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Overview

The presence of New Zealanders closely mirrors that of Australians with clusters in the capital. Also, many of them are temporary residents whose right to be in the UK is related to Commonwealth ties.

Many New Zealanders in Britain are young people who come after studies, some of them staying permanently. New Zealanders and Australians benefit from more relaxed visa rules than other Commonwealth nations.

Many come to work in Britain's public services � especially teaching and the NHS.

This has caused some consternation back home with the government there concerned about a "brain-drain".

Concentrations of people born in New Zealand

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

57,916 people born in New Zealand were in Britain at the 2001 Census � up about 40% on 1991 and equal to 0.1% of the population.

47% live in London, mirroring trends seen among Australian ex-pats who share a tradition of post-college gap years to Britain.

10 areas with the largest clusters of New Zealand-born people are in London.

6 out of the 10 areas with the largest New Zealand clusters are also the top neighbourhoods for Australians.

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Distribution of people born in New Zealand

	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Sort by: Nation/region	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Whole of Britain	41,203	57,916	40.56	0.08	0.10	0.02

East Midlands	1,251	1,711	36.77	0.03	0.04	0.01
East of England	3,367	4,457	32.37	0.07	0.08	0.01
London	18,365	27,493	49.70	0.27	0.38	0.11
North East	487	611	25.46	0.02	0.02	0.00
North West	1,753	2,159	23.16	0.03	0.03	0.00
Scotland	2,337	3,413	46.04	0.05	0.07	0.02
South East	7,334	9,945	35.60	0.10	0.12	0.02
South West	3,055	3,904	27.79	0.07	0.08	0.01
Wales	796	969	21.73	0.03	0.03	0.00
West Midlands	1,218	1,625	33.42	0.02	0.03	0.01
Yorks & Humber	1,240	1,629	31.37	0.03	0.03	0.00

Most popular areas

		TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	Regions	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Acton	London	514	1,045	103.31	0.84	1.54	0.70
Hammersmith	London	600	943	57.17	1.01	1.43	0.42
Brondesbury	London	391	786	101.02	0.91	1.54	0.63
Hyde Park	London	572	725	26.75	0.94	1.09	0.15
Cricklewood	London	255	714	180.00	0.66	1.40	0.74
Fulham	London	365	697	90.96	0.78	1.22	0.44
Poplar	London	94	691	635.11	0.15	0.83	0.68
Kilburn	London	478	609	27.41	1.07	1.43	0.36
Regent's Park	London	391	575	47.06	0.49	0.79	0.30
Richmond N	London	451	558	23.73	0.68	0.81	0.13

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