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Data Provider: Welsh Government National Statistics Ethnic background of pupils aged 5 or over by local authority
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Isle of Anglesey15,820*.10.2506530909515*3010***1035190
Gwynedd27,20515.15.495357514525085505525*35*35255615
Conwy25,48515.20*5401109020521565456050*35109516080
Denbighshire25,20520.**4601305517526565353060.15*3021590
Flintshire36,990120.40.1,7859513513535560454525*10*4090170
Wrexham28,86055.15.2,3154015012041590458550.455020275175
Powys28,86535.25.800807516522030201514010*103075170
Ceredigion15,12010.*.590405540185100202535*50*20105340
Pembrokeshire27,33055.215*4451208020014050205585*35*4585230
Carmarthenshire43,445110.75201,390160130275365150403011525352565325190
Swansea51,02050.**2,0851853504659605602951,21023535430901651,655240
Neath Port Talbot33,03535.55.460195902203651154522040*45205017570
Bridgend36,57510.40*760130145220430105255060*451065285120
Vale of Glamorgan33,675*.*.7004452554059353403801455020285654042055
Rhondda Cynon Taf62,57015.*.78015017528565516510525160108520100315140
Merthyr Tydfil13,25525.10.8153045451104510*10***1011525
Caerphilly45,415*...6251559015041590401030*20*55110230
Blaenau Gwent14,375*.70.30020204510050*1020.15*155070
Torfaen24,320*.170.295115851102253010205520152010150125
Monmouthshire19,16015.**390853511022040201520*15*2580180
Newport32,87025.80802,5457152753351,1354701,9301,29027055615130751,105225
Cardiff61,210230*205155,0851,9001,0851,3202,7801,7703,0303,0955451904,0204655504,465480

Metadata

Title
Ethnic background of pupils aged 5 or over by local authority

Last update
31/07/2019 31/07/2019

Next update
July 2020

Publishing organisation
Welsh Government

Source 1
Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC), Welsh Government

Contact email
school.stats@gov.wales

Designation
National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation
Local authorities

Geographical coverage
Wales

Languages covered
English and Welsh

Data licensing
You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description
See other items.

Data collection and calculation
Schools’ data are derived from the Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC) returns and STATS 1 returns supplied by schools open on Census day in January each year. The returns are authorised by headteachers and validated by Local Authorities.

Frequency of publication
Annual

Data reference periods
From 2007/08 or more recently if the data item is not available for earlier years.

Rounding applied
* = Numbers greater than zero but less than five. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 5.

Statistical quality
School Census returns are authorised by headteachers and validated by Local Authorities.