National identity by council, Census 2021

Usual residents of each of England's and Wales's 318 councils by national identity, Census 2021, from the ONS Census API (its “National identity (17 categories)”).

British only identity, highest: Birmingham

721,108

Census Day, 21 March 2021

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:16 UTC

National identity by council, Census 2021

Source: Office for National Statistics (Census 2021). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

318 rows

Area	British only identity	English only identity	English and British only identity	Welsh only identity	Welsh and British only identity	Scottish only identity	Scottish and British only identity	Northern Irish only identity	Northern Irish and British only identity	Cornish only identity	Cornish and British only identity	Any other combination of only UK identities	Irish only identity	Irish and at least one UK identity	Other identity only	Other identity and at least one UK identity
Birmingham E08000025	721,108	119,732	110,753	2,823	1,199	2,161	947	1,730	459	57	12	1,424	9,158	1,488	146,341	25,527
Leeds E08000035	479,668	102,164	124,711	1,630	733	3,592	1,512	1,556	516	50	5	1,371	3,710	965	75,655	14,114
North Yorkshire E06000065	360,632	104,314	109,995	1,535	762	4,528	2,162	737	423	46	9	970	1,370	426	21,774	5,811
Bradford E08000032	355,729	62,567	65,835	557	255	1,558	591	484	179	12	2	558	1,187	265	46,783	9,849
Buckinghamshire E06000060	325,591	85,888	74,602	2,060	1,118	2,432	1,551	743	390	106	6	1,248	3,597	787	40,535	12,426
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025	319,878	79,703	89,721	1,109	527	1,539	694	561	246	37	13	877	1,453	596	49,402	10,165
Somerset E06000066	311,650	107,287	103,407	3,661	1,520	2,193	1,098	598	338	275	52	1,255	1,500	453	29,556	6,708
County Durham E06000047	311,459	85,933	100,898	705	340	2,670	1,151	552	273	24	2	704	736	287	12,644	3,690
Manchester E08000003	310,709	48,800	56,401	2,310	891	2,401	903	1,947	456	46	11	1,221	6,175	990	103,748	14,929
Cornwall E06000052	297,322	90,096	53,793	3,815	940	2,629	707	605	224	79,938	9,032	8,084	1,353	434	16,606	4,727
Wiltshire E06000054	293,542	86,617	85,092	3,927	1,972	2,682	1,611	753	525	181	38	1,476	1,350	468	23,069	7,035
Liverpool E08000012	284,327	60,220	71,841	2,952	998	1,365	462	2,845	692	30	5	803	4,134	654	47,571	7,191
Kirklees E08000034	273,858	61,261	63,177	596	237	1,390	530	456	160	10	2	419	1,175	302	24,022	5,620
Bristol, City of E06000023	262,435	54,627	66,925	5,654	2,565	1,823	936	793	351	363	64	1,883	2,498	947	56,261	14,342
Croydon E09000008	239,761	36,468	29,288	672	331	1,010	474	446	143	21	6	519	3,067	538	64,741	13,235
Cheshire East E06000049	230,803	64,628	69,180	2,136	1,046	1,869	1,052	537	254	23	2	776	1,384	344	20,102	4,634
Barnet E09000003	230,264	26,190	25,430	656	323	961	505	510	145	14	4	404	4,628	747	81,106	17,457
West Northamptonshire E06000062	222,620	75,580	59,948	1,429	587	2,033	821	636	222	40	6	709	2,324	382	51,631	6,757
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	218,163	68,117	62,097	1,793	831	1,755	852	440	197	104	16	747	1,450	395	35,895	7,344
Dorset E06000059	215,286	77,066	64,261	1,853	862	1,682	869	390	215	178	30	734	988	266	10,980	3,917
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	208,517	53,705	62,698	5,092	2,287	1,559	914	694	323	22	3	1,029	1,567	348	14,655	3,736
Ealing E09000009	206,128	19,270	16,784	810	447	990	515	606	158	28	5	430	5,508	693	97,641	17,101
Leicester E06000016	205,602	30,171	30,309	497	183	758	264	316	93	11	3	415	1,078	216	87,659	10,996
Wakefield E08000036	204,416	57,326	65,616	507	196	1,283	514	273	103	8	0	327	542	94	18,883	3,282
Enfield E09000010	203,574	26,016	17,669	392	178	602	246	348	103	14	7	317	3,500	560	64,995	11,461
Wirral E08000015	200,663	47,652	54,259	1,624	653	1,070	454	571	198	16	1	579	1,413	342	8,248	2,455
Northumberland E06000057	199,900	47,444	57,808	477	218	3,989	1,734	346	196	17	2	520	528	198	5,209	1,983
Newham E09000025	197,995	14,502	12,010	382	198	540	284	272	82	17	6	211	1,548	231	109,739	13,016
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	197,518	64,215	64,454	643	285	1,557	741	286	141	12	2	369	597	150	8,842	2,400
Sandwell E08000028	195,468	51,967	40,286	408	160	358	131	202	68	6	1	204	862	169	46,170	5,372
Redbridge E09000026	194,730	19,769	14,864	296	163	450	214	290	76	15	3	208	1,945	279	66,168	10,791
Brent E09000005	192,958	11,885	10,330	373	199	576	314	529	107	20	4	255	6,033	512	100,094	15,628
Bromley E09000006	190,389	52,238	38,571	800	399	1,263	688	457	160	23	5	539	2,918	607	30,998	9,933
Wigan E08000010	190,146	57,903	62,978	628	224	836	328	317	121	17	0	274	769	120	12,669	1,999
