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North East

At-a-glance

67,259 people living in the North East in 2001 were born abroad – 2.67% of the region's population.

3 areas in the North East equal or exceed the 7.53% national average for the proportion of people born abroad.

42% more people born abroad live in the North East than in 1991 – the second highest rate of change after London.

354 living in Seaham, County Durham, represent the smallest cluster of people born abroad.

In absolute terms, the North East had the smallest number of residents who were born abroad in 2001 – 67,000 people.

But relative to other areas, it has seen the second biggest rate of change in the 10 years to 2001 – 41% more people who were born abroad have made the region their home.

Urban areas of Newcastle nearest the universities are home to the greatest numbers of foreign born, in common with other cities.

Some areas of inner city Newcastle and Sunderland have seen newcomers arrive as a result of the asylum dispersal programme. The region's most rural areas tend to have the fewest foreign-born people.

People living in the North East

TOTAL NUMBERS AS % OF ALL PEOPLE

1991 2001 +/- % 1991 2001 +/- %

All people 2,543,492 2,515,337 -1.11 100 100 0

Born outside British Isles 47,527 67,259 41.52 1.87 2.67 0.80

Top 10 places of birth outside British Isles

TOTAL NUMBERS AS % OF ALL PEOPLE

Country 1991 2001 +/- % 1991 2001 +/- %

Germany 7,257 8,948 23.30 0.29 0.36 0.07

India 4,930 6,166 25.07 0.19 0.25 0.06

Pakistan 4,033 5,491 36.15 0.16 0.22 0.06

Bangladesh 2,195 3,407 55.22 0.09 0.14 0.05

South Africa 1,538 2,655 72.63 0.06 0.11 0.05

Hong Kong 2,525 2,651 4.99 0.10 0.11 0.01

Other Middle East n/a 1,921 n/a n/a 0.08 n/a

Other Far East n/a 1,878 n/a n/a 0.07 n/a

USA 1,312 1,862 41.92 0.05 0.07 0.02

Australia 1,390 1,740 25.18 0.05 0.07 0.02

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People born outside British Isles area by area

