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Portugal

Overview

The small Portugal-born population living in Britain is, anecdotally, one of the most mobile immigrant groups.

The largest static group is found in the Vauxhall area south of the Thames, a long-standing hub for the Portuguese community.

The predominance of Portuguese speakers has now encouraged others who speak the same language to arrive: many Brazilians favour areas like Vauxhall because of the Portuguese-language services and businesses.

Outside London there is a wide spread of Portugal-born people; many arrive for the agricultural picking season and then return home so the Census may not have accurately captured the complete picture.

Concentrations of people born in Portugal

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
36,402 people born in Portugal were in Britain in 2001. 60% of Portugal-born people were in London � the most popular single area being Vauxhall. 3 mostly agricultural areas predominate outside of the capital: the South West, South East and East of England. 50% of the increase in Portugal-born people between 1991 and 2001 was in the capital.

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Distribution of people born in Portugal

	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Sort by: Nation/region	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Whole of Britain	19,904	36,402	82.89	0.04	0.06	0.02

East Midlands	289	1,121	287.89	0.01	0.03	0.02
East of England	947	2,632	177.93	0.02	0.05	0.03
London	13,191	21,746	64.85	0.20	0.30	0.10
North East	169	230	36.09	0.01	0.01	0.00
North West	623	1,061	70.30	0.01	0.02	0.01
Scotland	240	520	116.67	0.00	0.01	0.01
South East	2,688	5,234	94.72	0.04	0.07	0.03
South West	659	1,819	176.02	0.01	0.04	0.03
Wales	370	528	42.70	0.01	0.02	0.01
West Midlands	451	959	112.64	0.01	0.02	0.01
Yorks & Humber	277	552	99.28	0.01	0.01	0.00

Most popular areas

		TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	Regions	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Vauxhall N	London	813	1,464	80.07	1.51	2.46	0.95
Vauxhall S	London	580	1,233	112.59	1.20	2.26	1.06
Regent's Park	London	557	592	6.28	0.69	0.81	0.12
London Central	London	439	561	27.79	1.17	1.14	-0.03
Streatham N	London	250	542	116.80	0.46	1.07	0.61
Harlesden	London	242	522	115.70	0.57	1.34	0.77
Hyde Park	London	630	474	-24.76	1.03	0.71	-0.32
Kensal Town	London	621	458	-26.25	1.77	1.32	-0.45
Chelsea	London	470	432	-8.09	0.91	0.70	-0.21
Brondesbury	London	258	425	64.73	0.60	0.83	0.23

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