Bridgwater Built-up Area : Ethnic Group

Ethnic Group

Data cube chart.

Year Asian Black White Other
1991 75 Show data context 45 Show data context 29,150 Show data context 55 Show data context
2001 163 Show data context 56 Show data context 34,589 Show data context 164 Show data context
2011 336 Show data context 59 Show data context 39,331 Show data context 451 Show data context
2021 1,169 Show data context 264 Show data context 45,218 Show data context 1,108 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 Ministry of Labour's Labour Gazette provided monthly statistics on the number of people unemployed in selected towns and 'districts', from 1945 onwards (although the Ministry and the Gazette changed their names periodically). Unfortunately the number of persons insured was not included in the same reports, so it is not easy to compute rates. As well as the total number unemployed, a simple breakdown was provided by age and sex, and that is presented here. The age division was into those over and unde...


r 18, and those under 18 were categorised by sex only between 1955 and 1960, so we present the full run of data here in terms of just three categories.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Bridgwater Built-up Area through time | Historical Statistics on Birthplace & Religion | Ethnic Group, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 01st August 2026