Annual Population Survey: national identity by area and year

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Year endingAll personsWelsh identityNon-Welsh identity
31/12/2023 70,100 40,400 29,500
30/09/2023 70,000 42,600 27,100
30/06/2023 69,900 43,200 26,300
31/03/2023 69,800 42,700 26,900
31/12/2022 69,800 41,800 27,700
30/09/2022 69,700 40,400 29,200
30/06/2022 69,600 40,000 29,500
31/03/2022 69,600 41,100 28,400
31/12/2021 69,500 41,100 28,300
30/09/2021 69,500 42,300 27,000
30/06/2021 69,500 41,700 27,600
31/03/2021 69,500 43,100 26,200
31/12/2020 69,700 42,300 27,200
30/09/2020 69,600 41,400 28,100
30/06/2020 69,600 42,400 27,000
31/03/2020 69,700 42,300 27,200
31/12/2019 69,700 42,600 27,000
30/09/2019 69,700 42,300 27,200
30/06/2019 69,600 42,300 27,200
31/03/2019 69,700 42,400 27,200
31/12/2018 69,500 42,800 26,500
30/09/2018 69,300 42,100 27,000
30/06/2018 69,500 41,900 27,400
31/03/2018 69,000 41,700 27,100
31/12/2017 69,100 41,100 27,900
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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.

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Welsh Government
Contact email
statsinclusion@gov.wales