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Migration is not just about people born abroad � people also migrate within nations for a variety of cultural, family and, most importantly, economic reasons. Of the 5.2m people born in Scotland who were living in Britain in 2001, 4.4m of these were within Scotland itself. But the figures also show internal migration into England: Some 260,000 people born in Scotland now live in either London or the south-east. The north-west includes 108,000 Scotland-born residents. Wales, the area of Britain that has witnessed the least inward migration, has 24,000 Scotland-born residents. | | Concentrations of people born in Scotland 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. |
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5.2m people born in Scotland live within Britain � 84% of them in Scotland. 9.16% of the British population was born in Scotland, down 0.35% on 1991. 10,064 people in Corby Urban comprise the largest cluster outside Scotland. 96.85% of Glasgow Easterhouse's residents were born in Scotland. |
Click column titles to sort table by that column. | | | | | | | | Distribution of people born in Scotland |
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| TOTAL NUMBERS | AS % OF ALL PEOPLE |
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Sort by: | 1991 | 2001 | +/- % | 1991 | 2001 | +/- % |
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| Whole of Britain | 5,221,094 | 5,229,364 | 0.16 | 9.51 | 9.16 | -0.35 | | | | East Midlands | 66,059 | 73,756 | 11.65 | 1.67 | 1.77 | 0.10 | | East of England | 78,285 | 88,023 | 12.44 | 1.55 | 1.63 | 0.08 | | London | 113,167 | 108,682 | -3.96 | 1.69 | 1.52 | -0.17 | | North East | 45,218 | 48,321 | 6.86 | 1.78 | 1.92 | 0.14 | | North West | 103,226 | 109,163 | 5.75 | 1.53 | 1.62 | 0.09 | | Scotland | 4,454,089 | 4,410,400 | -0.98 | 89.10 | 87.13 | -1.97 | | South East | 142,396 | 152,771 | 7.29 | 1.90 | 1.91 | 0.01 | | South West | 68,908 | 77,794 | 12.90 | 1.50 | 1.58 | 0.08 | | Wales | 23,078 | 24,387 | 5.67 | 0.81 | 0.84 | 0.03 | | West Midlands | 60,578 | 60,041 | -0.89 | 1.18 | 1.14 | -0.04 | | Yorks & Humber | 66,090 | 76,026 | 15.03 | 1.37 | 1.53 | 0.16 |
| | | | | | | | | Areas with highest proportion of Scottish-born |
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| TOTAL NUMBERS | AS % OF ALL PEOPLE |
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| Area | Nation/region | 1991 | 2001 | +/- % | 1991 | 2001 | +/- % |
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| Glasgow Easterhouse | Scotland | 30,891 | 26,495 | -14.23 | 97.00 | 96.85 | -0.15 | | Coatbridge | Scotland | 37,341 | 34,142 | -8.57 | 96.58 | 96.24 | -0.34 | | Glasgow Parkhead | Scotland | 23,325 | 18,578 | -20.35 | 96.75 | 96.24 | -0.51 | | Airdrie | Scotland | 20,781 | 21,101 | 1.54 | 96.61 | 95.84 | -0.77 | | Glasgow Baillieston | Scotland | 36,224 | 45,895 | 26.70 | 95.83 | 95.65 | -0.18 | | Glasgow Milton | Scotland | 23,058 | 19,818 | -14.05 | 96.65 | 95.65 | -1.00 | | Shotts | Scotland | 61,282 | 63,151 | 3.05 | 96.20 | 95.54 | -0.66 | | Hamilton N | Scotland | 24,518 | 23,197 | -5.39 | 95.77 | 95.29 | -0.48 | | Wishaw | Scotland | 40,810 | 37,693 | -7.64 | 95.59 | 95.16 | -0.43 | | Glasgow Blairdardie | Scotland | 28,239 | 19,779 | -29.96 | 95.14 | 95.04 | -0.10 |
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