Ethnic group | Scotland's Census

Mnemonic (reference code): ETHGRPS, ETHGRPEW, ETHGRPNI, ETHNIC1

Definition: This question records each person's perceived ethnic group and cultural background. Although the questions differ between the different parts of the UK, the same detailed codes are used across the UK to code the write-in responses. In standard output the most detailed classification used is 16 groups (England and Wales), 14 groups (Scotland) and 12 groups (Northern Ireland). The full list of categories will be available for commissioned output.

Applicability: All people

Classification:

SCOTLAND (ETHGRPS)

Code	Name
01	White Scottish
02	Other White British
03	White Irish
04	Other White
05	Mixed or multiple ethnic group
06	Indian
07	Pakistani
08	Bangladeshi
09	Other South Asian
10	Caribbean
11	African
12	Black Scottish or Other Black
13	Chinese
14	Other Ethnic Group

ENGLAND AND WALES (ETHGRPEW)

Code	Name
01	White British
02	White Irish
03	Other White
04	White and Black Caribbean
05	White and Black African
06	White and Asian
07	Other Mixed
08	Indian
09	Pakistani
10	Bangladeshi
11	Other Asian
12	Black Caribbean
13	Black African
14	Other Black
15	Chinese
16	Other Ethnic Group

NORTHERN IRELAND (ETHGRPNI)

Code	Name
01	White
02	Irish Traveller
03	Mixed
04	Indian
05	Pakistani
06	Bangladeshi
07	Black Caribbean
08	Black African
09	Other Black
10	Chinese
11	Other Ethnic Group
12	Other Asian

DETAILED CATEGORIES (ETHNIC1)

Code	Name
01	British, Mixed British
02	Irish
03	English
04	Scottish
05	Welsh
06	Cornish
07	Cypriot (part not stated)
08	Greek
09	Greek Cypriot
10	Turkish
11	Turkish Cypriot
12	Italian
13	Irish Traveller
14	Traveller
15	Gypsy/Romany
16	Polish
17	Commonwealth of (Russian) Independent States
18	Kosovan
19	Albanian
20	Baltic States (Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian)
21	White and Black Caribbean
22	White and Black African
23	White and Asian
24	Black and Asian
25	Black and Chinese
26	Black and White
27	Chinese and White
28	Asian and Chinese
29, 52 - 56, 58, 67, 68, 80, 91 - 99	Other Mixed, Mixed unspecified
30	Latin American
31	Bosnian
32	Croatian
33	Serbian
34	Other republics which made up the former Yugoslavia
35	South and Central American
36	Other Mixed White
37	Other White European, European Mixed
38	Northern Irish
39	Other White, White unspecified
40	Mixed: Irish and Other white
41	Indian or British Indian
42	Pakistani or British Pakistani
43	Bangladeshi or British Bangladeshi
44	Mixed Asian
45	Punjabi
46	Kashmiri
47	East African Asian
48	Sri Lankan
49	Tamil
50	Sinhalese
51	British Asian
57	Caribbean Asian
59	Other Asian, Asian unspecified
60	Ulster Scots
61	Caribbean
62	African
63	Somali
64	Mixed Black
65	Nigerian
66	Black British
69	Other Black, Black unspecified
71	Buddhist
72	Hindu
73	Jewish
74	Muslim
75	Sikh
76	Arab
77	Kurdish
78	Moroccan
79	Israeli
81	Chinese
82	North African
83	Other Middle Eastern (excluding Israeli, Iranian and 'Arab')
84	Vietnamese
85	Japanese
86	Filipino
87	Malaysian
88	Iranian
89	Any other group
90	Multi-ethnic islands: Mauritian, Seychellois, Maldivian, St Helena

Output:

CAST07, CAST08

S201, S202, S205, S207, S208, S209, S211, S212, S213, S216, S226, S227, S228, S238, S235, S236, S237, S239, S240, S241, S242, S243, S244, S245, S246, S247

KS06

T25, T26, T27, T28

UV10

Census Areas Statistics (CAS), Census Areas Statistics Theme (CAST), Key Statistics (KS) and Univariate (UV) tables are available for all census areas.

Standard (S) and Theme (T) tables are available at ST Ward/ST Postcode Sector and above.