One in six people living in England and Wales were born outside of the UK, the latest census data shows
This increase was the highest out of any country, driven by working restrictions for Romanian citizens being lifted in 2014, the ONS said.
The United States and Jamaica fell out of the top 10 non-UK countries of birth in 2021. Italy entered the table in sixth place behind Romania and Ireland , and ahead of Bangladesh , Nigeria , Germany and South Africa .Those born in the European Union made up 3.6 million of the population, an increase from 2.5 million in 2011. The remaining 6.4 million were born outside of the EU.
Figures also showed 5.9 million residents held a non-UK passport - the most common of which was Polish , then Romanian and Indian .Around 545,000 residents had an address outside of the UK - down from 612,000 in 2011.London was the English region with the highest proportion of the population with an address outside of the UK and the North East had the lowest .
"While these events may have had an impact on people's decisions or ability to migrate or travel at a given time, the census tells us about the change over the whole decade - who was living here in March 2021, compared with March 2011. We can see Romanians have been a big driver in this change, while there have also been increases due to migration from India, Pakistan and Poland, as well as southern European countries such as Italy.
"We can also see that migration in the year prior to the census was lower in 2021 than it was in 2011. This is likely, in large part, due to the various travel restrictions in place during the coronavirus pandemic."
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