2011 Census: Cornish identity
73,200, or 14% of the total population, stated in the 2011 Census that they have Cornish national identity
Information on the Cornish National Identiy is included in 2011 Census; An overview of the headline figures for Cornwall.
The Cornish were subsequently recognized as a national minority in 2014 and the Council has a Members Working Group on Cornish national minority status.
Background to Cornish and the 2011 Census
In the 2011 Census the three questions that apply to ‘Cornish’ were:
15. What is your national identity?
16. What is your ethnic group?
18. What is your main language ?
The 2011 Census was the first to enable people to identify themselves as Cornish under the White: British category, by writing in the word 'Cornish'. It was also the first time that people could record their language as Cornish, again as a write-in option.
Anyone who recorded their national identity or language as Cornish using the write-in option were coded, alongside anyone who recorded themselves as both British and Cornish (the national identity question allows for multiple identification).
During the Census period the Council put together a poster containing information on how people could complete their forms with 'Cornish' should they wish to do so.
73,200, or 14% of the total population, stated in the 2011 Census that they have Cornish national identity
Information on the Cornish National Identiy is included in 2011 Census; An overview of the headline figures for Cornwall.
Continue readingThe Cornish were subsequently recognized as a national minority in 2014 and the Council has a Members Working Group on Cornish national minority status.
In the 2011 Census the three questions that apply to ‘Cornish’ were:
15. What is your national identity?
16. What is your ethnic group?
18. What is your main language ?
The 2011 Census was the first to enable people to identify themselves as Cornish under the White: British category, by writing in the word 'Cornish'. It was also the first time that people could record their language as Cornish, again as a write-in option.
Anyone who recorded their national identity or language as Cornish using the write-in option were coded, alongside anyone who recorded themselves as both British and Cornish (the national identity question allows for multiple identification).
During the Census period the Council put together a poster containing information on how people could complete their forms with 'Cornish' should they wish to do so.