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Sierra Leone

Overview

Sierra Leone's civil war has been the primary reason for the growth of its communities in Britain.

But, in common with other west African nations, the pattern of settlement is a familiar one based upon people heading for where their communities already exist.

Overall, the number of people born in Sierra Leone living in Britain rose by about 10,500 between 1991 and 2001. The vast majority are in London where the largest clusters are in Southwark and Lambeth.

Modest numbers appearing in the North West are almost certainly the result of asylum dispersal.

Concentrations of people born in Sierra Leone

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
16,972 people born in Sierra Leone were living in Britain at the 2001 census. 8 out of 10 were in London. Half of all local areas recorded no people born in Sierra Leone at all. 87% of the growth in the Sierra Leone-born population was in London over the 10 years to 2001. 1 local area outside London records more than 100 Sierra Leone-born residents - Southcote, Reading.

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Distribution of people born in Sierra Leone

	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Sort by: Nation/region	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Whole of Britain	6,280	16,972	170.25	0.01	0.03	0.02

East Midlands	70	190	171.43	0.00	0.00	0.00
East of England	176	401	127.84	0.00	0.01	0.01
London	4,696	13,985	197.81	0.07	0.19	0.12
North East	68	94	38.24	0.00	0.00	0.00
North West	350	579	65.43	0.01	0.01	0.00
Scotland	73	112	53.42	0.00	0.00	0.00
South East	357	855	139.50	0.00	0.01	0.01
South West	116	188	62.07	0.00	0.00	0.00
Wales	77	72	-6.49	0.00	0.00	0.00
West Midlands	170	285	67.65	0.00	0.01	0.01
Yorks & Humber	127	211	66.14	0.00	0.00	0.00

Most popular areas

		TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	Regions	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Southwark N	London	126	952	655.56	0.31	1.87	1.56
Peckham	London	171	888	419.30	0.44	1.94	1.50
Camberwell Green	London	157	823	424.20	0.39	2.25	1.86
Bermondsey	London	101	621	514.85	0.23	1.08	0.85
Deptford N	London	166	511	207.83	0.41	1.16	0.75
Vauxhall N	London	156	476	205.13	0.29	0.80	0.51
Dulwich	London	50	363	626.00	0.09	0.67	0.58
Hackney S	London	115	320	178.26	0.22	0.49	0.27
Vauxhall S	London	165	280	69.70	0.34	0.51	0.17
Tottenham N	London	100	230	130.00	0.18	0.38	0.20

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