United Kingdom Census 2001
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Census 2001 was organised by the Office for National Statistics in England and Wales, the General Register Office for Scotland and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Detailed results by region, council area, ward and output area are available from their respective websites.
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[edit] Welsh nationality
The 2001 Census revealed that one-third of the population of Wales described themselves as of Welsh nationality, a further effort to claim as the respondee had to write this option in. [1] Controversy surrounding the method of determining nationality began as early as 2000, when it was revealed that respondents in Scotland and Northern Ireland would be able to check a box describing themselves as Scottish or Irish, an option not available for Welsh respondants.[2][3] Prior to the Census, Plaid Cymru backed a petition calling for the inclusion of a Welsh tickbox and for the National Assembly of Wales to have primary law-making powers and its own National Statistics Office.[4] With an absence of a Welsh tickbox, the only other tickbox available was 'white-British,' 'Irish', or 'other'.[5][6]
[edit] References
- ^ Census shows Welsh language rise Friday, 14 February, 2003 extracted 12-04-07
- ^ Census equality backed by Plaid 23 September, 2000 extracted 12-04-07
- ^ Census results 'defy tickbox row' 30 September, 2002 extracted 12-04-07
- ^ Census equality backed by Plaid 23 September, 2000 extracted 12-04-07
- ^ Census shows Welsh language rise Friday, 14 February, 2003 extracted 12-04-07
- ^ Census equality backed by Plaid 23 September, 2000 extracted 12-04-07
[edit] See also
- Demographics of England from the 2001 United Kingdom census
- Demographics of Scotland
- Jedi census phenomenon
- List of United Kingdom censuses
- Census 2001 Ethnic Codes
- National Statistics Socio-economic Classification
[edit] External links
- Census 2001 website (England & Wales)
- Scotland's Census Results OnLine
- Northern Ireland Census of Population
- The Census Order 2000 (England & Wales)
Ethnic Communities in the United Kingdom | |
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| British Islander | Briton · Cornish · English · Irish/Irish Briton (Traveller · Ulster-Scots) · Scottish · Welsh |
| European | Armenian · Austrian · Baltic · Belgian · Bulgarian · Cypriot · Dutch · French · German · Greek · Hungarian · Italian · Polish · Portuguese · Russian · Scandinavian (Danish · Finnish · Icelandic · Norwegian · Swedish) · Slovak · Spanish · Swiss · Turkish · Ukrainian · Yugoslav (Croatian · Serbian · Slovenian) |
| South Asian | South Asian · Afghan · Bangladeshi · Indian · Maldivian · Nepali · Pakistani · Sri Lankan |
| African | African · Congoan · Ethiopian · Ghanaian · Kenyan · Nigerian · Senegalese · Somali · South African · Ugandan · Zambian · Zimbabwean |
| Arab | Arab · Egyptian · Iraqi · Lebanese · Moroccan · Palestinian · Syrian · Yemeni |
| Far Eastern | Oriental · Burmese · Chinese · Filipino · Japanese · Korean · Malaysian · Singaporean · Thai · Vietnamese |
| Caribbean | African-Caribbean · Barbadian · Grenadian · Kittitian and Nevisian · Jamaican · Saint Lucian · Trinidadian and Tobagonian |
| Latin American | Latin American · Argentine · Brazilian · Chilean · Colombian · Cuban · Ecuadorian · Mexican · Peruvian · Venezuelan |
| North American | US · Canadian |
| Oceanic | Australian · New Zealander · Pacific Islander |
| Other | Iranian · Jewish · Romnichal |
| UK Census Groups | White† (White British‡ · Other White‡) · Mixed · Asian · Black · Chinese or other |
| †White Irish appears separately in Great Britain. White Scottish appears separately in Scotland. ‡ Does not appear in Northern Ireland. | |
