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London has witnessed the largest numbers of newcomers, a continuation of its history. But many areas around the UK have witnessed a greater rate of change because they may have had few or no non-British Isles born residents until recent years.

LEFT - Bar chart showing regions with the most people born outside British Isles, 2001: London 1,779,300; South East 580,417; West Midlands 342,269; East of England 328,131; North West 280,055. RIGHT - Bar chart showing regions with biggest increase in people born outside British Isles, 1991-2001: London 44.27%; North East 41.52%; South East 36.15%; Scotland 34.44%; South West 34.17%.

LEFT - Bar chart showing regions with the most people born outside British Isles, 2001: London 1,779,300; South East 580,417; West Midlands 342,269; East of England 328,131; North West 280,055. RIGHT - Bar chart showing regions with biggest increase in people born outside British Isles, 1991-2001: London 44.27%; North East 41.52%; South East 36.15%; Scotland 34.44%; South West 34.17%.

Click on region/nation titles in the table below for more, including detail at local level. Look down the page to see areas in Britain with the highest proportions of people born abroad.

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Distribution of people born abroad

	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Sort by: Nation/region	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
East Midlands	176,488	224,623	27.27	4.46	5.38	0.92
East of England	255,417	328,131	28.47	5.05	6.09	1.04
London	1,233,328	1,779,300	44.27	18.46	24.81	6.35
North East	47,527	67,259	41.52	1.87	2.67	0.80
North West	213,356	280,055	31.26	3.17	4.16	0.99
Scotland	125,071	168,142	34.44	2.50	3.32	0.82
South East	426,314	580,417	36.15	5.68	7.25	1.57
South West	162,744	218,348	34.17	3.53	4.43	0.90
Wales	62,374	77,312	23.95	2.20	2.66	0.46
West Midlands	270,719	342,269	26.43	5.26	6.50	1.24
Yorks & Humber	180,037	235,424	30.76	3.72	4.74	1.02

Map of Britain's regions and nations

Local areas with highest proportion of people born abroad

		TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	Region	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Wembley	London	18,453	18,258	-1.06	41.39	51.93	10.54
Hyde Park	London	28,243	32,128	13.76	46.31	48.37	2.06
Southall W	London	25,556	30,573	19.63	41.79	47.43	5.64
East Ham N	London	17,288	23,293	34.74	38.38	46.56	8.18
Kensington	London	22,287	28,757	29.03	42.97	45.77	2.80
Chelsea	London	20,464	26,429	29.15	39.78	43.09	3.31
Sudbury	London	12,016	21,109	75.67	33.47	42.91	9.44
Queensbury	London	12,986	15,641	20.45	33.82	40.89	7.07
Tottenham S	London	15,628	19,716	26.16	36.01	40.85	4.84
Tottenham N	London	17,117	24,801	44.89	30.53	40.52	9.99

Local areas with highest proportion of people born abroad (outside London)

		TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	Region	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Belgrave	East Midlands	16,539	19,126	15.64	33.59	40.11	6.52
Knighton	East Midlands	17,494	19,744	12.86	30.81	36.18	5.37
Sparkbrook	West Midlands	17,863	22,301	24.84	31.06	35.16	4.10
Handsworth	West Midlands	15,792	18,339	16.13	30.37	34.26	3.89
Bradford University	Yorks & Humber	15,567	18,579	19.35	29.21	32.02	2.81
Ladywood E	West Midlands	12,041	15,595	29.52	24.25	28.69	4.44
Ladywood W	West Midlands	12,571	14,036	11.65	23.80	28.40	4.60
Slough E	South East	10,022	14,173	41.42	20.25	26.32	6.07
Luton High Town	East of England	9,673	13,743	42.08	19.39	25.20	5.81
Oxford W	South East	4,992	9,310	86.50	19.79	24.81	5.02

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