White Polish
Ethnicity classification used in the 2011 United Kingdom Census / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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White Polish is an ethnicity classification used in Scotland at the 2011 United Kingdom Census. In the census, the White Polish population stood 571,762 in the whole United Kingdom, 61,201 of which were in Scotland which was 1.16% of the total population of Scotland at the time.[1][3]
Total population | |
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571,762 (United Kingdom)[1][2] 61,201 (Scotland) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Aberdeen · Edinburgh · Fife · North East Scotland | |
Languages | |
British English · Polish | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other White people |
In England and Wales, the category is not its own section like Scotland meaning write in answers for "White Polish" are designated under the broader Other White group.[4]
The Scottish Government's policy since 2011, however, has been to include "White Polish" as a specific subgrouping of the 5,084,407 white people recorded in Scotland at the last UK census. Other subgroupings in Scotland's census are "White Scottish", "White Other British", "White Irish", "White Gypsy / Traveller", and "White Other White".[4][5][6]