White Irish

This article is about one of the white ethnicity classifications used in the United Kingdom census. For the broad racial group, see white people in the United Kingdom. For the history of immigration from Ireland, regardless of race or ethnicity, see Irish migration to Great Britain.

White Irish
Distribution by regional area at the 2011 census
Total population
United Kingdom Great Britain: 564,342 – 0.9%
(2021/22 Census)[note 1]
 England: 494,251 – 0.9% (2021)[1]
 Scotland: 56,877 – 1.0% (2022)[2]
 Wales: 13,214 – 0.4% (2021)[1]
Northern Ireland: 520,586 – 28.7% (2011)[note 2][3][note 3]
Regions with significant populations
Languages
British English · Hiberno-English · Irish
Scottish Gaelic · Scots · Ulster Scots · Shelta
Religion
Predominantly Christianity (71.6%);
minority follows other faiths (1.5%)[a] or are irreligious (21.5%)
2021 census, England and Wales only[5]

White Irish is an ethnicity classification used in the census in the United Kingdom for England, Scotland and Wales. In the 2021 census, the White Irish population was 564,342 or 0.9% of Great Britain's total population.[6] This was a slight fall from the 2011 census which recorded 585,177 or 1% of the total population.

This total does not include the White Irish population estimate for Northern Ireland, where only the term 'White' is used in ethnic classification and such White British people and White Irish are amalgamated. National identity is listed separately in NI, where 28.7% of those who identified as White classified themselves as Irish only or Irish with one or more additional categories (e.g. Irish and Northern Irish at 1.1%), making up a significant portion of the population.[7][8][9][10][11]


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  1. ^ a b "Ethnic group, England and Wales: Census 2021". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Scotland's Census 2022 - Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion - Chart data". Scotland's Census. National Records of Scotland. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024. Alternative URL 'Search data by location' > 'All of Scotland' > 'Ethnic group, national identity, language and religion' > 'Ethnic Group'
  3. ^ "2011 Census: Ethnic group, local authorities in the United Kingdom". Office for National Statistics. 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  4. ^ "MS-B01: Ethnic group". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  5. ^ "RM031 Ethnic group by religion". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Population of England and Wales". www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  7. ^ "2011 Census - Key Statistics for Northern Ireland". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. 11 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Table DC2206NI: National identity (classification 1) by ethnic group". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  9. ^ 2011 Census: Ethnic group, local authorities in England and Wales, Accessed 13 June 2014
  10. ^ Table 2 - Ethnic groups, Scotland, 2001 and 2011 Scotland's Censuses published 30 September 2013, Accessed 13 June 2014.
  11. ^ National Identity (Classification 1) by Ethnic Group DC2206NI (administrative geographies), Accessed 13 June 2014


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