Annual Population Survey: national identity by area and year

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Variable	Visibility	Selected values	Action
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Year ending	Shown in table	All 77 values	Change values
Area	Shown in table	All 23 values	Change values
National identity	Shown in table	All 3 values	Change values

Table

Data values	Data description	Year ending	Area	National identity
67,200	Count	31/12/2001	Isle of Anglesey	All persons
40,100	Count	31/12/2001	Isle of Anglesey	Welsh identity
26,800	Count	31/12/2001	Isle of Anglesey	Non-Welsh identity
115,300	Count	31/12/2001	Gwynedd	All persons
82,100	Count	31/12/2001	Gwynedd	Welsh identity
33,000	Count	31/12/2001	Gwynedd	Non-Welsh identity
107,700	Count	31/12/2001	Conwy	All persons
53,100	Count	31/12/2001	Conwy	Welsh identity
54,300	Count	31/12/2001	Conwy	Non-Welsh identity
91,500	Count	31/12/2001	Denbighshire	All persons
45,700	Count	31/12/2001	Denbighshire	Welsh identity
45,600	Count	31/12/2001	Denbighshire	Non-Welsh identity
147,700	Count	31/12/2001	Flintshire	All persons
63,700	Count	31/12/2001	Flintshire	Welsh identity
83,600	Count	31/12/2001	Flintshire	Non-Welsh identity
127,200	Count	31/12/2001	Wrexham	All persons
85,300	Count	31/12/2001	Wrexham	Welsh identity
41,800	Count	31/12/2001	Wrexham	Non-Welsh identity
125,200	Count	31/12/2001	Powys	All persons
69,700	Count	31/12/2001	Powys	Welsh identity
55,200	Count	31/12/2001	Powys	Non-Welsh identity
74,800	Count	31/12/2001	Ceredigion	All persons
46,500	Count	31/12/2001	Ceredigion	Welsh identity
28,100	Count	31/12/2001	Ceredigion	Non-Welsh identity
111,900	Count	31/12/2001	Pembrokeshire	All persons

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Metadata

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Next update expected:March 2026

Updates

• 16th January 2026: Dataset first published.

Main information

• Designation: Official statistics
• Data provider 1: Office for National Statistics (ONS)
• Data source 1: Labour Force Survey (LFS)
• Data provider 2: Office for National Statistics (ONS)
• Data source 2: Annual Population Survey (APS)
• Time period covered: December 2001 to December 2023
• Dataset ID: 676b04a1-143a-4366-805c-4511c8671573

Overview

• Summary of dataset and variables:

  This dataset provides information on the national identity of people by Welsh local authority.

• Data collection or calculation:

  These data are taken from the Annual Population Survey (APS) for 2005 onwards and the Welsh Local Labour Force Survey (WLLFS) prior to that. These surveys are carried out by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

  The survey asks respondents what they consider to be their national identity. This table combines the non-Welsh groups together in order to increase the reliability of the estimates. Non-Welsh includes: English, Scottish, Irish, British and Other.

• Statistical quality:

  As the data come from a survey, the results are sample-based estimates and therefore subject to differing degrees of sampling variability, i.e. the true value for any measure lies in a differing range about the estimated value. This range or sampling variability increases as the detail in the data increases, for example local authority data are subject to higher variability than regional data.

  Data based on less than 10 survey responses has been suppressed, and data based on less than 40 survey responses has been marked as being of low reliability. Data for 2011 Q1-3 is not available due to changes in questions resulting in discontinuity in the series.

  The local authority and Wales figures for 2001, 2002 and 2003 in these tables may not be the same as published elsewhere, as the numbers here are estimated using Welsh specific weights. These weights better reflect the population estimates for Welsh local authorities in these years.

  Nomis is the ONS's official portal for labour market statistics. Note that some estimates from Nomis for the APS may differ slightly from those presented here due to differences in how local authority geographies are constructed.

• Rounding applied:

  Counts have been rounded to the nearest hundred.

• Related reports:
  • Labour Force Survey user guide (Office for National Statistics)

Published by

• Organisation: Welsh Government
• Contact email: statsinclusion@gov.wales