Ethnicity classifications

There are 21 different classifications of ethnicity used across the charts and tables:

Classification Pages Dimensions Broad group ‘All’ ‘Unknown’
White and Other than White 23 44 N/A 20% 16%
White British and Other 8 29 N/A 14% 0%
Asian, Black, White, Other including Mixed 4 8 N/A 50% 62%
Black, Mixed, White, Other including Asian 1 1 N/A 0% 100%
Asian, Black, Mixed, White, Other including Chinese 9 32 N/A 34% 38%
Asian, Black, Mixed, White, Other 56 109 N/A 59% 28%
Asian, Black, White British, White other, Other including Mixed 9 10 0% 0% 0%
Asian, Black, Chinese, Mixed, White, Other 25 54 N/A 94% 17%
Asian, Black, Mixed, White British, White other, Other 7 16 62% 75% 6%
Asian, Black African, Black Caribbean, Black other, White, Other including mixed 1 1 0% 100% 100%
Asian, Black, Chinese, Mixed, White British, White other, Other 4 11 0% 100% 9%
Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi, Asian other, Black, Mixed, White British, White other, Other 2 7 86% 100% 0%
Bangladeshi, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, Asian other, Black, Mixed, White, Other 4 7 N/A 100% 0%
Bangladeshi, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, Asian other, Black, Mixed, White British, White other, Other 5 22 0% 91% 0%
Bangladeshi, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, Asian other, Black African, Black Caribbean, Black other, White, Other including Mixed 2 5 N/A 40% 40%
Bangladeshi, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, Asian other, Black, Mixed, White British, White other, Other, Arab, Gypsy/Traveller/Irish Traveller 4 16 0% 6% 0%
Bangladeshi, Chinese, Indian, Pakistani, Asian other, Black, Mixed White/Asian, Mixed White/Black, Mixed other, White British, White Irish, White other, Other 2 6 N/A 17% 0%
Office for National Statistics detailed census categories 2001 7 12 58% 58% 8%
Office for National Statistics detailed census categories 2011 38 71 58% 61% 20%
ONS detailed census categories 2001 plus Gypsy/Roma and Irish Traveller 23 64 97% 100% 84%
Not applicable 8 24 21% 17% 0%