North Northamptonshire E06000061	188,558	66,852	53,767	960	419	4,019	1,469	460	173	23	3	705	1,520	268	35,106	5,221
Coventry E08000026	183,330	44,507	41,274	1,067	448	1,391	537	674	164	27	5	509	3,177	477	59,709	8,028
Lambeth E09000022	182,911	17,683	22,233	1,246	662	1,898	1,023	839	288	53	11	873	4,645	949	67,869	14,468
Shropshire E06000051	180,564	59,995	54,816	6,789	2,601	1,304	623	445	238	44	7	1,373	978	227	10,821	2,779
Tower Hamlets E09000030	179,775	14,755	14,787	697	345	1,183	583	527	179	37	11	408	2,582	496	79,526	14,410
Wandsworth E09000032	178,256	21,979	29,010	1,401	823	1,947	1,366	880	373	59	7	1,040	5,636	942	66,697	17,090
Lewisham E09000023	177,196	22,231	21,003	784	415	1,396	642	552	194	48	42	600	3,317	847	57,699	13,587
Stockport E08000007	176,297	48,727	46,405	985	423	1,320	629	607	211	12	3	516	2,103	453	12,112	3,969
Hillingdon E09000017	175,601	33,705	21,969	518	230	665	310	347	84	14	4	301	3,417	433	58,456	9,855
Bolton E08000001	174,855	43,323	43,301	418	199	802	316	294	106	5	4	239	962	145	27,155	3,842
Dudley E08000027	174,713	73,578	57,084	763	315	518	203	183	74	13	2	350	621	139	12,502	2,429
Nottingham E06000018	174,341	42,266	41,969	786	389	1,113	417	466	163	17	4	739	1,519	398	51,378	7,668
Southwark E09000028	174,100	20,439	20,144	924	524	1,589	831	692	278	40	18	713	3,945	841	67,840	14,719
Sefton E08000014	172,535	43,536	45,271	770	290	1,067	457	479	126	8	0	343	1,180	263	10,905	2,003
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	172,289	33,173	48,109	474	213	2,073	927	1,045	386	16	2	687	1,198	346	33,352	5,835
Doncaster E08000017	172,225	51,214	56,924	532	175	1,536	575	242	96	19	2	308	529	100	20,999	2,632
Sunderland E08000024	165,136	43,657	53,693	223	83	985	371	213	98	5	2	173	303	69	7,719	1,439
Waltham Forest E09000031	165,025	21,073	16,990	553	251	976	396	384	123	39	2	418	2,679	556	58,252	10,710
South Gloucestershire E06000025	163,084	47,155	50,087	2,976	1,499	936	479	261	148	113	25	798	822	215	17,398	4,426
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	162,780	58,076	45,649	960	417	1,329	682	308	175	33	9	481	1,996	313	16,884	4,155
Walsall E08000030	160,534	52,560	43,042	440	190	346	137	130	64	2	0	210	661	131	22,334	3,342
Brighton and Hove E06000043	159,825	31,540	34,828	1,137	451	1,511	636	590	224	97	14	826	2,303	707	32,917	9,497
Cumberland E06000063	159,341	45,738	52,181	536	232	3,382	1,357	340	165	9	4	447	454	110	7,200	1,758
Milton Keynes E06000042	158,075	40,676	34,267	799	349	1,631	682	422	138	26	7	438	1,844	271	39,784	7,649
Medway E06000035	158,035	52,491	41,923	534	204	833	345	261	95	18	2	313	1,196	195	19,590	3,739
Greenwich E09000011	157,830	28,727	22,669	637	350	1,109	456	495	177	31	4	460	2,822	539	60,609	12,154
Harrow E09000015	157,374	14,528	11,160	332	156	378	249	244	57	5	2	202	3,459	413	60,608	12,038
Hounslow E09000018	156,903	21,507	14,987	431	234	737	376	333	98	16	5	282	2,585	409	77,811	11,468
Hackney E09000012	156,533	12,930	14,257	719	398	1,530	577	660	157	34	10	554	3,710	741	53,989	12,350
Rotherham E08000018	154,085	48,223	49,188	329	124	778	296	120	53	6	1	204	355	83	10,168	1,797
Plymouth E06000026	151,509	43,806	45,648	1,456	567	1,364	586	353	164	812	114	599	569	186	14,021	2,940
Haringey E09000014	147,884	12,865	14,023	676	349	1,182	581	516	173	34	12	468	3,575	696	67,844	13,360
Oldham E08000004	147,724	36,738	31,756	273	97	583	238	262	99	4	0	178	766	136	19,792	3,441
Wolverhampton E08000031	147,667	40,748	32,342	547	194	361	170	224	59	3	2	270	732	122	36,169	4,119
Salford E08000006	147,221	38,599	40,284	960	418	1,158	384	706	214	8	2	421	1,812	260	32,908	4,567
Trafford E08000009	145,913	30,617	31,396	763	407	1,068	486	613	203	16	3	407	2,703	523	14,966	4,965
Derby E06000015	143,065	42,583	36,390	552	283	984	413	335	116	16	3	351	1,093	217	30,048	4,917
Havering E09000016	143,039	53,664	31,682	343	148	494	219	211	67	14	3	207	1,886	228	25,232	4,615
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	141,624	41,123	52,434	253	93	778	266	163	68	6	1	208	269	74	26,655	3,000
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	141,300	46,186	43,883	597	222	586	218	211	80	12	0	328	383	90	21,322	2,951
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025	137,612	44,081	48,522	325	163	724	242	133	52	4	4	180	281	80	10,644	1,526
Bexley E09000004	136,567	47,557	29,086	408	146	539	246	243	59	11	4	250	1,636	256	23,888	5,572
Rochdale E08000005	135,768	33,768	30,571	339	126	614	241	354	90	0	1	175	1,052	136	17,848	2,691
Tameside E08000008	134,231	41,702	37,168	382	151	671	251	249	84	6	1	276	789	153	12,539	2,418
East Suffolk E07000244	133,670	51,656	47,338	565	254	1,086	561	200	94	25	8	395	589	143	7,212	2,260
