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Overview

The number of people living in Britain who were born in Denmark changed very little between 1991 and 2001 - an increase of 295, amounting to just over 4,000 people.

The majority lived in the London area with some smaller clusters in other parts of the south east. Approximately 1,000 Denmark-born people lived across Surrey with clusters in Weybridge, Esher and Walton. The university towns of Oxford, Cambridge and Aberdeen also showed small clusters.

However, one of the oldest clusters is in Grimsby, on the mouth of the Humber. Why? Because Danish trawlers came to the port to land fish - and some of the fishermen fell for the local girls...

Concentrations of people born in Denmark

Map on right shows country as if areas with roughly equal populations were the same size. So, densely populated London takes up much more space than sparsely populated Scottish Highlands.

At-a-glance
18,493 Denmark-born people were found living in Britain in 2001 � representing 0.03% of the total British population. 55% more people born in Denmark were shown living in Scotland than 10 years before, equating to 1,300 people or 0.01% of the Scottish population.

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Distribution of people born in Denmark

	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Sort by: Nation/region	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Whole of Britain	14,251	18,493	29.77	0.03	0.03	0.00

East Midlands	521	720	38.20	0.01	0.02	0.01
East of England	1,645	1,925	17.02	0.03	0.04	0.01
London	4,288	5,765	34.44	0.06	0.08	0.02
North East	282	293	3.90	0.01	0.01	0.00
North West	731	962	31.60	0.01	0.01	0.00
Scotland	842	1,309	55.46	0.02	0.03	0.01
South East	3,373	4,243	25.79	0.04	0.05	0.01
South West	1,090	1,350	23.85	0.02	0.03	0.01
Wales	248	319	28.63	0.01	0.01	0.00
West Midlands	551	758	37.57	0.01	0.01	0.00
Yorks & Humber	680	849	24.85	0.01	0.02	0.01

Most popular areas

		TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	Regions	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Hyde Park	London	209	215	2.87	0.34	0.32	-0.02
Chelsea	London	177	196	10.73	0.34	0.32	-0.02
Kensington	London	172	179	4.07	0.33	0.28	-0.05
Highgate	London	176	176	0.00	0.38	0.32	-0.06
Richmond N	London	72	161	123.61	0.11	0.23	0.12
Wimbledon N	London	148	138	-6.76	0.37	0.30	-0.07
Holborn	London	65	127	95.38	0.17	0.23	0.06
Fulham	London	109	117	7.34	0.23	0.20	-0.03
Weybridge	South East	73	114	56.16	0.19	0.27	0.08
Regent's Park	London	105	110	4.76	0.13	0.15	0.02

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