Luton Unitary Authority (UA) : Ethnic Group

Ethnic Group

Data cube chart.

Year Asian Black White Other
1991 24,079 Show data context 8,299 Show data context 137,153 Show data context 1,582 Show data context
2001 34,774 Show data context 11,721 Show data context 132,558 Show data context 5,364 Show data context
2011 60,952 Show data context 19,909 Show data context 110,881 Show data context 11,459 Show data context
2021 83,343 Show data context 22,741 Show data context 101,790 Show data context 17,419 Show data context
Date Source
1991 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Table S06 Ethnic group: Residents [100%])
2001 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (Ethnic Group (Table UV009), 16 way)
2011 Office for National Statistics, NOMIS - Official Census and Labour Market Statistics (All usual residents: Table KS201UK - Ethnic group)
2021 Office for National Statistics, ONS "Create a Custom Dataset" (All usual residents: Ethnic Group (20 way))

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The 1801 crop returns list differing crops for different parishes, so these data need to be treated with some care; a total of 63 crops or combinations of crops are listed, but many are very similar. Note that a great many parishes were missing from the data, and some additional parish names could not be identified, matched more than one parish within the named county, or lacked information on the county they were in. Nottinghamshire is completely missing. County totals include data for parishes that could not ...


be identified. The national total for England includes parishes with missing county information. The national total for England is also used as the total for England and Wales, to permit the web site to present comparisons with national totals, even though the returns contain no data on Wales.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Luton Unitary Authority (UA) through time | Historical Statistics on Birthplace & Religion | Ethnic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10188970/cube/ETHNICITY_4WAY

Date accessed: 03rd June 2026