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Overview

Unlike their nearest geographical neighbours in Europe, Spain-born people are more widely spread in Britain than those born in Portugal.

Of the 54,000 living in Britain at the time of the 2001 Census, about four in every 10 were in the capital and just under a fifth of those remaining spread through the South East.

The university towns of Edinburgh, Manchester, Oxford, Cambridge and Bristol also had clusters in similar sizes to other EU nationalities.

The modest increase of 15,500 Spain-born people in Britain over the 10 years to 2001 was more evenly split than for other countries: just a quarter of the increase was in London, although some areas saw falls.

Concentrations of people born in Spain

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
54,105 Spain-born people were in Britain at the 2001 Census. 42% of that total were recorded in London and a further 18% in the South West. 3 areas of London saw decreases in the Spain-born population: Regent's Park, Kensal Town and Kilburn. 4 areas of Scotland � all in Edinburgh or Glasgow - were among the most popular destinations for Spain-born people.

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Distribution of people born in Spain

	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Sort by: Nation/region	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Whole of Britain	38,606	54,105	40.15	0.07	0.09	0.02

East Midlands	1,190	1,824	53.28	0.03	0.04	0.01
East of England	3,058	4,439	45.16	0.06	0.08	0.02
London	18,951	22,479	18.62	0.28	0.31	0.03
North East	360	738	105.00	0.01	0.03	0.02
North West	2,085	3,465	66.19	0.03	0.05	0.02
Scotland	1,040	2,555	145.67	0.02	0.05	0.03
South East	6,966	9,786	40.48	0.09	0.12	0.03
South West	1,997	3,352	67.85	0.04	0.07	0.03
Wales	685	1,155	68.61	0.02	0.04	0.02
West Midlands	1,231	2,184	77.42	0.02	0.04	0.02
Yorks & Humber	1,043	2,128	104.03	0.02	0.04	0.02

Most popular areas

		TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	Regions	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Kensington	London	816	878	7.60	1.57	1.40	-0.17
Regent's Park	London	1,147	739	-35.57	1.43	1.02	-0.41
Chelsea	London	755	726	-3.84	1.47	1.18	-0.29
Hyde Park	London	767	699	-8.87	1.26	1.05	-0.21
London Central	London	693	617	-10.97	1.84	1.25	-0.59
Hammersmith	London	401	510	27.18	0.67	0.77	0.10
Kensal Town	London	743	509	-31.49	2.12	1.46	-0.66
Holborn	London	387	449	16.02	1.04	0.82	-0.22
Brondesbury	London	381	434	13.91	0.89	0.85	-0.04
Fulham	London	303	388	28.05	0.64	0.68	0.04

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