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	132,873	38,658	40,912	545	282	1,867	804	302	150	12	5	421	402	105	7,253	2,001
Luton E06000032	131,448	20,872	14,418	248	83	732	255	312	66	6	2	193	3,087	246	46,886	6,410
North Tyneside E08000022	131,431	29,843	36,015	267	102	1,682	616	346	164	14	2	270	477	109	5,851	1,778
Southampton E06000045	131,193	31,714	35,606	860	381	839	391	370	147	67	8	485	990	287	39,048	6,537
Solihull E08000029	127,926	39,478	32,866	719	396	637	322	295	102	9	6	271	1,777	298	8,378	2,759
Calderdale E08000033	126,507	32,964	33,076	392	144	820	322	258	92	8	2	274	735	151	8,621	2,265
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	124,319	22,052	13,685	106	47	214	63	120	24	4	0	115	921	108	51,201	5,890
North Somerset E06000024	123,321	36,706	36,961	2,284	1,050	898	498	219	112	74	16	573	683	218	10,351	2,763
Warrington E06000007	122,919	32,590	37,412	826	369	904	418	297	137	6	1	296	764	175	11,444	2,419
Swindon E06000030	121,695	36,458	34,435	1,293	606	958	475	262	136	49	8	470	884	183	30,813	4,682
Sutton E09000029	118,340	31,232	21,799	446	195	572	305	224	92	12	5	258	1,847	331	26,381	7,600
Merton E09000024	118,220	18,142	16,054	582	366	739	486	406	121	21	6	393	2,802	511	45,754	10,582
Gateshead E08000037	117,776	29,836	35,006	179	80	1,184	400	272	105	3	0	186	424	120	9,023	1,560
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	117,266	31,864	37,907	228	120	928	416	166	89	6	0	237	287	56	5,728	1,296
Islington E09000019	116,684	15,493	14,720	694	369	1,417	657	647	178	32	6	517	4,321	751	48,452	11,651
Portsmouth E06000044	116,370	31,450	31,477	825	287	905	427	243	113	32	7	336	602	155	21,101	3,672
Bury E08000002	115,132	31,004	29,582	421	183	785	330	378	120	4	1	245	1,197	211	12,109	2,149
York E06000014	114,321	28,948	36,521	623	298	1,369	701	337	183	19	7	571	648	331	13,933	4,012
Camden E09000007	112,673	12,389	12,872	606	331	990	540	439	145	28	4	431	3,159	577	52,322	12,629
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	110,773	19,335	19,900	890	578	1,139	740	468	183	37	3	623	3,031	592	27,700	9,286
Peterborough E06000031	110,438	30,711	24,444	447	188	949	411	240	104	14	3	274	643	121	41,804	4,883
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	108,927	27,442	32,279	2,024	882	741	498	296	160	120	16	696	778	299	13,828	4,428
St. Helens E08000013	108,435	30,994	35,116	405	161	476	170	192	63	6	0	173	561	90	5,387	1,021
Colchester E07000071	106,398	31,990	31,708	442	195	813	414	247	112	19	3	337	877	186	15,409	3,564
Bedford E06000055	104,437	28,312	21,841	524	206	717	306	258	94	23	3	284	1,003	219	22,750	4,248
Charnwood E07000130	104,104	33,466	28,799	698	294	715	313	206	114	26	0	389	578	157	10,904	3,202
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	103,344	32,719	30,303	1,259	468	811	381	285	134	26	6	378	423	81	13,004	1,919
Wokingham E06000041	103,273	24,665	25,191	838	569	847	545	210	140	30	5	436	965	238	14,213	5,338
Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	102,635	29,841	30,406	789	447	845	485	211	108	45	10	420	740	209	14,466	3,494
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	102,556	32,496	30,733	4,130	1,610	787	391	184	103	29	5	756	382	139	10,577	2,157
Westminster E09000033	102,517	10,541	9,807	412	243	706	440	320	113	21	5	361	2,185	401	63,993	12,172
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	101,519	33,968	28,090	367	124	637	262	190	56	5	0	176	919	172	11,761	2,438
New Forest E07000091	101,079	34,902	29,333	851	367	739	391	180	79	49	8	353	442	132	5,049	1,831
Chelmsford E07000070	100,790	34,337	29,350	427	178	558	325	201	97	10	3	275	968	208	10,905	2,891
Basildon E07000066	100,068	40,469	31,199	312	117	457	207	126	47	4	1	193	804	126	11,200	2,240
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	99,622	18,757	19,807	153	67	702	242	215	52	1	1	166	350	44	12,453	2,102
Huntingdonshire E07000011	98,790	34,289	27,875	656	301	1,103	510	210	120	31	1	367	646	189	13,021	2,724
Maidstone E07000110	97,489	32,366	26,523	446	159	508	247	145	68	32	6	222	611	147	14,188	2,624
Knowsley E08000011	97,192	22,419	27,572	266	94	263	101	218	59	2	2	110	488	72	4,792	870
Slough E06000039	96,373	11,000	8,248	183	91	278	124	103	22	9	0	98	739	101	35,721	5,408
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	95,048	12,259	12,397	536	273	923	544	430	150	16	5	432	3,094	453	45,950	10,647
North Lincolnshire E06000013	94,143	30,369	30,633	380	128	920	335	205	65	5	0	166	278	52	10,683	1,318
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	93,898	17,586	16,136	539	309	634	360	272	145	28	10	386	1,593	373	28,392	7,403
Thurrock E06000034	93,841	33,626	22,967	204	92	334	110	143	26	3	2	126	755	94	20,903	2,772
Wealden E07000065	92,690	31,684	25,701	478	201	591	343	166	77	13	3	263	562	159	5,255	1,968
