Respondents' ethnicity

With ethnicity, 91.6% of respondents described themselves as ‘White – English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British’. Among the remaining respondents, the next three largest groups were ‘Any other ethnic group’, ‘Indian’, and ‘Any other White background’.

The proportion of white British respondents is somewhat higher than the proportion of 82.4% Kent and Medway residents in this group (Kent 83.2% and Medway 78.3%) Source: 2021 Census table: Ethnic group. As with age, the fact that minority groups are underrepresented among respondents highlights that future consultations must always continue to consider how we engage as effectively as possible with minority ethic groups.