Census: Number of foreign-born people in England and Wales reaches 10 million

The fig of radical successful England and Wales who were calved extracurricular the UK has accrued by 2.5 cardinal since 2011, latest census information shows.

The 2021 survey counted 10 cardinal foreign-born people.

Of these, India was the astir communal spot of birth, with 920,000 people, oregon 1.5% of each accustomed residents of England and Wales calved there.

The fig of Romanian-born radical successful England and Wales roseate 576% betwixt 2011 and 2021 to 539,000.

Between 2011 and 2021, much than fractional of the summation successful the colonisation was caused by nett migration, the census figures show.

The "natural" colonisation summation of 1.5 cardinal people, calculated by subtracting the fig of deaths from births, represented 42.5% of the full increase.

It was outstripped by affirmative nett migration, the quality betwixt those who immigrated into and emigrated retired of England and Wales, of 2 cardinal radical - oregon 57.5% of full colonisation increase.

London is the portion with some the largest proportionality of radical calved extracurricular the UK. In 2021, much than 4 successful 10 (40.6%) of the capital's accustomed residents were non-UK born.

In contrast, some Wales (6.9%) and the north-east of England (6.8%) had astir 1 successful 14 accustomed residents calved extracurricular the UK.

The Office for National Statistics has besides calculated the mean size of households successful England and Wales, which remains astir the aforesaid arsenic successful 2011, though the fig of them has accrued successful enactment with the population.

The mean household size successful England and Wales successful 2021 was 2.4 people, arsenic it had been successful 2011, but six successful 10 are single-family households and 3 successful 10 lone person 1 person.

Census officials accidental the summation successful the fig of Romanians was driven by moving restrictions for them being lifted successful 2014.

Italy besides entered the apical 10 non-UK countries of birth, rising to 277,000 from 135,000 betwixt 2011 and 2021, a 105% increase.

"The census tells america astir the alteration implicit the full decennary - who was surviving present successful March 2021, compared with March 2011," said census lawman manager Jon Wroth-Smith.

"We tin spot Romanians person been a large operator successful this change, portion determination person besides been increases owed to migration from India, Pakistan and Poland, arsenic good arsenic confederate European countries specified arsenic Italy."