South Tyneside E08000023	91,155	23,072	27,963	136	54	638	218	98	43	5	1	91	173	57	3,357	713
West Berkshire E06000037	91,003	26,216	26,880	896	472	833	479	198	111	30	8	444	823	219	9,622	3,214
Mid Sussex E07000228	89,130	24,757	23,506	450	198	723	391	172	85	22	6	317	852	217	8,773	2,968
Arun E07000224	88,866	34,822	26,136	473	212	636	257	159	65	23	14	265	532	133	10,367	1,929
South Cambridgeshire E07000012	88,842	24,498	24,209	510	339	875	580	238	160	38	5	438	826	279	14,544	5,736
Dacorum E07000096	88,656	26,727	22,155	423	244	655	315	184	103	12	3	288	1,132	252	10,889	3,045
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	88,267	21,045	18,612	800	422	911	556	281	121	30	8	438	1,312	235	15,685	4,773
Reading E06000038	88,050	18,525	19,642	839	426	625	345	250	91	46	8	421	1,382	226	36,635	6,714
West Suffolk E07000245	87,984	35,665	28,063	492	171	844	348	232	88	9	1	277	724	136	22,299	2,616
Cherwell E07000177	87,921	25,880	22,698	728	378	802	384	222	104	33	5	421	698	187	16,981	3,572
Canterbury E07000106	87,391	27,778	23,965	393	188	618	265	255	112	34	2	331	715	268	11,778	3,333
St Albans E07000240	87,330	19,544	19,949	550	351	729	509	239	137	12	4	455	1,699	411	11,613	4,635
Reigate and Banstead E07000211	87,193	24,580	20,792	457	250	562	326	197	84	16	2	301	986	222	11,674	3,203
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	86,829	29,523	31,727	250	77	601	245	109	45	7	0	142	183	30	6,269	931
Preston E07000123	86,698	17,634	21,938	319	132	736	302	337	107	6	3	218	582	104	16,280	2,440
Horsham E07000227	85,218	25,156	23,609	475	267	696	356	165	92	23	9	316	687	158	7,083	2,467
Braintree E07000067	85,076	33,722	27,108	289	143	559	225	161	69	10	0	202	621	131	5,559	1,391
South Oxfordshire E07000179	84,967	23,345	23,132	903	442	783	486	179	115	31	8	425	767	198	9,805	3,498
Swale E07000113	84,632	31,620	25,317	277	129	412	157	138	56	16	2	154	511	92	6,684	1,477
East Devon E07000040	84,182	30,477	26,187	876	366	660	295	159	87	199	28	348	374	118	4,635	1,836
East Hertfordshire E07000242	83,559	28,581	22,980	423	218	611	335	183	104	20	1	312	1,039	260	8,843	2,691
Middlesbrough E06000002	82,627	20,643	26,894	133	54	444	173	140	56	4	0	130	225	42	11,138	1,222
Warwick E07000222	81,296	21,903	22,197	799	433	758	387	251	113	27	4	427	1,112	303	14,409	4,034
Elmbridge E07000207	81,295	17,444	17,461	550	358	622	441	244	118	23	3	379	1,447	245	13,538	4,586
Eastleigh E07000086	81,056	22,001	23,332	508	231	510	303	121	60	28	3	250	362	90	5,701	1,886
Guildford E07000209	80,920	19,352	20,928	624	319	654	422	237	131	18	2	406	746	179	14,724	3,987
Lancaster E07000121	80,494	21,238	25,993	589	282	1,096	500	329	122	14	5	334	438	141	9,235	2,122
Blackpool E06000009	80,247	22,934	25,886	455	165	1,915	712	293	87	15	1	241	471	60	6,618	937
South Norfolk E07000149	80,121	27,273	25,372	318	174	583	253	132	69	9	2	210	272	98	5,184	1,881
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	79,634	25,337	27,558	162	75	631	291	123	60	5	1	131	152	41	1,851	479
Oxford E07000178	79,325	13,814	17,544	789	375	760	495	262	159	32	11	754	1,320	545	37,058	8,797
Thanet E07000114	79,323	27,740	21,809	389	147	540	200	134	67	6	1	212	617	122	7,686	1,595
Cardiff W06000015	79,152	23,661	7,181	169,253	31,099	1,362	232	605	118	165	19	4,201	1,609	432	34,557	8,662
South Kesteven E07000141	78,831	28,584	24,690	463	231	827	387	168	87	13	2	244	349	89	6,809	1,629
Tendring E07000076	78,075	37,979	26,101	284	117	545	211	137	40	4	2	174	583	100	3,032	911
Isle of Wight E06000046	77,886	30,125	24,364	594	211	616	229	129	63	29	5	214	456	91	4,174	1,273
King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	77,749	33,993	27,803	366	144	613	236	146	65	17	2	200	335	58	11,136	1,460
North Hertfordshire E07000099	77,647	22,230	19,991	438	265	716	352	177	86	17	7	289	943	182	7,000	2,870
Vale of White Horse E07000180	77,561	21,394	21,440	881	504	831	509	175	114	52	3	516	651	221	10,480	3,578
Torbay E06000027	77,266	28,682	23,573	815	293	826	334	130	65	98	13	280	373	97	5,091	1,385
Stafford E07000197	77,132	26,030	23,867	709	312	648	319	187	86	10	2	251	408	89	5,369	1,449
Teignbridge E07000045	76,991	26,752	23,214	740	275	503	236	119	63	186	37	266	284	113	3,496	1,526
Epping Forest E07000072	76,614	27,728	17,797	225	114	360	171	115	42	9	1	150	871	157	8,435	2,192
Waverley E07000216	76,516	18,636	19,434	514	336	640	394	172	132	15	7	378	716	218	7,228	2,890
Norwich E07000148	76,352	19,434	24,051	316	146	583	267	141	88	26	9	317	518	216	17,840	3,616
Halton E06000006	76,240	21,277	24,805	438	145	435	135	153	68	2	0	152	324	61	3,581	662
East Lindsey E07000137	76,180	33,378	27,168	374	147	724	275	142	70	16	1	158	250	45	2,618	750
Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	76,100	25,626	21,825	746	354	635	334	166	90	19	5	323	612	145	5,906	1,843
Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	76,083	25,676	21,044	313	149	424	235	123	66	13	1	242	499	133	5,121	2,081
Winchester E07000094	75,601	18,266	20,939	636	331	597	440	191	144	33	5	364	495	167	6,603	2,631
Test Valley E07000093	75,243	21,681	22,031	595	317	613	384	148	105	30	8	322	329	94	6,646	1,946
Broadland E07000144	74,743	26,429	24,108	292	124	535	238	112	59	9	1	156	262	77	3,414	1,162
Ashford E07000105	74,598	23,938	20,606	298	120	446	212	133	40	10	3	184	459	110	9,406	2,186
East Hampshire E07000085	73,991	21,391	20,563	496	255	538	386	128	79	18	0	311	383	164	5,208	1,833
Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	73,436	26,298	22,072	418	138	718	256	120	23	9	0	155	354	71	8,688	1,440
Gloucester E07000081	73,230	20,979	22,009	1,278	496	456	223	138	66	40	3	358	462	82	10,570	2,026
Wychavon E07000238	72,766	26,675	21,933	937	440	484	233	111	54	21	2	304	323	100	6,700	1,409
Breckland E07000143	72,742	30,513	23,944	410	175	575	269	121	53	20	1	203	351	55	10,541	1,506
Havant E07000090	72,410	23,799	21,984	378	184	506	257	90	56	13	0	177	272	51	3,129	899
Chichester E07000225	71,891	22,288	19,658	430	216	527	338	134	62	24	2	282	464	112	5,840	1,800
Rushcliffe E07000176	70,708	20,400	18,404	540	258	647	360	182	82	15	2	261	531	145	4,528	2,012
Stroud E07000082	70,674	20,724	20,253	1,080	482	521	244	145	54	42	10	336	371	128	4,129	1,913
Ipswich E07000202	70,570	23,550	24,162	229	84	380	202	115	56	13	1	213	385	102	17,128	2,453
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	70,420	8,336	7,220	273	170	544	402	181	66	9	3	260	1,681	291	44,142	9,377
Exeter E07000041	69,773	18,895	21,832	998	491	522	276	173	74	208	48	499	505	228	12,787	3,400
West Lancashire E07000127	69,478	18,795	21,731	413	152	448	160	260	99	16	1	165	375	83	4,439	816
Newark and Sherwood E07000175	69,452	23,720	21,025	357	166	625	289	108	55	8	2	154	288	83	5,513	1,112
Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	69,113	24,994	21,720	488	212	355	171	113	50	8	7	195	214	77	4,294	1,288
Bracknell Forest E06000036	69,020	20,291	18,952	485	248	590	304	147	73	17	2	266	596	136	10,763	2,718
Amber Valley E07000032	68,713	28,908	23,566	255	141	424	190	86	54	9	2	158	258	69	2,491	881
Chorley E07000118	68,433	20,392	23,037	315	138	569	281	209	74	2	0	180	343	60	2,858	841
Sevenoaks E07000111	67,675	24,214	18,129	270	147	396	284	161	79	22	2	239	602	159	5,860	2,273
Ashfield E07000170	67,555	28,514	23,663	209	72	364	142	105	41	8	1	106	144	40	4,478	855
Dover E07000108	67,234	21,397	19,229	371	132	549	210	121	52	13	4	170	354	105	5,228	1,242
Tunbridge Wells E07000116	67,200	17,993	17,467	292	164	442	256	154	80	12	6	274	488	200	7,821	2,466
Gedling E07000173	67,050	24,578	18,035	269	104	482	162	135	40	12	1	145	460	106	4,397	1,286
Fareham E07000087	66,985	21,216	19,521	544	250	651	365	148	90	28	4	208	263	81	2,949	1,210
East Staffordshire E07000193	66,581	23,118	19,718	356	172	431	169	110	53	4	0	156	302	57	11,233	1,563
North Kesteven E07000139	66,391	23,581	21,359	468	262	836	436	191	121	24	5	195	264	75	3,005	858
Cheltenham E07000078	66,195	16,479	19,370	1,190	610	628	366	188	112	48	13	467	540	170	9,734	2,727
Bassetlaw E07000171	66,117	23,101	21,144	256	97	557	201	81	38	1	0	112	165	33	5,022	879
Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	65,546	17,855	15,717	304	165	502	232	132	60	14	2	194	925	178	14,919	3,089
Crawley E07000226	65,437	16,711	14,239	203	109	369	189	107	29	10	2	152	520	104	17,353	2,960
South Ribble E07000126	65,363	18,788	21,672	262	99	591	266	201	64	5	1	135	345	67	2,476	697
West Oxfordshire E07000181	65,312	19,521	17,936	745	384	645	391	177	80	25	7	334	469	155	5,897	2,158
Wyre E07000128	65,206	20,910	21,201	288	113	781	347	135	67	2	0	157	243	48	1,841	607
Dartford E07000107	64,541	21,435	15,581	157	54	232	89	93	39	3	2	111	542	91	11,125	2,660
Cambridge E07000008	64,374	11,513	17,245	481	318	876	541	312	147	35	14	532	1,205	513	37,985	9,580
Hertsmere E07000098	63,984	15,101	12,132	252	106	297	162	145	42	5	0	138	1,258	166	11,253	2,785
Worthing E07000229	63,686	19,535	17,089	321	145	435	211	129	47	16	4	168	503	106	7,146	1,798
Darlington E06000005	62,880	17,863	19,363	150	79	898	320	128	56	3	0	182	167	54	4,723	934
Erewash E07000036	62,261	25,485	19,452	288	119	464	190	136	52	9	3	137	287	61	3,058	905
Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	61,360	25,735	20,061	371	150	467	215	91	42	10	0	206	278	65	3,679	909
Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	61,115	22,009	17,158	294	119	485	208	127	64	16	3	170	411	96	6,139	1,343
Broxtowe E07000172	60,736	22,374	17,593	350	173	486	210	118	66	19	2	227	335	113	6,320	1,819
