
  • Antarctica and Oceania: Australasia: Other Australasia
  • Antarctica and Oceania: Other Oceania and Antarctica
  • Other
  • Does not apply
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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.

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