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Overview

It may be one of the smallest nations in the world but Luxembourg is no less likely to produce migrants than any other.

With a population of just under half a million, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has seen just 1,200 of those born within its landlocked borders head for Britain.

So small is the number of Luxembourg-born people recorded in the 2001 Census, they represent about one in every 47,000 people in the total population.

Geographically, they are predominantly in London with a handful of other clusters (none numbering more than 50 people) around universities.

Concentrations of people born in Luxembourg

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
1,236 people born in Luxembourg were living in Britain at the time of the 2001 Census, up about 77% on 1991. 0.002% of the population of Britain is Luxembourg-born � one of the smallest national groupings counted.

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Distribution of people born in Luxembourg

	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Sort by: Nation/region	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Whole of Britain	697	1,236	77.33	0.00	0.00	0.00

East Midlands	27	45	66.67	0.00	0.00	0.00
East of England	82	117	42.68	0.00	0.00	0.00
London	230	352	53.04	0.00	0.00	0.00
North East	12	27	125.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
North West	27	69	155.56	0.00	0.00	0.00
Scotland	41	102	148.78	0.00	0.00	0.00
South East	174	313	79.89	0.00	0.00	0.00
South West	31	93	200.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Wales	15	28	86.67	0.00	0.00	0.00
West Midlands	31	31	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Yorks & Humber	27	59	118.52	0.00	0.00	0.00

Most popular areas

		TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	Nation/region	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Oxford W	South East	0	<50*	n/a	0.00	0.06	0.06
Redland	South West	0	<50*	n/a	0.00	0.03	0.03
Cambridge W	East of England	6	<50*	n/a	0.01	0.03	0.02
Edinburgh Morningside	Scotland	0	<50*	n/a	0.00	0.03	0.03
Holborn	London	7	<50*	n/a	0.02	0.03	0.01
Canterbury S	South East	1	<50*	n/a	0.00	0.03	0.03
Canterbury N	South East	2	<50*	n/a	0.00	0.03	0.03
Edinburgh Holyrood	Scotland	2	<50*	n/a	0.01	0.05	0.04
Poplar	London	0	<50*	n/a	0.00	0.02	0.02
Brighton W	South East	1	<50*	n/a	0.00	0.02	0.02

*Area has fewer than 50 residents born in Luxembourg

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