Abbey Ward : Ethnic Group

Ethnic Group

Data cube chart.

Year Asian Black White Other
1991 426 Show data context 94 Show data context 1,148 Show data context 11 Show data context
2001 530 Show data context 196 Show data context 945 Show data context 116 Show data context
2011 1,442 Show data context 581 Show data context 936 Show data context 255 Show data context
2021 1,933 Show data context 576 Show data context 1,155 Show data context 292 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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This classification of industry is that used by the 2011 Census, and forms the basic for our standardisation of historical information on industrial structure. The modern data are a classification of workers by their employers' business and count them by their place of work. However, before 1951 they are counted by place of residence, and before 1921 workers have to be classified by their individual occupations. Here we break the numbers in each industry down by gender, but this is not possible with the 2011 dat...


a, only with the re-districted and re-classified historical statisics.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Abbey Ward through time | Historical Statistics on Birthplace & Religion | Ethnic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 05th June 2026