Within Britain, England and Wales statistics (which make up around 95 per cent of the UK's census data) designate the category as the article describes.

[6] The National Institute for Health Research estimated that there were 54,895 people in the "White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller" group in England, although this was clarified as a likely underestimation.

[9] In 2006, according to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, there were between 300,000 and 400,000 estimated to be in the 'White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller' grouping, which is around, at least, 250,000 more than was recorded at the 2011 census.

[12] According to a 2013 Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity study, the 2011 census showed that the White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller group suffered from poor health.

[19] According to the Welsh Government, the "White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller ethnic group" provided the highest proportions of unpaid care per capita in both England and Wales.