	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Sort by: Area	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Ashington	694	871	25.50	1.14	1.42	0.28
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Hong Kong, Other Far East, South Africa.
Barnard Castle	307	488	58.96	1.28	2.00	0.72
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Hong Kong, USA, South Africa, Canada.
Berwick N	457	453	-0.88	1.71	1.75	0.04
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Australia, USA, Hong Kong.
Berwick S	683	823	20.50	1.58	1.90	0.32
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, USA, Australia, Canada, India.
Billingham	570	737	29.30	1.41	1.83	0.42
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, South Africa, USA, Other Far East.
Blaydon E	459	571	24.40	1.21	1.53	0.32
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, Italy.
Blaydon W	521	562	7.87	1.14	1.31	0.17
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, South Africa, Hong Kong, Italy.
Blyth	527	583	10.63	1.30	1.44	0.14
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, South Africa, Australia, Canada.
Chester-Le-Street	352	518	47.16	1.01	1.50	0.49
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Hong Kong, South Africa, USA, India.
Consett	506	690	36.36	0.95	1.28	0.33
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, South Africa, India, Australia, Non-EU states in W Europe.
Cramlington	617	757	22.69	1.58	1.86	0.28
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, South Africa, Non-EU states in W Europe, Bangladesh, India.
Crook	293	386	31.74	0.94	1.27	0.33
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Hong Kong, Caribbean, South Africa, Australia.
Darlington E	1,111	1,519	36.72	2.57	3.52	0.95
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, South Africa.
Darlington W	1,127	1,144	1.51	2.62	2.68	0.06
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Non-EU states in W Europe, South Africa, Hong Kong.
Durham City N	1,044	1,998	91.38	2.41	4.11	1.70
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, USA, South Africa, India, Other Middle East.
Durham City S	812	1,823	124.51	2.18	4.66	2.48
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Japan, USA, Other Far East, China.
Eaglescliffe	678	1,228	81.12	2.60	3.43	0.83
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, South Africa, Pakistan, Other Far East.
East Cleveland	663	774	16.74	1.34	1.61	0.27
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, South Africa, Canada, Australia.
Gateshead E	684	858	25.44	1.05	1.40	0.35
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Pakistan, Iran, Italy.
	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Hartlepool E	621	780	25.60	1.31	1.74	0.43
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Bangladesh.
Hartlepool W	463	629	35.85	1.08	1.43	0.35
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Non-EU states in W Europe, South Africa, Hong Kong.
Hexham E	581	636	9.47	3.36	3.70	0.34
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, USA, Hong Kong, Japan.
Hexham W	1,010	1,167	15.54	1.76	1.99	0.23
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, USA, South Africa, Australia, Canada.
Houghton	423	596	40.90	0.90	1.26	0.36
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, South Africa, Hong Kong, Other South & E Africa.
Howdon	299	667	123.08	1.00	2.27	1.27
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Ex-Yugoslavia, Iran, Other Far East.
Jarrow N	375	486	29.60	0.98	1.28	0.30
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Hong Kong, South Africa, USA.
Jarrow S	577	668	15.77	1.70	2.00	0.30
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, Hong Kong, Pakistan, South Africa.
Longbenton	767	1,190	55.15	1.36	2.07	0.71
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Hong Kong, South Africa, Bangladesh.
Middlesbrough E	2,446	2,987	22.12	4.20	5.61	1.41
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, India, Germany, Other Middle East, North Africa.
Middlesbrough S	742	908	22.37	1.74	2.04	0.30
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, South Africa, Pakistan, Other Middle East.
Middlesbrough W	1,168	1,377	17.89	2.93	3.71	0.78
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, India, Germany, Italy, Other Middle East.
Morpeth	404	651	61.14	2.03	3.35	1.32
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, China, South Africa, Hong Kong, Bangladesh.
Newcastle Dinnington	1,133	1,669	47.31	3.43	4.99	1.56
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, Bangladesh, North Africa, Pakistan.
Newcastle E	1,470	2,857	94.35	2.45	4.73	2.28
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Pakistan, Germany, Bangladesh, Hong Kong.
Newcastle Fenham	2,046	3,322	62.37	4.81	7.53	2.72
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Germany, Hong Kong.
Newcastle Jesmond	2,738	5,271	92.51	7.38	11.91	4.53
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, Greece, Other Far East, Bangladesh.
Newcastle Newburn	753	1,008	33.86	1.46	2.05	0.59
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Hong Kong, Pakistan, South Africa.
North Shields	612	877	43.30	1.63	2.31	0.68
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Australia.
Peterlee	558	494	-11.47	1.29	1.19	-0.10
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Other Far East, South Africa, Hong Kong.
	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Redcar E	453	534	17.88	1.50	1.80	0.30
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, South Africa, India, Australia, USA.
Redcar W	984	1,173	19.21	1.50	1.91	0.41
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Pakistan, India, South Africa, Bangladesh.
Seaham	343	354	3.21	0.84	0.91	0.07
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Hong Kong, South Africa, Australia.
Sedgefield E	318	409	28.62	0.78	1.04	0.26
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, South Africa, India, Canada, Other South & E Africa.
Sedgefield W	800	875	9.38	1.78	1.99	0.21
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, USA, Non-EU states in W Europe, South Africa.
South Hylton	378	531	40.48	0.86	1.33	0.47
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, South Africa, Italy, Other Far East.
South Shields E	555	834	50.27	1.47	2.15	0.68
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, Iran, Bangladesh, Other Middle East.
South Shields W	982	1,636	66.60	2.21	3.83	1.62
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Bangladesh, India, Germany, Other Middle East, Pakistan.
Southwick	281	391	39.15	0.72	1.05	0.33
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Hong Kong, South Africa, Greece.
Spennymoor	601	710	18.14	0.96	1.17	0.21
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Hong Kong, Italy, Other Middle East.
Stanley (Durham)	489	633	29.45	0.97	1.26	0.29
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Hong Kong, India, USA, South Africa.
Stockton Fairfield	1,541	1,855	20.38	2.57	3.26	0.69
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, Germany, India, Iraq, South Africa.
Stockton Norton	792	1,044	31.82	1.67	2.30	0.63
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Pakistan, India, South Africa, Australia.
Sunderland Central	776	1,790	130.67	1.83	4.11	2.28
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Greece, China, Germany, Bangladesh, India.
Sunderland Hendon	1,158	1,523	31.52	2.57	3.53	0.96
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Bangladesh, Iran, India, Germany, Greece.
Tyne Bridge E	1,014	2,359	132.64	1.97	4.76	2.79
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Other Middle East, Germany, Pakistan, Iran, USA.
Tyne Bridge W	2,054	2,363	15.04	5.79	8.39	2.60
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Germany, Malaysia.
Wallsend	394	553	40.36	1.84	2.72	0.88
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Hong Kong, Germany, India, Iran, Bangladesh.
Washington E	596	731	22.65	1.55	1.83	0.28
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, South Africa, Japan, Pakistan.
Washington W	681	596	-12.48	2.07	2.02	-0.05
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Japan, South Africa, Hong Kong.
	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Whitley Bay	1,046	1,342	28.30	2.23	2.88	0.65
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Bangladesh, India, Other Far East, Canada.

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