Wales Ethnicity

In the 2021 survey people will be given several options about identity.

Wales ethnicity. How the groups were chosen. See statistics on the population of england and wales broken down by ethnicity. In wales the first option in the white broad category is changed so that welsh appears first in the list followed by english scottish northern irish and british. Calls have been made for the next census to include the specific ethnic groups black welsh and asian welsh.

Ethnic group unitary authorities in wales accessed 23 december 2012 religion. There was criticism the 2021 census only lets white people tick a box to record welsh ethnicity. According to the 2011 census there was a decrease of 14 percentage points in the number of welsh residents describing themselves as christian since 2001 when it had been cited by 2 1 million 72 residents. Black asian and minority ethnic.

From a geopolitical perspective the countries that fall within the typical ireland scotland wales dna ethnicity region are only ireland northern ireland scotland and wales. Ireland is a separate independent country. Any other ethnic group. The small number of ethnic minority groups in wales means analysis is often limited to the categories of white and non white.

Cymru and people of welsh ancestry perceiving themselves or being perceived as sharing a cultural heritage and shared ancestral origins wales is one of the four countries of the united kingdom the majority of people living in wales are british citizens. Ethnicity population estimates are calculated by combining birth and death registration data together with estimates of international migration and internal migration within uk flows to calculate estimates for the usually resident population of each area as at 30 june each year. This qualitative study of poverty and ethnicity in wales focuses on the experiences of people from five ethnic groups bangladeshi pakistani polish somali and white british welsh living in a large city the north wales coast the south wales valleys or the countryside.