Ethnicity The population of the ceremonial county of Wiltshire (district) was historically ethnically homogeneous,
White British, but is now becoming less homogeneous, with the largest ethnic group, White British, constituting 90.1% of the population in the 2021 census. This proportion has consistently declined in each modern census, down from 96.2% in the
2001 census. In the 2021 census, the ethnic composition of Wiltshire (district) comprised: 94.3% White, 2.1% Asian, 1.1% Black, 1.7% Mixed, and 0.7% Other. • White (94.3%): English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British (90.1%), Irish (0.5%), Gypsy or Irish Traveller (0.1%), Roma (0.1%), and Other White (3.6%). • Asian (2.1%): Indian (0.6%), Pakistani (0.1%), Bangladeshi (0.2%), Chinese (0.3%), and Other Asian (1.0%). • Black (1.1%): African (0.6%), Caribbean (0.3%), and Other Black (0.2%). • Mixed (1.7%): White and Asian (0.5%), White and Black African (0.2%), White and Black Caribbean (0.5%), and Other Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups (0.5%). • Other (0.7%): Arab (0.1%) and Any other ethnic group (0.6%).
Note: Sub-group totals may not sum exactly to the group total due to rounding.
Note: The 2001 census figures for 'Asian' and 'Other' have been adjusted to reflect the 2011 reclassification of the Chinese ethnic group from 'Other' to 'Asian' to allow comparison across census years.
Religion In the 2021 census, the religious composition of Wiltshire (district) comprised: 50.2% Christian, 41.3% No religion, 0.7% Muslim, 0.5% Hindu, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.5% Sikh, 0.1% Jewish, 0.6% Other religion, and 6.0% Not stated. ==References==