East of England: Country of birth

Location Type: Regions, ONS Geographic Code: E12000006

Key Facts

All Residents	6,335,074
Male	3,106,977
Female	3,228,097
Households	2,628,782
Population Density (people/km2)	331.4

Related Census Areas
Is within
- England
  Country
Borders with
- London
  Regions
- East Midlands
  Regions
- South East
  Regions
Overlaps with
- Output Area at TQ356999
  Output Areas
- West Hyde
  Built Up Areas
- Cholesbury
  Built Up Areas
- Eaton Bray and Edlesborough
  Built Up Areas
- Woburn Sands
  Built Up Areas
- Hargrave
  Built Up Areas
- Wansford
  Built Up Areas
- Wittering
  Built Up Areas
- Deeping St James
  Built Up Areas
- Market Deeping
  Built Up Areas
- Tydd Gote
  Built Up Areas
- Stiffkey
  Civil Parishes
- Output Area at SP950655
  Output Areas
- Output Area at SP955655
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TQ841797
  Output Areas
Contains
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
  Combined Authorities
- Suffolk
  Counties
- Norfolk
  Counties
- Hertfordshire
  Counties
- Essex
  Counties
- Cambridgeshire
  Counties
- Central Bedfordshire
  Unitary Authorities
- Bedford
  Unitary Authorities
- Thurrock
  Unitary Authorities
- Southend-on-Sea
  Unitary Authorities
- Luton
  Unitary Authorities
- Peterborough
  Unitary Authorities

Table Code	ts004
Issued	2022-12-13
Unit of Measure	Person
Number of Response Options	12

Description
Data
Bar Chart
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This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by their country of birth. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

The country in which a person was born.

For people not born in one of in the four parts of the UK, there was an option to select "elsewhere".

People who selected "elsewhere" were asked to write in the current name for their country of birth.

More information at the ONS website

Country of birth: Total	6,335,074
Europe	5,854,022
Europe: United Kingdom	5,390,705
Europe: EU countries	416,055
Europe: EU countries: European Union EU14	163,088
Europe: EU countries: European Union EU8	154,857
Europe: EU countries: European Union EU2	86,812
Europe: EU countries: All other EU countries	11,298
Europe: Non-EU countries	47,262
Europe: Non-EU countries: All other non-EU countries	47,262
Africa	137,951
Middle East and Asia	247,816
The Americas and the Caribbean	77,787
Antarctica and Oceania (including Australasia) and Other	16,002
British Overseas	1,496

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