South Derbyshire E07000039	60,467	21,695	19,383	305	127	460	232	81	36	10	1	144	222	47	3,192	808
Rugby E07000220	60,269	19,014	16,757	541	236	626	273	208	62	13	3	247	553	129	12,913	2,520
Lichfield E07000194	59,815	22,886	18,526	394	215	383	200	110	47	8	3	179	320	75	2,469	806
South Staffordshire E07000196	59,630	27,772	19,667	433	146	261	114	93	34	7	0	116	270	52	1,364	514
Gravesham E07000109	59,232	18,936	14,013	166	54	221	111	89	25	2	0	95	551	71	11,536	1,797
Woking E07000217	58,900	13,275	13,233	361	237	474	330	118	79	16	7	254	662	112	12,425	3,460
Mansfield E07000174	58,531	22,051	19,032	204	62	433	135	91	33	3	1	119	211	37	8,493	1,045
Lewes E07000063	58,363	17,859	15,182	300	152	423	206	133	51	16	6	177	403	152	4,609	1,877
Chesterfield E07000034	58,289	20,450	20,126	178	87	332	172	81	37	3	0	103	224	58	2,726	703
North East Derbyshire E07000038	58,222	21,191	19,463	205	80	271	114	59	21	3	0	104	152	37	1,590	489
Bromsgrove E07000234	57,613	20,113	16,723	487	237	269	126	100	49	15	3	183	416	97	1,902	850
Blaby E07000129	57,546	21,465	16,855	263	112	325	164	79	28	3	0	114	288	55	4,505	1,123
Hart E07000089	57,372	16,471	16,115	556	324	563	351	142	93	17	6	265	463	91	4,715	1,865
Watford E07000103	57,141	11,827	8,548	206	89	307	153	130	49	6	4	126	1,260	179	18,676	3,545
North West Leicestershire E07000134	56,915	22,669	18,866	309	151	503	221	101	54	16	4	178	258	62	3,574	823
Worcester E07000237	56,885	17,377	17,076	829	333	363	164	108	67	26	0	247	326	83	8,418	1,569
Pendle E07000122	56,426	14,018	12,934	109	44	332	131	94	43	0	4	98	173	25	10,134	1,193
Harborough E07000131	56,316	19,647	15,371	408	173	497	230	122	51	15	2	209	292	85	3,103	1,104
Spelthorne E07000213	56,300	18,597	12,846	326	133	421	200	115	54	16	0	146	773	129	10,479	2,422
Mid Suffolk E07000203	56,225	22,253	19,051	276	104	409	172	87	40	14	0	142	223	60	2,761	881
Wyre Forest E07000239	55,948	22,262	18,423	529	204	263	103	69	29	8	4	140	199	65	2,673	687
Eastbourne E07000061	55,669	18,041	15,514	287	126	486	205	152	68	4	2	152	513	123	8,647	1,695
North Devon E07000043	55,627	20,293	16,946	504	192	390	160	78	38	85	20	167	193	78	3,005	834
North Norfolk E07000147	55,150	24,627	18,631	247	119	423	214	85	42	11	0	158	217	56	2,192	808
Three Rivers E07000102	55,080	15,284	11,668	246	123	350	207	147	42	8	1	175	1,026	188	6,941	2,287
Cannock Chase E07000192	54,900	22,728	19,267	316	123	365	149	65	23	5	0	123	156	31	1,844	427
Broxbourne E07000095	54,548	20,289	11,716	125	59	218	76	91	18	7	0	81	694	119	9,119	1,843
Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	54,162	20,914	17,817	296	114	239	127	82	37	12	0	115	127	26	1,287	487
Burnley E07000117	54,152	16,498	15,053	139	39	426	173	146	44	4	0	100	241	37	6,643	957
West Lindsey E07000142	53,577	19,074	18,222	279	123	507	276	94	60	6	0	136	203	50	1,974	572
Tewkesbury E07000083	53,501	16,102	17,378	899	468	458	270	110	61	34	7	281	283	77	3,834	1,123
Lincoln E07000138	53,159	16,225	19,822	261	114	536	217	121	59	10	1	236	363	80	10,949	1,661
Rother E07000064	53,151	20,357	13,969	279	97	322	173	99	56	8	4	129	383	87	3,044	953
South Hams E07000044	53,150	15,350	13,495	535	220	391	175	84	44	127	18	177	249	98	3,070	1,443
High Peak E07000037	52,978	16,894	16,077	263	130	396	176	120	39	4	0	155	345	73	2,280	1,004
Hartlepool E06000001	52,963	16,299	19,966	75	47	313	118	45	28	2	0	70	84	17	1,943	368
Uttlesford E07000077	52,862	17,003	14,432	277	152	397	226	107	69	11	0	163	460	119	3,799	1,262
Rushmoor E07000092	52,737	15,307	13,947	368	188	517	268	121	59	18	5	211	362	101	13,347	2,201
Hastings E07000062	52,718	15,478	13,694	215	95	383	122	119	41	8	1	136	384	108	6,085	1,408
Cotswold E07000079	52,648	16,293	14,472	689	333	453	242	108	70	33	3	260	338	95	3,516	1,281
Surrey Heath E07000214	52,454	14,687	12,780	350	205	486	285	121	67	13	2	207	472	102	6,315	1,909
Tandridge E07000215	51,706	15,840	12,913	274	165	341	219	120	51	3	2	220	505	133	3,983	1,401
Mole Valley E07000210	51,269	14,591	12,989	321	174	369	230	141	70	10	3	188	509	124	4,729	1,671
Babergh E07000200	50,353	20,201	16,881	243	123	357	211	88	52	6	5	149	222	87	2,485	878
Fenland E07000010	49,853	23,418	17,326	227	102	419	152	86	45	6	2	116	229	52	9,516	913
Great Yarmouth E07000145	49,818	22,377	18,596	162	62	385	139	68	26	6	0	98	210	33	7,064	705
Stevenage E07000243	49,007	15,996	13,636	198	101	376	157	86	30	11	1	142	520	106	7,511	1,617
Harlow E07000073	48,877	17,608	13,762	144	56	241	89	77	22	8	1	88	428	47	10,452	1,428
Hyndburn E07000120	48,297	14,694	13,841	129	39	401	134	200	46	2	0	95	172	33	3,317	834
East Cambridgeshire E07000009	48,259	15,452	14,092	294	116	453	259	85	51	8	1	166	388	127	6,225	1,787
