Data sources
Ethnicity is a complex concept that cannot be adequately captured by a simple classification.
However, ethnic classifications provide a way of highlighting very important differences and inequalities between groups that need to be made explicit if they are to be recognised and addressed by policy-makers.
The figures presented on these web-pages should be taken as a starting point for asking much deeper questions about the processes that underlie the observed differences, rather than an end in themselves.
Area profilers
To complement our census briefings, we have produced Excel-based interactive profiler tools to create your own census data analyses. Please cite our website when reproducing results from the area profilers.
Latest profiler
Our most recent profiler complements the work we've been doing on addressing local ethnic inequalities:
- Census 2001 and 2011: Inequality indicators for local areas in England and Wales
- More about our "Local ethnic inequalities" project
Available profilers
- Census 2011: Ethnic composition of England's most deprived neighbourhoods
- Census 2011: The age structure of ethnicity, religion and national identity, for local areas in England and Wales
- Censuses 1991, 2001 and 2011: Diversity, ethnicity, religion, country of birth, national identity, language and more, for local areas in England and Wales
- Census 2011: The age structure of ethnicity, religion and national identity, for local areas in Scotland
- Censuses 2001 and 2011: Diversity, ethnicity, religion, country of birth, national identity, language and more, for local areas in Scotland
- Census 2001 and 2011: Ethnic mixing and migration for local areas in England and Wales
- Census 2001 and 2011: Ethnic mixing and migration for local areas in Scotland