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Hong Kong

Overview

The immigration picture for Hong Kong is complicated because the population has built up in different ways over the years.

Overall, 95,000 people born in Hong Kong were living in Britain at the 2001 census, some 0.17% of the population.

The clusters were widespread: although the Chinese Hong-Kong communities were primarily in London, there were also groups in the North West, in particular Manchester and Liverpool.

However, some of the numbers may also be due to the return of colonial personnel whose children were born in Hong Kong before the handover to China in 1997.

Concentrations of people born in Hong Kong

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
94,611 people born in Hong Kong were living in Britain during 2001, up almost 30% on 1991. 8 of the top 10 clusters for Hong Kong-born people were in London.

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Distribution of people born in Hong Kong

	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Sort by: Nation/region	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Whole of Britain	72,884	94,611	29.81	0.13	0.17	0.04

East Midlands	3,994	5,241	31.22	0.10	0.13	0.03
East of England	6,130	8,196	33.70	0.12	0.15	0.03
London	18,475	23,326	26.26	0.28	0.33	0.05
North East	2,525	2,651	4.99	0.10	0.11	0.01
North West	7,564	9,047	19.61	0.11	0.13	0.02
Scotland	5,940	7,068	18.99	0.12	0.14	0.02
South East	11,556	17,227	49.07	0.15	0.22	0.07
South West	5,181	7,680	48.23	0.11	0.16	0.05
Wales	2,499	2,855	14.25	0.09	0.10	0.01
West Midlands	4,719	6,327	34.08	0.09	0.12	0.03
Yorks & Humber	4,301	4,993	16.09	0.09	0.10	0.01

Most popular areas

		TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	Regions	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Hyde Park	London	439	593	35.08	0.72	0.89	0.17
Colindale	London	386	586	51.81	0.66	0.99	0.33
Kensington	London	308	558	81.17	0.59	0.89	0.30
Poplar	London	310	555	79.03	0.50	0.66	0.16
Milton Keynes N	South East	131	464	254.20	0.26	0.66	0.40
Oxford Headington	South East	154	451	192.86	0.32	0.88	0.56
Regent's Park	London	505	423	-16.24	0.63	0.58	-0.05
Chelsea	London	270	422	56.30	0.52	0.69	0.17
Holborn	London	280	400	42.86	0.75	0.73	-0.02
Finchley	London	308	388	25.97	0.53	0.53	0.00

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