Forest of Dean E07000080	48,170	16,184	15,362	2,155	863	304	124	74	43	32	2	338	170	47	2,401	737
Runnymede E07000212	48,132	13,939	12,138	320	165	333	190	102	44	22	0	205	673	121	9,330	2,366
Redditch E07000236	47,737	16,871	13,976	321	147	238	91	87	34	5	3	102	242	47	6,129	1,004
Fylde E07000119	47,561	14,338	14,366	259	127	816	410	144	64	7	1	126	266	48	2,243	598
Gosport E07000088	47,066	15,444	14,265	404	174	663	295	108	74	14	2	161	141	45	2,436	658
Castle Point E07000069	47,046	24,479	15,164	126	47	196	73	57	15	3	0	77	304	51	1,492	462
Epsom and Ewell E07000208	46,844	12,032	9,840	275	127	341	156	98	47	12	3	171	651	154	7,728	2,460
Rochford E07000075	46,833	21,420	14,739	169	56	234	86	55	25	4	0	81	260	47	1,188	463
Mid Devon E07000042	46,393	16,056	14,613	389	145	291	123	60	34	103	14	162	188	64	3,214	1,006
Malvern Hills E07000235	45,161	14,936	13,825	791	366	314	160	106	53	13	0	229	189	70	2,348	924
South Holland E07000140	44,310	21,241	16,425	189	80	372	154	82	31	6	0	92	164	37	10,880	1,060
Bolsover E07000033	43,132	17,230	15,537	140	49	233	96	50	22	6	1	88	122	21	3,088	458
Brentwood E07000068	42,845	15,869	11,827	168	104	233	115	85	32	2	0	114	569	93	3,840	1,155
Rossendale E07000125	42,181	13,135	12,625	143	60	284	107	107	31	2	0	88	232	59	1,374	442
Tamworth E07000199	41,613	17,300	14,635	215	84	253	98	59	28	3	0	106	233	32	3,477	515
Derbyshire Dales E07000035	41,034	14,257	12,671	225	118	313	133	63	32	12	1	111	176	71	1,552	772
Swansea W06000011	40,666	13,608	3,080	137,846	22,004	777	145	249	52	62	9	2,423	751	176	13,266	3,374
Flintshire W06000005	39,903	33,292	6,094	53,791	9,446	788	150	237	46	13	1	3,040	420	63	6,446	1,232
Adur E07000223	37,912	12,018	9,924	179	68	257	93	75	32	7	2	129	256	61	2,612	920
Torridge E07000046	37,728	15,420	11,859	300	104	199	93	46	26	171	31	133	134	29	1,329	514
Maldon E07000074	36,466	16,103	11,085	125	71	214	75	46	21	12	1	56	256	46	1,224	406
Ribble Valley E07000124	35,834	11,436	11,650	119	59	267	152	84	30	4	0	93	179	45	1,142	467
North Warwickshire E07000218	35,574	15,448	11,234	201	105	225	92	49	22	3	0	89	188	42	1,459	303
Oadby and Wigston E07000135	34,991	9,533	7,386	126	36	176	64	38	26	7	0	71	206	40	3,780	1,268
Newport W06000022	34,980	9,673	1,971	81,213	14,948	558	101	176	24	33	1	1,807	511	84	11,037	2,476
West Devon E07000047	32,612	11,468	9,386	267	108	224	117	60	42	211	30	130	158	49	1,578	655
Powys W06000023	32,540	23,491	4,174	55,916	7,760	655	121	168	31	38	3	2,488	319	114	3,965	1,388
Boston E07000136	29,197	13,534	11,479	111	40	201	81	43	32	7	0	49	82	14	14,665	967
Melton E07000133	28,725	10,763	9,148	162	67	290	128	66	23	8	1	74	146	40	1,700	407
Conwy W06000003	27,890	20,914	3,486	48,207	6,629	633	110	158	37	12	3	2,092	591	72	2,774	1,133
Vale of Glamorgan W06000014	27,805	8,489	1,996	73,276	12,625	662	137	211	42	35	1	1,193	427	100	3,358	1,582
Rhondda Cynon Taf W06000016	27,371	9,348	1,800	165,928	23,215	649	90	165	20	66	17	1,999	374	80	5,097	1,431
Carmarthenshire W06000010	27,227	16,440	2,673	116,686	13,330	705	93	172	39	39	4	2,731	433	112	5,557	1,662
Pembrokeshire W06000009	25,618	14,001	2,461	65,068	9,250	644	108	134	32	22	3	1,690	454	77	2,803	994
Wrexham W06000006	25,371	16,004	2,834	67,775	10,848	521	102	153	24	8	0	2,158	303	50	7,633	1,331
Monmouthshire W06000021	25,132	12,890	2,755	38,913	7,020	593	111	125	34	37	3	1,351	274	82	2,462	1,176
Rutland E06000017	23,518	7,589	6,839	179	78	323	147	68	58	7	0	135	141	34	1,430	508
Caerphilly W06000018	23,476	6,856	1,156	121,706	16,689	495	61	138	17	40	4	1,587	235	45	2,508	935
Bridgend W06000013	21,751	7,737	1,428	94,209	13,700	613	83	168	25	31	2	1,300	292	62	3,089	998
Denbighshire W06000004	20,992	17,324	2,831	42,851	5,860	487	93	144	30	11	1	1,743	315	46	2,274	815
Neath Port Talbot W06000012	18,006	7,444	1,330	97,175	12,664	440	54	105	17	16	3	1,327	295	63	2,513	838
Gwynedd W06000002	17,913	12,902	2,546	69,560	5,214	412	55	171	11	26	3	2,345	339	127	4,213	1,557
Ceredigion W06000008	15,495	10,425	2,089	33,359	3,380	345	52	112	11	29	6	1,444	258	89	3,228	1,152
Torfaen W06000020	14,900	5,093	976	58,255	9,351	315	43	80	12	15	1	871	180	46	1,591	546
Isle of Anglesey W06000001	12,594	8,794	1,541	38,301	3,847	319	72	84	16	8	1	1,416	241	41	984	619
Blaenau Gwent W06000019	9,119	2,951	413	45,484	6,311	114	21	34	5	16	0	681	63	14	1,393	286
Merthyr Tydfil W06000024	6,428	1,954	320	41,205	5,452	133	39	31	9	3	0	486	74	4	2,310	394
City of London E09000001	3,706	547	615	34	15	51	34	28	1	3	3	18	103	40	2,740	642
Isles of Scilly E06000053	1,136	354	257	12	3	10	5	3	0	114	8	16	6	0	84	42
Barnsley E08000038	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016
Sheffield E08000039	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019

