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Malaysia

Overview

A third of the 49,000 people born in Malaysia living in Britain were resident in London according to the 2001 Census.

Some smaller clusters of people born in the country are found outside London, principally in the South East - especially Portsmouth - plus Sheffield, Leeds, and areas of Manchester.

Malaysia itself is ethnically diverse, with ethnic Chinese comprising the second largest group in the country.

It is this group that predominantly makes up the Malaysian-born population in Britain, which explains why the clusters appear in similar places to people born in China or Hong Kong.

Concentrations of people born in Malaysia

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
49,207 people born in Malaysia were living in the UK in 2001 � up from 43,608 in 1991. 0.09% of people living in Britain in 2001 were born in Malaysia.

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Distribution of people born in Malaysia

	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Sort by: Nation/region	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Whole of Britain	43,608	49,207	12.84	0.08	0.09	0.01

East Midlands	1,793	2,486	38.65	0.05	0.06	0.01
East of England	3,833	4,703	22.70	0.08	0.09	0.01
London	16,217	16,124	-0.57	0.24	0.22	-0.02
North East	973	1,042	7.09	0.04	0.04	0.00
North West	2,443	2,779	13.75	0.04	0.04	0.00
Scotland	2,511	2,890	15.09	0.05	0.06	0.01
South East	7,020	8,734	24.42	0.09	0.11	0.02
South West	2,726	3,549	30.19	0.06	0.07	0.01
Wales	1,282	1,367	6.63	0.05	0.05	0.00
West Midlands	2,404	2,930	21.88	0.05	0.06	0.01
Yorks & Humber	2,406	2,603	8.19	0.05	0.05	0.00

Most popular areas

		TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	Regions	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Hyde Park	London	669	727	8.67	1.10	1.09	-0.01
Kensington	London	408	412	0.98	0.79	0.66	-0.13
Regent's Park	London	504	372	-26.19	0.63	0.51	-0.12
Colindale	London	266	317	19.17	0.45	0.54	0.09
Sheffield City W	Yorks & Humber	139	304	118.71	0.33	0.60	0.27
Holborn	London	195	288	47.69	0.52	0.53	0.01
Finchley	London	284	286	0.70	0.49	0.39	-0.10
Cambridge W	East of England	145	275	89.66	0.35	0.51	0.16
Chelsea	London	200	274	37.00	0.39	0.45	0.06
Acton	London	269	271	0.74	0.44	0.40	-0.04

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