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'Pupil characteristics - Ethnicity and Language' from 'Schools, pupils and their characteristics'

• Created: 24 May 2023

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'Pupil characteristics - Ethnicity and Language' for Any other ethnic group, Asian - Any other Asian background, Asian - Bangladeshi, Asian - Chinese, Asian - Indian and 14 other filters in England and Norfolk between 2019/20 and 2021/22

			Headcount			Percent
			2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22
Total	England		8,312,552	8,342,004	8,418,013	100.0	100.0	100.0
	East of England	Norfolk	116,611	117,596	118,488	100.0	100.0	100.0
Any other ethnic group	England		168,758	173,423	185,355	2.0	2.1	2.2
	East of England	Norfolk	901	1,002	1,024	0.8	0.9	0.9
Asian - Any other Asian background	England		158,756	161,435	170,572	1.9	1.9	2.0
	East of England	Norfolk	554	563	609	0.5	0.5	0.5
Asian - Bangladeshi	England		148,290	149,202	151,613	1.8	1.8	1.8
	East of England	Norfolk	304	316	328	0.3	0.3	0.3
Asian - Chinese	England		37,732	37,943	48,396	0.5	0.5	0.6
	East of England	Norfolk	434	436	486	0.4	0.4	0.4
Asian - Indian	England		268,318	275,106	289,179	3.2	3.3	3.4
	East of England	Norfolk	881	897	992	0.8	0.8	0.8
Asian - Pakistani	England		372,699	374,031	380,781	4.5	4.5	4.5
	East of England	Norfolk	142	139	154	0.1	0.1	0.1
Black - Any other Black background	England		64,153	64,655	65,501	0.8	0.8	0.8
	East of England	Norfolk	252	276	296	0.2	0.2	0.2
Black - Black African	England		323,874	326,365	338,614	3.9	3.9	4.0
	East of England	Norfolk	888	1,030	1,182	0.8	0.9	1.0
Black - Black Caribbean	England		86,543	83,712	82,402	1.0	1.0	1.0
	East of England	Norfolk	59	54	69	0.1	0.0	0.1
Mixed - Any other Mixed background	England		192,731	200,996	213,597	2.3	2.4	2.5
	East of England	Norfolk	1,253	1,311	1,378	1.1	1.1	1.2
Mixed - White and Asian	England		123,153	128,850	134,821	1.5	1.5	1.6
	East of England	Norfolk	1,150	1,203	1,272	1.0	1.0	1.1
Mixed - White and Black African	England		70,403	73,202	76,262	0.8	0.9	0.9
	East of England	Norfolk	950	1,039	1,057	0.8	0.9	0.9
Mixed - White and Black Caribbean	England		128,774	130,569	133,504	1.5	1.6	1.6
	East of England	Norfolk	659	669	702	0.6	0.6	0.6
Unclassified	England		119,388	132,439	136,371	1.4	1.6	1.6
	East of England	Norfolk	1,995	2,183	2,741	1.7	1.9	2.3
White - Any other White background	England		558,877	565,893	575,540	6.7	6.8	6.8
	East of England	Norfolk	8,335	8,479	8,680	7.1	7.2	7.3
White - Gypsy/Roma	England		28,091	26,045	27,359	0.3	0.3	0.3
	East of England	Norfolk	296	301	317	0.3	0.3	0.3
White - Irish	England		22,443	21,898	21,495	0.3	0.3	0.3
	East of England	Norfolk	225	237	221	0.2	0.2	0.2
White - Traveller of Irish heritage	England		6,578	6,197	6,903	0.1	0.1	0.1
	East of England	Norfolk	46	47	50	0.0	0.0	0.0
White - White British	England		5,432,991	5,410,043	5,379,748	65.4	64.9	63.9
	East of England	Norfolk	97,287	97,414	96,930	83.4	82.8	81.8

Footnotes

1. Totals include state-funded nursery, primary, secondary and special schools, non-maintained special schools and pupil referral units. Does not include independent schools
2. Totals include pupils in General Hospital Schools, however Ethnicity and Language data is not available for these pupils. Breakdowns may not sum to totals as a result.

Source: Schools, pupils and their characteristics, Pupil characteristics - Ethnicity and Language

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