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British only identity · 316 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

1,136 to 53k
53k to 69k
69k to 89k
89k to 154k
154k to 721k

Boundaries: Council boundaries, May 2026, from the geography spine. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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31 October 2026, 11:12 UTC

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Verification

Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:16 UTC Run at 31 October 2026, 11:16 UTC; 5088 of 5088 figures matched the live source.

Result	Check	Detail
Pass	Provenance recorded	Office for National Statistics (Census 2021); Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-31T11:12:04Z; 2 raw file(s)
Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	2 of 2 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	5088 of 5088 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	5088 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	5088 of 5088 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches
Pass	The ONS's answer for England and for Wales agrees	in 32 of 32 cells (a category in a nation) the councils sum to the nation's count at https://api.beta.ons.gov.uk/v1/population-types/UR/census-observations?area-type=ctry&dimensions=national_identity_all within twice the square root of the councils summed (4 exactly; the largest gap 0.58 of its limit), the Census's cell-by-cell perturbation
Pass	Source page answers	https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/create – HTTP 200

Notes

Census Day was the 21st of March 2021. The ONS perturbs every count slightly to protect privacy, each cell on its own, so a council's categories can add up to a total a few people different from one topic to another, and its councils add up to England's and Wales's counts only within a few dozen.
By council as the ONS's Census API gives them, its lower-tier local authorities of 2023, with Barnsley's and Sheffield's figures under the codes they had until the 1st of April 2025, as the API gives them. Scotland's and Northern Ireland's censuses are separate, so their councils are not here.
Every council's categories together count all its usual residents.
The ONS's description of the topic, “National identity (17 categories)”: Someone’s national identity is a self-determined assessment of their own identity, it could be the country or countries where they feel they belong or think of as home. It is not dependent on ethnic group or citizenship. Respondents could select more than one national identity.
The ONS's quality statement: The increase since the 2011 Census in people identifying as “British” and fall in people identifying as “English” may partly reflect true changes in self-perception. It is also likely to reflect that “British” replaced “English” as the first response option listed on the questionnaire in England.