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Other Far East

Overview

This category comprises people born in Brunei, Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, North and South Korea, Laos, Mongolia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

Almost 120,000 people born in these states were in Britain in 2001 with sizeable clusters found in central London as well as more outlying areas of the capital such as Woolwich, Richmond and Kingston.

Because this is such a diverse range of nationalities, the figures for this region should be treated with caution as they give no deeper indication of more localised trends.

Concentrations of people born in Other Far East

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
118,704 people born in these nations were in Britain in 2001 � 0.21% of the population. 20 of the most popular areas for these nationalities are in London, followed by areas in the South East and Midlands.

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Distribution of people born in Other Far East

	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Sort by: Nation/region	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Whole of Britain	n/a	118,704	n/a	n/a	0.21	n/a

East Midlands	n/a	4,801	n/a	n/a	0.12	n/a
East of England	n/a	9,624	n/a	n/a	0.18	n/a
London	n/a	51,838	n/a	n/a	0.72	n/a
North East	n/a	1,878	n/a	n/a	0.07	n/a
North West	n/a	7,118	n/a	n/a	0.11	n/a
Scotland	n/a	4,221	n/a	n/a	0.08	n/a
South East	n/a	17,993	n/a	n/a	0.22	n/a
South West	n/a	6,850	n/a	n/a	0.14	n/a
Wales	n/a	2,541	n/a	n/a	0.09	n/a
West Midlands	n/a	7,174	n/a	n/a	0.14	n/a
Yorks & Humber	n/a	4,666	n/a	n/a	0.09	n/a

Most popular areas

		TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	Regions	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Deptford N	London	n/a	1,366	n/a	n/a	3.10	n/a
Hyde Park	London	n/a	1,228	n/a	n/a	1.85	n/a
Poplar	London	n/a	1,211	n/a	n/a	1.45	n/a
Kensington	London	n/a	1,186	n/a	n/a	1.89	n/a
Kingston	London	n/a	1,166	n/a	n/a	2.18	n/a
Chelsea	London	n/a	976	n/a	n/a	1.59	n/a
Regent's Park	London	n/a	916	n/a	n/a	1.26	n/a
East Ham S	London	n/a	908	n/a	n/a	1.44	n/a
Holborn	London	n/a	872	n/a	n/a	1.59	n/a
Plaistow	London	n/a	872	n/a	n/a	2.30	n/a

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