Census 2021 UK Armed Forces veterans - ethnicity, identity and religion tables

Date published: 25 June 2026

Download the UK Armed Forces veterans ethnicity, identity and religion tables from Census 2021 in Northern Ireland.

Description

This theme provides estimates for a number of census topics, including ethnic group, national identity, religion and racial equality.

Data limitations

The data has important limitations. The Ministry of Defence Service Leavers Database (SLD) contains records only for personnel who left service from 1975 onwards. As a result, the linked dataset has limited coverage of veterans aged 65 years and over. Users should therefore interpret results with caution, as not all veterans in this age group will have been identified through the linkage.

Tables

View tables in this release:

• demography
• sexual orientation
• health, disability and unpaid care
• housing and accommodation
• qualifications
• labour market
• travel to work and migration

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Documents

• AFV020 Ethnic group Microsoft Excel (92 KB)
• AFV021 National identity (person based) - 8 categories (classification 1) Microsoft Excel (93 KB)
• AFV022 National identity (person based) - 3 categories (classification 1) Microsoft Excel (92 KB)
• AFV023 National identity (person based) - 2 categories (classification 1) Microsoft Excel (92 KB)
• AFV024 National identity (person based) - British (classification 1) Microsoft Excel (98 KB)
• AFV025 National identity (person based) - Irish (classification 1) Microsoft Excel (95 KB)
• AFV026 National identity (person based) - Northern Irish (classification 1) Microsoft Excel (98 KB)
• AFV027 National identity (person based) - British (classification 1) by age bands (4 categories) Microsoft Excel (103 KB)
• AFV028 National identity (person based) - British (classification 1) by age bands (3 categories) Microsoft Excel (101 KB)
• AFV029 National identity (person based) - Irish (classification 1) by age bands (4 categories) Microsoft Excel (93 KB)
• AFV030 National identity (person based) - Irish (classification 1) by age bands (3 categories) Microsoft Excel (93 KB)
• AFV031 National identity (person based) - Northern Irish (classification 1) by age bands (4 categories) Microsoft Excel (102 KB)
• AFV032 National identity (person based) - Northern Irish (classification 1) by age bands (3 categories) Microsoft Excel (97 KB)
• AFV033 Religion Microsoft Excel (92 KB)
• AFV034 Religion or religion brought up in Microsoft Excel (93 KB)
• AFV035 Racial equality Microsoft Excel (93 KB)

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